This is how the beer scene was way back then.

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E1 Ace of Hearts: 60 Stepney Green. (D1/1). Tolly Cobbold. No handpumped beers!.

E1 ALMA: 41 Spelman Street. (A1/2). Free House. Trumans Best, Youngs Bitter. Formerly the Ed Tilney brewery which used the same source of water as Trumans. The site of the pump and well are still in existence in the garden. Darts, snacks in the evening and cooked meals at lunchtime. Opens at 5. 45pm on Saturday evenings.

E1 Anchor & Hope: 90 Duckett Street. (D1/3). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Choice of real ale occasionally changes, but one from the Watney range is always available. One bar local, with fine collection of pot plants and a display of badges of the former independent fire bridgades before the amalgamation into the London Fire Bridgade in 1965. Darts, shove h'p. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E1 ARCHERS: 42 Osborn Street. (A1/4). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds. Beer not available at all times.

E1 ARTFUL DODGER: 47 Royal Mint Street. (A2/5). Free House. Websters, Youngs Bitter, Fullers London Pride. Re-opened in September 1985 having been closed for four years. Formerly an Ind Coope pub. A Grade II Listed Building which still has its former name of the Crown & Seven Stars on the top floor. Lunchtime meals and snacks in the evenings, darts, realfire.

E1 ARTICHOKE: 91 Stepney Way. (C1/6). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter, Ruddles County. Large and welcoming modern pub with a well lit leather-seated lounge and outdoor drinking area. Two bars and a restaurant that can be used as a function room. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E1 Australian Arms: 18 Bigland Street. (B2/7). Courage. No handpumped beers!.

E1 BANCROFT ARMS: 400 Mile End Road. (D1/8). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Sampson. Comfortable and friendly one bar pub opposite Queen Mary College. Tastefully decorated following "renovations" in 1971, 1977 and 1985. Darts. Snacks at lunchtime. Opens at 5pm on Sat. Francis Bancroft, officer to the Lord Mayor of London left money for almshouses that were built in 1735. The site opposite was Peoples Palace now Queen Mary's College.

E1 Barley Mow: 42 Headlam Street. (C1/9). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 BELL: 50 Middlesex Street. (A1/10). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter, Websters. One bar friendly well decorated pub with cocktail bar downstairs. Ideal watering hole for Petticoat Lane Market. Restaurant. Opens at 8pm on Sats.

E1 Black Bull: 199 Whitechapel Road. (B1/11). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E1 BLACK HORSE: 40 Leman Street. (A2/12). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. Busy, smartly furnished pub with video jukebox. Has been known to have a DJ and rather loud music. Lunches and snacks. Darts and function room.

E1 Black Horse: 168 Mile End Road. (D1/13). Bass. No handpumped beers! Now keg. A Grade II Listed Building because "Inside the western lobby is a fine tiled mural showing abrightly coloured scene with a black horse". Has stood opposite the former Charrington brewery for about 200 years. Pool. Lunchtime snacks.

E1 BLIND BEGGAR: 337 Whitechapel Road. (C1/14). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Stag, Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter. Large and well decorated one bar pub popular with the young and old. Supposedly gets its name from the 'Ballad of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green' which is 60 verses long. General Booth gave one of his first sermons from around here in 1865 and the pub was the scene of a Kray gangland killing in the 1960's. The pub itself was built in 1895. Lunchtime food and evening snacks. Opens at 5pm on Saturdays. Garden.

E1 BREWERY TAP: 500 Commercial Road. (D2/15). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Split level one bar house with scythes hanging from the ceiling and loud music. On the site of the Commercial Brewery closed in the 1930's. Food at lunchtime.

E1 BRICKLAYERS ARMS: 71 Redmans Road. (D1/16). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Ruddles County. One bar locals' pub, with display of plates, prints and photographs. Lunchtime food. Cheapest pint of Ruddles known in the area. Garden.

E1 Britannia: 232 Cable Street. (C2/17). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers! Keg only. Basic working persons' house with a surperb 'Meux & Co' mirror in the lounge bar, which was the brewery that originally owned the pub. East London fives dartboard. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 6. 30pm Saturday.

E1 Britannia: 44 Morris Street. (C2/18). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 British Prince: 49 Bromley Street. (D1/19). Ind Coope Taylor Walker. Taylor Walker, Burton .

Interesting two bar, old fashioned, locals pub. Darts and pool

E1 BROWN BEAR: 130 Leman Street. (B2/20). Ind Coope. Burton. A Grade II Listed Building because part of original glass remains with brass letters on sills and brass rails inside. Busy at lunchtimes when meals are available, darts, pool and function room. Opensat 5pm Saturdays.

