TFL Pub Crawl
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Aiming to use every tube station and have a drink in the nearest pub…
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Ok, so the aim is to use every single tube station on the TFL map, (The Croydon tram can get fucked) whether I hit in or out and then visit the closest pub for a quick half. Unless I’ve miscounted there are 422 to visit. Here we go
412/423 Latimer Road: Ham&City/Circle Line. Oh wonderful. I thought I was done with dreadful pubs. It’s been ages, so well done The Pig & Whistle. It’s properly horrific despite the friendly barmaid. And they don’t take card so I have to go to a cashpoint and come back! Half cider £3.60 Rating 0/5
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
412/423 Latimer Road: Ham&City/Circle Line. Oh wonderful. I thought I was done with dreadful pubs. It’s been ages, so well done The Pig & Whistle. It’s properly horrific despite the friendly barmaid. And they don’t take card so I have to go to a cashpoint and come back! Half cider £3.60 Rating 0/5
411/423 Ladbroke Grove: Ham&City/Circle Line. Next to the station is The Knight Of Notting Hill. Apparently it was the favourite pub of Timothy Evans who got blamed for all the Rillington Place/John Christie murders. And by blamed I mean hanged. Christie also worked here! Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
January 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
411/423 Ladbroke Grove: Ham&City/Circle Line. Next to the station is The Knight Of Notting Hill. Apparently it was the favourite pub of Timothy Evans who got blamed for all the Rillington Place/John Christie murders. And by blamed I mean hanged. Christie also worked here! Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
410/423 Westbourne Park: Ham&City/Circle Line. Calamity in The Union Tavern. Ciders off! Have to go pint of Peroni. Can’t be doing half a lager, I do have some standards. Pub is right on the canal and must be excellent in the summer. I’m sat inside cos it’s cold. Pint of lager £7.50 Rating 4/5
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 PM
410/423 Westbourne Park: Ham&City/Circle Line. Calamity in The Union Tavern. Ciders off! Have to go pint of Peroni. Can’t be doing half a lager, I do have some standards. Pub is right on the canal and must be excellent in the summer. I’m sat inside cos it’s cold. Pint of lager £7.50 Rating 4/5
409/423 Royal Oak: Ham&City/Circle Line. The Porchester used to be called The Royal Oak hence the name of the station. Why change it then? Apparently it’s one of only a few stations to be named after a pub. I can only think of Elephant & Castle and Swiss Cottage. Google!! Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
409/423 Royal Oak: Ham&City/Circle Line. The Porchester used to be called The Royal Oak hence the name of the station. Why change it then? Apparently it’s one of only a few stations to be named after a pub. I can only think of Elephant & Castle and Swiss Cottage. Google!! Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5
408/423 Edgware Road: District/Circle/Ham&City Line. Ooh this stations fun, there’s plants aplenty and it’s the first station I’ve been to where the board information is red rather than orange. SHUT UP IT’S INTERESTING! Larrik is fancy but more of a restaurant than a pub. Half cider £3.70 Rating 3/5
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
408/423 Edgware Road: District/Circle/Ham&City Line. Ooh this stations fun, there’s plants aplenty and it’s the first station I’ve been to where the board information is red rather than orange. SHUT UP IT’S INTERESTING! Larrik is fancy but more of a restaurant than a pub. Half cider £3.70 Rating 3/5
407/423 Bayswater: District/Circle Line. Back in The Bayswater Arms after having a half here when I did Queensway. It’s 10p more expensive!! I was only here in November! Also I can’t believe how busy it is at 11:30 in the morning. I nearly mistook it for a Wetherspoons. Half cider = £3.65 Rating 3/5
January 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
407/423 Bayswater: District/Circle Line. Back in The Bayswater Arms after having a half here when I did Queensway. It’s 10p more expensive!! I was only here in November! Also I can’t believe how busy it is at 11:30 in the morning. I nearly mistook it for a Wetherspoons. Half cider = £3.65 Rating 3/5
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Their overt scepticism, however, prevented them from successfully exploiting the image, for it was an image based on the idea that magic was not merely unexplained but inexplicable, that magic might be real.”
“Their overt scepticism, however, prevented them from successfully exploiting the image, for it was an image based on the idea that magic was not merely unexplained but inexplicable, that magic might be real.”
