The WhatPub? pub database is no longer supported as a separate system. However the data remains available for all to use, not just CAMRA members, as part of the main CAMRA website; just go to https://camra.org.uk/pubs. It continues to feature over 31,000 pubs that currently serve cask beer, plus records of pubs that do not sell cask beer or are closed.
All of the information used has been compiled by CAMRA members and no fee is charged, or sought, for inclusion. You will find opening times, descriptions, facilities, maps and, of course, details of the cask beer and cider on offer. You can search by specific pub name or general location.
This update is based on news items collated by CAMRA’s branches in Greater London. We aim to report all openings and closures of pubs and clubs, those that add or remove cask beer; and changes of name, ownership or beer policy. Readers are encouraged to ‘suggest an edit’ using the website when they find incomplete or out-of-date information (but not customer reviews, please). Members can also ‘spot a beer’, allowing others to see what beers are currently available.
Available on the Greater London CAMRA website under Pub Updates, a longer version of this schedule includes changes to Cask Marque status, cider policy, LocAle, CAMRA discounts and pub operating model.
| NEW & REOPENED PUBS & CLUBS – INCLUDING THOSE CONVERTED TO CASK BEER |
INNER LONDON
EC1, ALCHEMIST (Living Ventures), 145 City Rd. Reopened as OLE KYIV OLD STREET, a Ukrainian bar & restaurant – keg and Ukrainian beer.
EC2, VAGABOND LIVERPOOL STREET, Unit G31, 1 Broadgate. Chain wine bar. Keg beer.
EC3, THREE LORDS (Punch), 27 Minories. Reopened by London Brewing Co who run the Bohemia. Punch no longer involved. Two bars on two floors: cask beer only on the ground floor. Four handpumps as well as keg taps. Both bars have framed posters but look out for the glass to the right of the ground floor bar advertising Upright and Beer Street. There are portraits of four lords in the entrance stairwell and an explanation of the pub name on a board by the entrance door.
E2, FLORIST ARMS, 255 Globe Rd. Reopened by Barley Pop. Besides East London and Oakham beers, Celtic Marshes cider has been available.
E8, BAR 161, 161 Mare St. Reopened in October as PAPER TIGER, a ‘Dim Sum cocktail bar’ with keg and bottled beer.
E8, DRAUGHTS (Draughts London Ltd), 41 Kingsland High St. Now BLACK EEL from Exale Brewing, a bar/community space. The bar is in the old F Cooke’s Eel, Pie & Mash Shop with larger spaces to the rear including a ballroom and a games area. The back garden has seating for 150 people, a petanque court and a boat. Two handpumps sell an Exale cask beer and a cider (Seacider); there are 12 keg lines.
E8, FOX (Wellington), 372 Kingsland Rd. Reopened in September after closure in 2018 for building refurbishment. Live music and keg beer but sadly this once great cask pub has no handpumps.
E8, HAGGERSTON (Acme Bars), 438 Kingsland Rd. Cask beer reinstated after 10 years. Initially Five Points Best priced @ £5 pint followed by DEYA Fresh. They hope to reuse the other two handpumps if sales allow.
E14, CRATE WOOD WHARF, 14 Water St. Based in a modern multi-storey office block and very modern – glass, steel, no ceilings, concrete floors, exposed services etc, with a hefty wooden bar that mimics the one at Hackney Wick. Keg taps (could be conventional or KeyKeg) dispense their core beer range plus guests from (e.g.) Yonder, Vault City and some collabs. The pizza menu is similar to Hackney Wick’s.
E14, PRINCE REGENT, 81 Salmon La. Reopened but will close for six months in January for refurbishment.
E20, GRAVITY MAX, Units 1-7, Chestnut Plaza, Westfield Ave, Montfichet Rd. Arcade with a variety of games for which booking is required. Heineken sports bar and Gravity Social bar with keg beers and booths [bookable] for watching the sport. 10 keg beers and bottles. Snacks include hot dogs and nachos.
N7, CROWN (BAR & CAFE), 261 Holloway Rd. Reopened as RED LION in March after five-year closure. 10 keg beers include Camden Stout.
N17, ELMHURST HOTEL (Heineken), 131 Lordship La. Now just ELMHURST. Cask beer available: Otter Bitter and Purity Mad Goose.
