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Old Bell EC4

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Old Bell Tavern, EC4

(Nicholson’s/Mitchells & Butlers)
95 Fleet Street EC4Y 1DH
T (020) 7583 0216 W www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/theoldbelltavernfleetstreetlondon
Open 1000 (1200 Sat)-2330 (1800 Sat, closed Sun). Children welcome until early evening, with children’s menu.
beer 7 (Fuller’s, Sharp’s, St Austell, unusual guests) Marque, Other beer 2 bottles, Also Some wines
Food Nicholson’s breakfast and pub grub menu, Wifi.

One of Nicholson’s smaller pubs, but handily placed at the City end of Fleet Street, the Old Bell claims a license dating back 300 years. It also claims it was designed by Christopher Wren and once housed the stonemasons that accomplished his building projects after the Great Fire of 1666, but I suspect what you see today is much rebuilt. The front section of the pub, with its flagstone floor, is clearly distinct from the floorboarded rear with its open fire, backing up the claim that the main part of the building was originally set back from the street in its own court, and there’s a rear exit onto an intriguing back alley. You’ll also spot the remains of a Victorian partition. Seven pumps dispense the chain’s standard Pride, Doom and Tribute plus guests that explore the more exotic reaches of Nicholson’s seasonal guest lists — perhaps Downton, Oakleaf, or RCH. An eighth pump has real cider. A pleasant retreat.

National Rail City Thameslink Underground Chancery Lane, St Pauls River  Blackfriars Cycling NCN4, LCN+7 Walking Jubilee Walkway, link to Thames Path

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