E1 BULL & PUMP: 72 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/21). Ind Coope. Burton. Comfortably furnished pub, with photos of film and pop stars on the wall. On the site of former pub used by Sir Isaac Newton. Name refers to Shoreditch being a favourite stop for cattle drovers on their way to Smithfield Market and to the nearby Shoreditch parish pump. One bar pub with restaurant. Live music Fridays and Saturdays. Opens at 5pm on Saturdays.

E1 CARLTON ARMS: 238 Bancroft Road. (D1/22). Bass. Charrington IPA. One bar pub with a real fire, darts and shove h'p. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 5pm on Sat.

E1 Carpenters Arms: 135 Cambridge Heath Road. (C1/23). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 CASTLE: 44 Commercial Road. (A2/24). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. Friendly two bar pub which has boxing connections. Darts, pool, video jukebox and upstairs function room which is a restaurant at lunchtimes. Not open on Saturday evenings.

E1 CAXTON: 50 The Highway. (B2/25). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters. Formerly the Artichoke. Comfortable, recently extended pub, with a newspaper history on the walls. Private bar doubles as a function room. Live music Thurs, Fri & Sat. Cooked meals lunchtime and evening snacks. Opens at 5pm Saturday evening. Garden.

E1 China Ship: 4 Orton Street. (B2/26). Bass. No handpumped beers!.

E1 CITY DARTS: 40 Commercial Street. (A1/27). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter, Trumans Sampson. On the Local List of Listed Buildings. Busy darts orientated pub formerly called the Princess Alice. Meals at all times, live jazz on Wednesdays. Function room.

E1 City of Carlisle: 61 Royal Mint Street. (A2/28). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 COLET ARMS: 94 White Horse Road. (C1/29). Bass. Charrington IPA. A building on the "Local List". Traditional semi-island bar surrounded with mirrors and red walls with gilded ornamentation. Comfortable, quiet, very much a locals pub. Named after founder of St Pauls School (1509), Dean of St Pauls Cathedral, John Colet, who lived in White Horse Road. Darts, Shoveh'p. Food all times.

E1 COMMERCIAL TAVERN: 142 Commercial Road. (A1/30). Bass. Charrington IPA. Lively one bar locals pub with darts and pool. Occasional live music. Lunchtime food. A Grade II Listed Building. Function room.

E1 Crown & Dolphin: 56 Cannon Street Road. (B2/31). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 Crown & Leek: 11 Deal Street. (B1/32). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 CROWN & SCEPTRE: 84 Ben Jonson Road. (D1/33). Shepherd Neame. Shepherd Neame Master Brew. Comfortable locals pub, also known as the Jug House. Darts.

E1 CROWN & SHUTTLE: 226 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/34). Trumans. Trumans Best. This small one bar pub is uniquely named; the shuttle stands for the local weaving industry imported from France in the 18th Century while the crown refers to the one time royal ownership of the area. In the Kingsland district, for example, there used to be one of Henry VIII's hunting lodges. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks, darts, pool. Opens early on Saturdays.

E1 CUCKOO: 97 Wapping Lane. (C2/35). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. Previously called the White Swan. Comfortable pub with pictures of aeroplanes and names of old beers Darts, lunchtime meals and evening snacks.

E1 Dean Swift: 2 Deancross Street. (C2/36). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 DICKENS INN: St Katherines Dock. (A2/37). Free House. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. Beers called Dicken's Own Bitter and Dicken's Own Special (brewed at Tooley Street) are also available. Very pricey tourist attraction in style of beams, benches and sawdust. Beneath an 18th century warehouse stood the present structure made of European redwood. The building was moved 75 yards to its present site situated in pleasant surroundings of marina and Tower Bridge. Meals at all times. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E1 DOG & TRUCK: 72 Back Church Lane. (B2/38). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter. Smart one bar local with a collection of plates and chamberpots. Darts and shove h'p. Opens at 8pm on Saturday evenings. Garden.

E1 Dover Castle: 55 Sutton Street. (C2/39). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E1 DUKE OF NORFOLK: 30 Massingham Street. (D1/40). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker. Friendly and homely back street local that holds discos at weekends. Darts (East London fives board), lunchtime snacks. Opens at 6pm on Sats. Garden.

E1 DUKE OF SOMERSET: 14 Little Somerset Street. (A2/41). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Busy, modern one bar pub named after a former Duke of Somerset who used to own property in the area. Darts. Meals at all times. Opens at 5pm Sat. Outside drinking area.