NW2, ZOMBIE, 15 Cricklewood Broadway. Games cafe & bar, mainly for gaming enthusiasts, opened c. June 2023. Adorned with zombie-themed decor, selling craft coffees, five keg beers, cans and food. Food includes poke bowls, sandwiches or traditional English such as fish/chicken & chips.
NW6, GREEN ROOM, 82 Fortune Green Rd. Reopened as SUNNY’S (PIZZA) about 8 months ago, offering a weekly pub quiz and two keg beers.
SE1, BEERSHACK, 42 Newington Causeway. A craft beer bar located in the large Mercato Metropolitano food and drink complex. No cask beer but draught keg beer from Two Tribes and Prime Time.
SE1, EGG & KEG, 42 Newington Causeway. A bar and coffee shop located in the same complex. Draught keg beer plus wine and cocktails.
SE1, FOUR QUARTERS, Arch 33, 68 Union St. Arcade gaming bar in a railway arch a short walk from Borough High Street. A wide variety of gaming options includes over 25 vintage arcade machines. Craft beers available on draft and in bottle/can.
SE1, HAWKES CIDERY & TAPROOM (The Arch Company), 88 Druid St. Reopened as FABAL BEERHALL, a sister venue to the nearby Hiver Beers taproom, this bar opened in summer 2024 and focuses on British craft lagers.
SE1, SUN WHARF(Wetherspoon), 50 Tooley St. Wetherspoon house next to London Bridge stations, opened in September in premises part of which had been the London Dungeon tourist attraction. A spacious venue with seating on several levels, a lot of brick walls and several seemingly original arches between areas. 12 handpumps in two banks each of six. However, the three regular cask beers, GK IPA and Abbot plus Doom Bar, are usually only joined by only three or four changing beers from Portobello and Southwark or on the national list. The other handpumps are either doubled up or show beers ‘coming soon’.
SE2, BOULDR BAR, 13-15 Wagtail Wk. Opened by Rock Leopard Brewery initially as a pop-up in May and mainly a tap for their own beers. Hours have gradually expanded (currently Thu-Sun). Food is sourdough pizza and jollof rice bowls.
SE10, DIAL, Gateway Pavilion, Peninsula Sq. Contemporary Meantime brewpub opened in November, a stone’s throw from the world famous O2 entertainment venue. In addition to the ground floor bar and microbrewery, there is a first-floor sports bar and second floor private events space with 360-degree views. Has a range of Meantime beers on tap.
SE10, SHIP, Pier Promenade, Cutty Sark Gdns. This Thames riverfront venue opened in a former restaurant in October and is a sister pub to the nearby Trafalgar Tavern. Next to Greenwich Pier, it is named after the former Ship Tavern that was in front of where the Cutty Sark tea-clipper now sits from 1855 until suffering major bomb damage during WWII. The spacious interior is divided into drinking and dining areas and is bedecked with nautical memorabilia. Breakfasts are served at weekends. On a first visit, one of six handpumps was selling Ship Ale, a rebadged Wantsum best bitter.
SE15, PYROTECHNISTS ARMS (Stonegate), 39 Nunhead Gn. Reopened in July by Biggest Splash Ltd. No cask beer reported.
SE16, AGAINST THE GRAIN, 76 Enid St. Cidery and taproom serving their London craft cider, made from fruit not concentrate, both on draught and in cans. Business was previously based in SW London but relocated in May.
SE16, PACIFIC TAVERN, 100 Redriff Rd. Restaurant and bar opened in December 2023 on the site of the former Quebec Curve pub close to Surrey Quays station. No cask beer.
SE23, STUFFED WALRUS (Heineken), 52 Perry Rise. Reopened in September but currently not selling cask beer; two handpumps apparently ‘might be used if there is demand’.
SE24, BIRD HOUSE BREWERY & TAP ROOM, Arch 1127, Bath Factory Estate, 41 Norwood Rd. One handpump has been installed and is selling their own amber 5% beer.
SW1, WHITE HORSE & BOWER (Shepherd Neame), 86 Horseferry Rd. Reopened after lengthy refurbishment. Four handpumps provide at least three ales from the Shepherd Neame range.