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
Fucks sake, it appears I did miscount despite totting up the numbers about 15 times. It appears there are 423. I blame Bethnall Green which I counted twice as the two station exits are about a mile apart. Anyway let’s hope no one notices
Ok, so the aim is to use every single tube station on the TFL map, (The Croydon tram can get fucked) whether I hit in or out and then visit the closest pub for a quick half. Unless I’ve miscounted there are 422 to visit. Here we go
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Fucks sake, it appears I did miscount despite totting up the numbers about 15 times. It appears there are 423. I blame Bethnall Green which I counted twice as the two station exits are about a mile apart. Anyway let’s hope no one notices
406/422 Goodge Street: Northern Line. Dunno why but I get irrationally angry by tube stations with lifts. Just get some fucking escalators. Anyway The Fitzrovia is closed so I head to The Hope, a proper cosy pub that hasn’t changed since 1974. Apart from the prices. Half cider £3.80 Rating 4/5
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
406/422 Goodge Street: Northern Line. Dunno why but I get irrationally angry by tube stations with lifts. Just get some fucking escalators. Anyway The Fitzrovia is closed so I head to The Hope, a proper cosy pub that hasn’t changed since 1974. Apart from the prices. Half cider £3.80 Rating 4/5
405/422 Old Street: Northern Line. I’m by Old Street so it makes sense to quickly knock it off. Urgh 5:30pm Of course The Angel is fucking heaving. I’m best suited doing this at 11am. Just me, old men and the unemployed. That’s the way. Everyone else is having fun though. Half cider £3.60 Rating 3/5
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
405/422 Old Street: Northern Line. I’m by Old Street so it makes sense to quickly knock it off. Urgh 5:30pm Of course The Angel is fucking heaving. I’m best suited doing this at 11am. Just me, old men and the unemployed. That’s the way. Everyone else is having fun though. Half cider £3.60 Rating 3/5
404/422 St. James’s Park. District/Circle Line. A rarity - a zone 1 station I have never used before. More fool me cos The Old Star is buzzy as fuck. One review says “great staff, she came out with a funny quip but I can’t remember what it was”. Well thanks for that mate. Half cider £3.60 Rating 4/5
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
404/422 St. James’s Park. District/Circle Line. A rarity - a zone 1 station I have never used before. More fool me cos The Old Star is buzzy as fuck. One review says “great staff, she came out with a funny quip but I can’t remember what it was”. Well thanks for that mate. Half cider £3.60 Rating 4/5
403/422 Sloane Square: District/Circle Line. I once had a really posh mate who lived around here. Then I got drunk at her engagement party, swore at her mum and haven’t seen her in 20 years. Sorry Kat! I sit in the snug of the Antelope debating sending a belated apology. Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
403/422 Sloane Square: District/Circle Line. I once had a really posh mate who lived around here. Then I got drunk at her engagement party, swore at her mum and haven’t seen her in 20 years. Sorry Kat! I sit in the snug of the Antelope debating sending a belated apology. Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5
402/422 Hyde Park Corner: Piccadilly Line. Avoid the bars of all the la-di-dah hotels and head to The Rose & Crown. Loads of Americans moaning about the weather and getting overexcited about fish and chips. This is about the 19th pub to say they sell the best in London. Half cider = £3.65 Rating 3/5
January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
402/422 Hyde Park Corner: Piccadilly Line. Avoid the bars of all the la-di-dah hotels and head to The Rose & Crown. Loads of Americans moaning about the weather and getting overexcited about fish and chips. This is about the 19th pub to say they sell the best in London. Half cider = £3.65 Rating 3/5
401/422 Euston: Northern/Jubilee/Lioness Line. I avoid the main concourse and find myself in The Doric Arch named after the famous Euston arch demolished in 1961. It’s full of people drinking to forget that their train has been cancelled. Half cider £3.65 Rating 2/5 LIONESS LINE COMPLETE!!!
January 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
401/422 Euston: Northern/Jubilee/Lioness Line. I avoid the main concourse and find myself in The Doric Arch named after the famous Euston arch demolished in 1961. It’s full of people drinking to forget that their train has been cancelled. Half cider £3.65 Rating 2/5 LIONESS LINE COMPLETE!!!