E1 DUKE OF WELLINGTON: 12 Toynbee Street. (A1/42). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Well lit, two bar locals pub with basic public bar and comfortable lounge. Lunches and snacks. Darts. Opens at 7.30pm on Sats.

E1 Duke of Wellington: 63 Brady Street. (C1/43). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E1 Fifth Avenue: 169 Mile End Road. (D1/44). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E1 FISH & RING: 141 White Horse Road. (D1/45). Free House. Fullers London Pride, Youngs Special, Davenports , Fullers ESB. A real free house. Comfortable and very friendly corner locals pub run by Harry & Daisy White, who have some 30 years local experience as licensees. Winner of the Society for Preseration of Beers from the Wood (SPBW) Best London Pub Award 1985. Has a large selection of whiskies. Darts - including an East London Fives Board. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday evenings. Live piano, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings.

E1 FORTY FIVE: 45 Mile End Road. (C1/46). Ind Coope. Burton. Real name is the Three Cranes. Panelled one bar pub with darts and shove h'p. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E1 FOUNTAIN: 438 Mile End Road. (D1/47). Bass. Charrington IPA. Modern two bar pub with chandelier style lights in the saloon. Hosts six football teams in various leagues. Darts, pool and shove h'p. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Garden.

E1 FRYING PAN: 13 Brick Lane. (A1/48). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. Smart one bar locals pub with darts, pool, shove h'p and snacks and meals at all times. Opens at 5pm on Saturday evenings. The frying pan was used as an emblem for braizers and ironmongers.

E1 George Tavern: 373 Commercial Road. (C2/49). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E1 Gloster Arms: 93/95 Commercial Road. (B2/50). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers! Closed 1989.

E1 Golden Eagle: 56 Cleveland Way. (C1/51). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 GOLDEN HEART: 110 Commercial Street. (A1/52). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter, Trumans Sampson. Pleasant pub frequented weekdays by locals and Spitalfield Market workers taking advantage of the 6am to 9am opening hours. Lunchtime meals and snacks in the evenings. Opens at 5pm on Saturdays. Real Fire.

E1 GOOD SAMS: 87 Turner Street. (B1/53). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter. Formerly the Good Samaritan. Made into an 'Open House' which has spoilt a one time East End Local. A cocktail high stool style bar with plastic plants which look as if they need watering. A red house, the carpets are red, as are the lightshades and wallpaper. Known as Sammys to generations of staff and students from the London Hospital. NB Patientshave been known to 'slip out' for a quick pint.

E1 GRAVE MAURICE: 269 Whitechapel Road. (C1/54). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best. Smart and pricey one bar pub named after Count Maurice of Nassau, prominent soldier of late 16th and early 17th centuries. Food at all times. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E1 GUN: 54 Brushfield Street. (A1/55). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Sampson, Trumans Bitter. Has 6am to 9am licence. On its 3rd site in 300 years. The first site was in Artillery Lane, the second site is now part of Spitalfield Market. It has been on the present site since 1926. Comfortable pub with friendly manager who ran the Alma in Cambridge. Darts, pool, function room, lunchtime mealsand evening snacks. Closed Sundays. Real fire.

E1 Hayfield Tavern: 158 Mile End Road. (D1/56). Bass. Closed. Due to re-open in December 1986 selling Charrington IPA.

E1 Hearts of Oak: 36 Dock Street. (B2/57). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E1 HOLLANDS: Brayford Square. (ex 9 Exmouth Street). (C3/58). Free House. Fremlins. A Grade II Listed Building because of "Original interior with boarded ceiling, pine panelling and settles. Engraved and painted glasswork. Elaborate fireplaces and overmantles. Listed for Interior". Treasure house of Victoriania, breweriania and old photos and press cuttings. Been in the hands of the Holland family since 19th century. Real ale may not always be available. Lunchtime food. Garden.

E1 Horn of Plenty: 36 Globe Road. (D1/60). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 Horns & Horseshoe: 10 Cable Street. (B2/61). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 HORSE & GROOM: 21 White Church Lane (A1/59). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best. Former 19th century coadhing pub, decorated as stables. Popular with the young. Has a wine bar and restaurant. Disco on Fridays. Renamed Cauthens's in September 1989.

E1 HUNGERFORD ARMS: 240 Commercial Road. (C2/62). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters, Ruddles County. Loud, comfortably furnished one bar pub, popular with locals and London Hospital staff. Lunchtime food. Darts. Opens at 6pm on Saturday evening.