SW3, TRAFALGAR (Three Cheers), 224-226 Kings Rd. Stated to be the first new pub to open in Kings Road in over a century, on a corner directly opposite Chelsea Old Town Hall, it’s the tenth pub from Three Cheers pubco. Via a £2.4m investment a grade II-listed former banking hall has been transformed into a two-floor pub sympathetically decorated in a heritage style. The ground floor with its very high ceilings and large Georgian windows is stunning. Dining areas are at the front and in a side room, with a drinking area at the back. Two cask beer handpumps initially serve Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter and Timothy Taylor Landlord. Downstairs is dedicated to live entertainment: music, cabaret and stand-up comedy; and private parties in keeping with King’s Road’s vibrant history. The Trafalgar name is a nod to a pub that stood a few yards east at 200 Kings Road, now demolished as part of the Gaumont development.
SW18, GRAPES (Punch), 39 Fairfield St. Reopened in September after brief closure.
W1, BOX, Unit B Ground & Basement, 21-23 Shaftesbury Ave. Arc Inspirations run sports bars in other English cities under their Box brand and this is their biggest and newest such venture, with an investment reported at £4m. At the base of a modern building very close to Piccadilly Circus, it’s spread across 7200 sq ft with a capacity of 550 people. The venue offers 33 screens for watching sports plus activities such as electronic shuffle, electronic darts, and karaoke. It also features Box’s signature Bandeoke event, where guests can sing on stage with a live band. The drinks lineup includes draught craft beers; food veers towards burgers, pizzas, kebabs and sharers.
W1, CLAYS, 77 Brewer St. Imbiba-backed, indoor interactive clay shooting experience in a 1930s Art Deco building spanning around 19 thousand sq ft across three floors. Draught keg beers plus cocktails, wines etc.
W1, FLOWERHOUSE (Portman Estate), 56 Blandford St. Now the HART operated by Public House Group. A pub on the ground floor with an authentically pubby look serves British beers such as Portobello Pilsner, Allsopp’s and DEYA. There are two cask beer handpumps. The first floor has an open kitchen, the second floor a restaurant; and the third floor is described as ‘an intimate dining space’.
W1, LOUCHE SOHO, 4-5 Greek St. Renamed GREEK STREET LIVE. A bare-boarded bar selling various keg beers including Guinness and continental lagers plus other drinks. Live music gigs from a stage at the rear, booking necessary.
W1, MARLBOROUGH HEAD (Grosvenor Estate), 24 North Audley St. After a period of closure, the pub reopened in November as the MARLBOROUGH with strategic support from the team behind the Devonshire in Soho, whose celebrated Guinness installation has been replicated. Two cask beers (Landlord and Proper Job) are among the drinks offering. Downstairs is a bespoke pizzeria under the control of Carl McCluskey of the W6 Chancellor’s pub and its crisp pizza fame.
W1, SHASTON ARMS (Shaftesbury/Hall & Woodhouse), 4 Ganton St. Reopened and now a gastropub, the second pub secured by Joe Grossmann, founder of burger concept Patty & Bun and operator of the Waterman Arms in Barnes. Two cask beers are on offer (initially from Five Points and Wadworth).
W2, KUPP, Unit 53, 5 Merchant Sq. This has now become Wetherspoon’s SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, the name taken from another (now closed) pub further south in Paddington. On the ground floor of an almost new building, it is not as big as many ‘Spoons. The entrance, on the pathway alongside the canal cul-de-sac basin, leads into a bar with picture windows overlooking the water and across to parts of St. Mary’s Hospital, where Sir Alexander discovered penicillin in 1929. The interior is very modern with bright lighting, an open kitchen, mustard-coloured exposed brick and screed walls, then titmouse blue or mushroom paint; the floor has a typical JDW unique patterned carpet then terrazzo flooring around the bar. There is a lot of exposed ductwork, photos and historic prints of the area. Six handpumps offer cask beers: GK Ruddles, Abbot, Doom Bar and three guests.
W2, OAK, 137 Westbourne Park Rd. Reopened as GOOD OAK. For a long period classified as a restaurant but now describing itself as ‘a modern tavern where good food, great drinks, and a warm community come together under one roof’. There is a ground floor pub/restaurant with a central bar, where you can drink without needing to eat, and an evening cocktail bar upstairs.
W5, WEST FIVE (Wellington), 25 Popes La. Renamed EALING OAK. Timothy Taylor Landlord initially available.
