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Operator: Morton-Scott Pub Company
191 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5QD (View on Google Map)
(020) 7242 2317
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A pub that is much larger than it looks from the outside. There is a narrow bar leading to a large baronial rear area. Rebuilt in 1912 by Hoare and Company's Red Lion Brewery, the pub claims from Old Bailey archives to have been in existence since 1216 and to be the oldest licensed premises in London. It, and the surrounding Drury Lane area, was a plague hotspot in the Great Plague of 1665.

Reputed, like many others in the area, to be a pub where condemned men had their last drink and the company of a good (bad) woman; it is on record that the highwayman Jack Sheppard had his last glass here. The White Hart was a favourite emblem of Richard II though the origins of the creature date at least from Alexander the Great's time. Archive photos of this pub as a Charrington's Ales house may be seen at http://www.historypin.org/en/white-hart/

Information for this venue is provided by the North London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Olde White Hart
Local Authority
Camden
Last updated
Last surveyed
21/04/2016
Leasehold owner
Morton-Scott Pub Company
Freehold owner
Mitchells & Butlers
Pub ID
WLD/16673
Asset of Community Value
Monday
Noon - 11:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Thursday
Noon - Midnight
Friday
Noon - 2:00am
Saturday
Noon - 2:00am
Sunday
Noon - 8:00pm
Monday
Noon - 8:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 8:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 8:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 8:00pm
Friday
Noon - 8:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 8:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 5:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.

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St Austell - Tribute TasteMatch Prediction

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St Austell Tribute Pump Clip
St Austell - Tribute Session Pale Ale • 4.2% Spotted 3 times.
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SIBA Indie Beer Sold Here
St Austell - Tribute

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 3 times. at White Hart, London.

ABV 4.2%
Cask
Style Session Pale Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Timothy Taylor - Landlord TasteMatch Prediction

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Timothy Taylor - Landlord Session Bitter • 4.3% Spotted 6 times.
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SIBA Indie Beer Sold Here
Timothy Taylor - Landlord

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 6 times. at White Hart, London.

ABV 4.3%
Cask
Style Session Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

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Transport
Close to bus routes (200m)
8, 25, 55, 98
Nearby Station (900m)
London Charing Cross
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (350m)
Holborn

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