E1 Ivories: 43 East Smithfield. (A2/63). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 JACK THE RIPPER: 84 Commercial Street. (A1/64). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. A Grade II Listed Building because 'Inside the Commercial Road entrance is a fine-coloured 19^th Century tile plaque showing an 18th/19th Century street scene". Snacks at lunchtime. Formerly the Ten Bells.

E1 JJ's FREE HOUSE: 180 Brady Street. (C1/65). Free House. Winter Royal, Whitbread Wethereds. Formerly the Yorkshire Grey. Friendly comfortable pub at the back of Bethnal Green BR Station. Garden.

E1 Jolly Butchers: 157 Brick Lane. (A1/66). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 Jolly Sailor: 8 Garnet Street. (C2/67). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 Katherine Wheel: 50 Cephas Avenue (D1/68). Bass. Charrington IPA. Smart comfortable one bar pub, decorated with bird and floral prints and early photos of the pub. Snacks at lunchtimes. darts, pool and shove h'p. Opens at 7pm every winter evening and approx 6. 30pm every summer evening. Live music Sat evenings.

E1 KINGS ARMS: 513 Cable Street. (D2/71). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter. Lively locals pub with red decor. Darts, pool, lunchtime food, evening snacks. Real fire.

E1 Kings Arms: 230 Mile End Road. (D1/70). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E1 Kings Arms: 514 Commercial Road. (D2/69). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 KINGS HEAD: 128 Commercial Road. (B2/72). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Lively pub with cosmopolitan clientele. Building dates from the Regency period. Darts and pool. Food lunchtimes and evenings to 7pm.

E1 KINGS STORES: 14 Widegate Street. (A1/73). Whitbread. Brakspears PA, Whitbread Wethereds. Well decorated pub, popular with local office workers. Has its own Pizza Hut. Wine bar, darts. Closes at 10. 30pm. Closed weekends.

E1 KNAVE OF CLUBS: 25 Bethnal Green Road. (A1/74). Ind Coope. Burton. Has large original Victorian wall adverts for brands of spirits and is a Grade II Listed Building because of it. Also known as the Bird House. Darts, pool, public bar, function room, snacks and meals at lunchtime. Opens at 6pm Saturday evenings.

E1 Lion: 8 Tapp Street. (C1/75). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 Little Star: 164 White Horse Road. (D1/76). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 LONDON HOSPITAL TAVERN: 176 Whitechapel Road. (C1/77). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Cocktail high stool type bar. Prints on the ceiling. Disco.

E1 LORD NELSON: 230 Commercial Road. (C2/78). Bass. Charrington IPA. Well renovated pub with Victorian plates on walls in the lounge. Darts and pool. Lunchtime food. Opens at 5pm on Saturday evening. Used to be the 'Brandy and Wine Stores'.

E1 LORD RODNEYS HEAD: 285 Whitechapel Road. (C1/79). Bass. Charrington IPA. Narrow locals' pub with fish tank and wooden panelled ceiling. Named after Admiral George Brydges Rodney who captured the West Indies from France in 1762, was the victor of the 'moonlight battle' off Cape St Vincent against the Spanish (1780). Recently leased from LRT by Banks & Taylor, the independent brewers from Shefford and will sell their beers. Darts (five board), shove h'p. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Opens at 5pm on Saturdays.

E1 MERCERS ARMS: 34 Belgrave Road. (D1/80). Bass. Charrington IPA. A Grade II Listed Building. Smart one bar lounge type pub with green decor and pink curtains. Popular with the locals. Darts. Lunchtime snacks. Live piano Saturdays.

E1 MR PICKWICKS: 70 Leman Street. (A2/81). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best, Websters. Formerly the Garrick Tavern. A Grade II Listed Building. Busy pub decorated in mock Dickensian theme. Darts, function room. Meals and snacks at all times. Opens at 5pm on Sats.

E1 Nags Head: 15 Whitechapel Road. (A1/82). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E1 NORFOLK VILLAGE: 199 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/83). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. On the site of the former Cambridge Theatre of which this pub was the bar. During World War II the pub was taken over by the US Army and the upstairs rooms were used as a brothel. Darts, lunchtime meals and evening snacks, live music, Friday disco, friendly landlord. Garden.

E1 Old Blue Anchor: 133 Whitechapel Road. (B1/84). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 Old Carpenters Arms: 78 Ben Jonson Road. (D1/85). Watney Combe Reid.

E1 Old Globe: 191 Mile End Road. (D1/86). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 Old House at Home: 87 Watney Street. (C2/87). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 OLD RED LION: 217 Whitechapel Road. (B1/88). Free House. Youngs Special, Tollys Original. Two bar basic Irish pub left to run down in the last few years. Darts, pool. Opens at 6. 30pm on Sats.

