Paddington and Maida Vale tour

This is a twin-centre pub trail that includes some of the most outstanding pub architecture in…

Cloth, meat, diamonds and leather

On 15 April, CAMRA’s London Pubs Group visited the Smithfield area for an evening tour.  The…

Did you know we’re on your doorstep?

While reading the article in the February/March edition about the threatened pubs of Heathrow (I grew…

A Tale of Two Ale Trails!

Colin Price’s excellent article about the Young’s 135 Club in the December/January edition prompted me to…

Hostelries along the Hogsmill revisited

On Saturday 21 February the London Pubs Group visited six pubs in the Kingston and New…

The ghost pubs of Kentish Town

If you walk around Kentish Town today, you’ll find a sizeable number of pubs, yet, over…

The threatened pubs of Heathrow (part two)

In my article in the previous edition of London Drinker, Ivisited pubs under threat of complete…

Pubs of the Edgware Road

In his 1968 documentary ‘From Marble Arch to Edgware’ the poet John Betjeman travelled along the…

The threatened pubs of Heathrow (part one)

Pubs are under threat on many fronts these days, particularly economically.  There are however at least…

A tour of Twickenham and Teddington

On Saturday 18 October, CAMRA’s London Pubs Group visited five pubs in the Twickenham and Teddington…