400/422 Warren Street: Northern/Victoria Line. The trouble with starting at the outer reaches of the map and working my way in is that zone 1 is boring. I miss the days of desperately trying to find a shit pub in Barking Riverside. Anyway Prince of Wales Feathers is ok. Half cider £3.65 Rating 3/5
January 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
400/422 Warren Street: Northern/Victoria Line. The trouble with starting at the outer reaches of the map and working my way in is that zone 1 is boring. I miss the days of desperately trying to find a shit pub in Barking Riverside. Anyway Prince of Wales Feathers is ok. Half cider £3.65 Rating 3/5
399/422 Regents Park: Bakerloo Line. Ha I wanted to do The Albany when I did Great Portland Street but annoyingly there was a closer one. Here now! I came here years ago and saw 90s comedian Rob Newman singing Rainbow connection on the ukulele. What an evening. Half cider = £3.60 Rating 5/5
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
399/422 Regents Park: Bakerloo Line. Ha I wanted to do The Albany when I did Great Portland Street but annoyingly there was a closer one. Here now! I came here years ago and saw 90s comedian Rob Newman singing Rainbow connection on the ukulele. What an evening. Half cider = £3.60 Rating 5/5
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The Birdcage Pub. Birdcage Walk now (80 Columbia Road, Bethnal Green). Haunt of the ‘London Burkers’ bodysnatchers.The (also formerly known as ‘The Bird Cage’) has been in continuous use as a public house since at least 1760. It was in this pub that 14-year-old Carlo Ferrier was last seen by
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The Birdcage Pub. Birdcage Walk now (80 Columbia Road, Bethnal Green). Haunt of the ‘London Burkers’ bodysnatchers.The (also formerly known as ‘The Bird Cage’) has been in continuous use as a public house since at least 1760. It was in this pub that 14-year-old Carlo Ferrier was last seen by
398/422 Angel: Northern Line. Years ago I worked for a bank and was sent here for a training day. We all went to the pub at lunch and got food poisoning. Might’ve been The Peacock but who knows. I avoid eating just in case. Anyway that’s all the A’s done. Well done me. Half cider = £3.30 Rating 3/5
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
398/422 Angel: Northern Line. Years ago I worked for a bank and was sent here for a training day. We all went to the pub at lunch and got food poisoning. Might’ve been The Peacock but who knows. I avoid eating just in case. Anyway that’s all the A’s done. Well done me. Half cider = £3.30 Rating 3/5
397/422 Borough: Northern Line. Borough. Home of the famous market and the photo of that fella running down the road with a full pint after the terrorist attack. Makes you proud to be British doesn’t it? I walk into The Trinity as Palace go 2 down to Macclesfield. Jesus. Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
January 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
397/422 Borough: Northern Line. Borough. Home of the famous market and the photo of that fella running down the road with a full pint after the terrorist attack. Makes you proud to be British doesn’t it? I walk into The Trinity as Palace go 2 down to Macclesfield. Jesus. Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
396/422 Elephant & Castle: Northern/Bakerloo Line. Christ the architecture round here is ugly. It seems stuck in the 60s as does the Elephant & Castle pub with its garish decor and mental lights. Despite this, I really really like it. Character counts for a lot well done. Half cider £3.30 Rating 4/5
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
396/422 Elephant & Castle: Northern/Bakerloo Line. Christ the architecture round here is ugly. It seems stuck in the 60s as does the Elephant & Castle pub with its garish decor and mental lights. Despite this, I really really like it. Character counts for a lot well done. Half cider £3.30 Rating 4/5
395/422 Lambeth North: Bakerloo Line. The Hercules is named after the famous strongman and leans heavily into Lambeth’s fame as the birthplace of the modern circus. Which means that there are just some framed posters including one of a bear riding a bike. It’s fun though. Half cider £3.75 Rating 4/5
January 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM
395/422 Lambeth North: Bakerloo Line. The Hercules is named after the famous strongman and leans heavily into Lambeth’s fame as the birthplace of the modern circus. Which means that there are just some framed posters including one of a bear riding a bike. It’s fun though. Half cider £3.75 Rating 4/5
394/422 Westminster: Jubilee/Circle/District Line. St Stephens Tavern prides itself as being a historic gem graced by politicians and heavyweight journos. Well that might have been true once but now it’s an over-lit, cramped pub populated solely by tourists. Half cider £3.75 Rating 2/5
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
394/422 Westminster: Jubilee/Circle/District Line. St Stephens Tavern prides itself as being a historic gem graced by politicians and heavyweight journos. Well that might have been true once but now it’s an over-lit, cramped pub populated solely by tourists. Half cider £3.75 Rating 2/5
393/422 Southwark: Jubilee Line. Loads of restaurants here but I only care about pubs. The Ring was bought by boxing champ Dick Burge and was the first indoor boxing ring for the proles. That’s all well and good but it gets an extra point for playing Fine Young Cannibals. Half cider £3.30 Rating 3/5
January 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
393/422 Southwark: Jubilee Line. Loads of restaurants here but I only care about pubs. The Ring was bought by boxing champ Dick Burge and was the first indoor boxing ring for the proles. That’s all well and good but it gets an extra point for playing Fine Young Cannibals. Half cider £3.30 Rating 3/5
392/422 Bermondsey: Jubilee Line. We’re in Millwall territory here. The Gregorian is a proper old school pub with parquet flooring, old fireplace and separate snug areas to watch sport. Apparently it’s the most haunted pub in London but fuck knows how you measure that. Half cider = £3.40 Rating 3/5
January 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
392/422 Bermondsey: Jubilee Line. We’re in Millwall territory here. The Gregorian is a proper old school pub with parquet flooring, old fireplace and separate snug areas to watch sport. Apparently it’s the most haunted pub in London but fuck knows how you measure that. Half cider = £3.40 Rating 3/5
391/422 Monument: Circle/District Line. I came and climbed Monument a while back when my kids were learning about Great Fire of London, I wouldn’t recommend it but at least you can get your breath back in The Hydrant an open friendly bar which does great chicken wings. Pint of cider £7.50 Rating 3/5
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
391/422 Monument: Circle/District Line. I came and climbed Monument a while back when my kids were learning about Great Fire of London, I wouldn’t recommend it but at least you can get your breath back in The Hydrant an open friendly bar which does great chicken wings. Pint of cider £7.50 Rating 3/5