W11, QUIET NIGHT INN (Max Barney Pub Company/Forest Road), 60 Great Western Rd. Reopened as LOCK & LANTERN. The operator is now 202 Pub Co (ex-Aldrich Inns), a small but growing London chain. Handpumps not currently used.
W12, TOCA SOCIAL, Westfield White City, Aerial Way. Within the Westfield complex but with a separate entrance opposite Shepherds Bush library, this is the third venue to be opened by TOCA Social. As its name implies it’s a social gaming venue with an emphasis on football and with photo booths, football tables, shuffle boards, claw machines and virtual reality equipment. It has a capacity of 1000 with 500 seats. Two bars sell keg beers (including steins and 3-litre towers) and other drinks.
W14, CROWN & SCEPTRE (Heineken), 34 Holland Rd. Reopened in September. One cask beer is on offer.
OUTER LONDON
DAGENHAM, MAY & BAKER SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB, Dagenham Rd. Reopened under community management.
HOUNSLOW, CROSS LANCES, 236 Hanworth Rd. The pub has reopened under Nepalese owners and is going to be known as the Cross Lances Nepalese Pasa Pub/Restaurant. It has undergone only internal refurbishment so far. The new owners want to keep it as pub, retaining the ale (currently Pride & Red Fox), the music, pool table and darts area, tournaments and open mic nights.
KINGSTON, BONNIE ROGUES (NEOS Hospitality), 154 Clarence St. A new chain pub opened in September opposite the Kings Tun and next door to the Cornerstone. It takes up the northern part of the site that was Pryzm night club. With a loud and lively atmosphere, it offers food and drinks during the day and late into the night. Standard keg range. The others in the chain are in Cardiff and Swansea.
TWICKENHAM, CRANE TAP, 2 Brewery La. Reopened in September by Morgan Collective.
| PUBS & CLUBS CLOSED, CONVERTED, OR CEASED SELLING CASK BEER |
INNER LONDON
EC1, BOUNDARY FARRINGDON (Stonegate). No longer sells cask beer.
EC1, EREBUNI. Closed in May, future uncertain.
EC1, LAMB & TROTTER. No longer sells cask beer.
EC1, SPACE TALK (Marylebone Leisure Group). No longer sells cask or indeed any draught beer. Bottles only.
E1, DUKE OF SOMERSET (Stonegate). No longer sells cask beer.
E1, GEORGE TAVERN. No longer sells cask beer.
E1, KILL THE CAT SPITALFIELD. Closure self-reported.
E1, OLIVER CONQUEST (Conquest Pubs). Closed for ‘refurbishment’ at the start of the year, still closed.
E2, MOLLY’S CAFE (Geffrye Museum/Company of Cooks). Closed again.
E4, OLD HALL TAVERN (Heineken). No longer sells cask beer.
E4, RUSTY BIKE. No longer sells cask beer.
E8, BAXTERS COURT (Wetherspoon). Closed in November and appears to have been sold.
E8, DALSTON EASTERN CURVE GARDEN CAFE. No cask beer, the remaining handpump being used to dispense Celtic Marches cider.
E8, DUKE OF WELLINGTON (Stonegate). No longer sells cask beer.
E8, WORKER’S CAFE, 404 Kingsland Road. Reverted to takeaway a couple of years ago.
E17, BLACK HORSE BAR & PIZZERIA. Closed, repossessed by owner in October.
N1, HUNTER S (Stonegate). No longer sells cask beer.
N4, NATURALIST (Young’s). No longer sells cask beer.
N7, HERCULES (True Pub Co). No longer sells cask beer.
N7, NEWMARKET ALE HOUSE (Mendoza). Closed and boarded since the beginning of the year.
N7, OWL & HITCHHIKER (Laine). No longer sells cask beer.
N7, VICTORIA TAVERN (Stonegate/Frontier). No longer sells cask beer.
NW1, UNION. No longer sells cask beer, handpumps removed.
NW6, FIDDLER (Kissane Taverns). Closed c. April 2024
SE1, ITALIAN JOB @ MERCATO METROPOLITANO (MM E&C LTD). Closed by January 2025, probably earlier.
SE1, KATZENJAMMERS. Closed in August, future uncertain.
SE9, RISING SUN (Greene King). Closed for a refurbishment, although locally rumoured to have been sold by GK.
SE10, DUKE OF GREENWICH (Hamna Wakaf). Closed, looking for new tenant.
SE18, GEORGE IV (Stonegate/Craft Union). No longer sells cask beer, handpumps unused.
SE19, BEULAH SPA (M&B/Harvester). Closed as a Harvester in September, to reopen in December as an Orleans Smokehouse.
SE22, BISHOP (Greene King/Metropolitan). No longer sells cask beer.
SW8, NO.29 POWER STATION WEST (Darwin & Wallace). Closed, future uncertain.
SW19, PRINCE OF WALES, 98 Morden Rd. Cask beer discontinued again in November owing to lack of demand.
W1, COURT (M&B/High St Pubs). No longer sells cask beer.
W1, G-A-Y (Soho Estates). Reported in media as permanently closed owing to rising costs.
W1, NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS (Stonegate). No longer sells cask beer.
W5, EALING PROJECT (British Land/Really Local Group). Closed, to become Gutterball.
W6, BRASSERIE BLANC (St. George). Self-declared closed in late October, future uncertain.
W7, KINGS ARMS (Stonegate). No longer sells cask beer.
W12, OAK. Closed, lease on the market.
OUTER LONDON
CHEAM, CLARET WINE BAR. Closed in October with significant refurbishment planned before reopening at some point.
COLLIER ROW (ROMFORD), GRAVITY BAR. Converted to Bhale Biryani, which has subsequently closed.
COLLIER ROW (ROMFORD), RM5 LOUNGE. Closed, future uncertain.
CROYDON, MARKET TAVERN (Stonegate/Craft Union). Closed in September.
FELTHAM, BEDFONT & HATTON ROYAL BRITISH LEGION (Royal British Legion). Closed, future uncertain.
HIGH BARNET, BLACK HORSE (Heineken). Closed due to financial pressure on operator.
ISLEWORTH, WOODLANDS (Heineken/McLean Inns). No longer sells cask beer
KINGSTON, INCOGNITO. Closed, premises future uncertain.
SOUTH CROYDON, WHELAN’S (Heineken/Whelans). No longer sells cask beer.
THORNTON HEATH, ELGON VIEW. Closed since June, future uncertain.
TWICKENHAM, BEAR TAVERN (Stonegate/Craft Union). No longer sells cask beer
| OTHER CHANGES |
INNER LONDON
WC2, DALY’S WINE BAR (Young’s). Reopened following refurb and merged with Temple Brew House to become DALY’S WINE BAR & BEER HALL.
WC2, TEMPLE BREW HOUSE (Young’s). Used to be a standalone bar and brewhouse but, following Young’s takeover of City Pub Co, this is now a beer hall and part of Daly’s Wine Bar. A separate street entrance has been kept. The brewery is no more.
N1, DUKE OF WELLINGTON (Stonegate/Frontier Pubs), 119 Balls Pond Rd. Reopened in November under Stanley Pubs after a major refurbishment, with four handpumps now at the front.
N19, ST JOHN’S TAVERN (Nobledash). Now operated by Urban Pub & Bars after a £1m+ refurbishment. Cask beer still available.
N22, NAG’S HEAD (Stonegate). Now a Dunnings Irish bar (also see SW15 Fox & Hounds)
SW1, GANYMEDE (Lunar Pub Company). Renamed ELIZABETH.
SW3, ADMIRAL CODRINGTON (Butcombe Brewery). Reopened and run since October by the small London Inda Pubs chain, after a period under Butcombe Brewery management. Three handpumps for cask beer.
SW11, FOUR THIEVES (Laine). Renamed THIEVES after major refurbishment this autumn.
SW15, FOX & HOUNDS (Stonegate). Now operated by Dunnings, an Irish themed pubco.
W1, QUEEN CHARLOTTE (Shaftesbury/BrewDog). The pub is no longer part of the BrewDog group, the new operator also runs the Blue Maid in Borough High Street. Three reasonably priced cask beer s.
OUTER LONDON
CHEAM, OLDE RED LION (Stonegate). Operated since August by the Morgan Pub Collective.
HAYES, NEW INN. Now operated by Whelan’s.
KEW, CRICKETERS (Inda Pubs). Reverted to ROSE & CROWN after refurbishment.