E1 OLD ROSE: 128 The Highway. (B2/89). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best, Websters. Comfortable locals one bar pub. Darts. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Disco Thurs - Sun. Opens at 7. 30pm on Saturday.

E1 OLD TWO BREWERS: 154 Brick Lane. (A1/91). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter. Basic one bar pub. Is rumoured that it is to be demolished.

E1 OXFORD ARMS: 43 Stepney Way. (C1/92). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Narrow one bar pub near London Hospital.

E1 Peacock: 14 Aylward Street. (D1/93). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers! Keg only.

E1 PRIDE OF SPITALFIELDS: 3 Heneage Street. (A1/94). Free House. Youngs Special, Youngs Bitter, Fullers London Pride , Fullers ESB. Formerly the Romford Arms. Snacks and meals at alltimes. Popular and friendly side street pub, frequented by students and CAMRA members. Pictures of old East London street scenes on the walls. Real Fire.

E1 Pride of Stepney: 269 Stepney Way. (D1/95). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 Prince Regent: 105 Globe Road. (D1/98). Trumans. Websters. Large modern two bar pub. Attractive paintings on the lounge bar, Darts and shove h'p. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E1 Prince of Wales: 124 Globe Road. (D1/96). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 Prince of Wales: 14 Waley Street. (D1/97). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA: 15 Prescot Street. (A2/99). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter, Websters. Comfortable pub popular with office workers and locals. Hot food at all times. Has three bars and a function room. Open till midnight on Fri and Sat depending on trade. Garden.

E1 PROSPECT OF WHITBY: 57 Wapping Wall. (D2/100). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters, Watneys Stag , Ruddles County. A Grade II Listed Building because the "Interior is much altered, but some 18th Century dado panelling on first floor". Popular with tourists and the well to do. Decorated in a basic manner with interesting posters and mirrors. This riverside pub was originally built around 550 years ago and is reputed to have been known to Pepys, Judge Jeffreys and Dickens. Function room and restaurant. Opens at5. 30pm on Saturday.

E1 Queens Head: 83 Fieldgate Street. (B1/101). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 Queens Head: 57 Greatorex Street. (B1/102). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 Railway Arms: 60 Sutton Street. (C2/103). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 Roebuck: 27 Brady Street. (C1/104). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 Rose & Punchbowl: 7 Redmans Road. (C1/105). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 Royal Duchess: 543/547 Commercial Road. (D2/106). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E1 Royal Duke: 474 Commercial Road. (D2/107). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 Royal George: 7 Selby Street. (B1/108). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 Royal Oak: 120 Whitechapel Road. (B1/109). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 SCARBOROUGH ARMS: 33 St. Marks Street. (A2/110). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. One bar back street locals pub. Named after one of James II's henchmen who was made Earl of Scarborough for his success in smashing the rebels at the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685, the last battle on English soil. Darts, function room, meals at all times except Sundays and Saturday nights because the pub is closed.

E1 Scots Arms: 1 Wapping High Street. (A2/111). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E1 SEVEN STARS: 112 Whitechapel High Street. (A1/112). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Modern, spacious, one bar lock-up pub with a very cheap pint. Lunchtime food. Closes at 8pm if thereis not enough custom. During the weekends, only open at lunchtimes. Function room, darts and pool.

E1 SEVEN STARS: 47 Brick Lane. (A1/113). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 SHIP: 387 Cable Street. (C2/114). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!.

E1 Sir John Falstaff: 111 Cannon Street Road. (B2/115). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E1 SIR SIDNEY SMITH: 22 Dock Street. (A2/116). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best, Websters. Formerly the Pepperpot. Two bar pub, comfortable lounge. Lunches, evening snacks, pool.

E1 STAR & GARTER: 233 Whitechapel Road. (B1/117). Bass. Charrington IPA. Small basic one bar pub. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. The building opposite, Grodzinskys, was also a pub - the Lord Napier.

E1 STILL & STAR: 1 Little Somerset Street. (A2/118). Bass. Charrington IPA. A small one bar

pub dispensing beer through one of four handpumps. The beer is expensive. Opens 11-3 and 5-9pm Mondays to Fridays only. Snacks at lunchtime. Probably the only pub in the country so named. It may derive from the combination of distillation apparatus (still) amd the symbol of an early licensees' association (star).

E1 THOMAS NEALE: 39 Watney Market. (C2/119). Free House. Greene King Abbot, Sam Smiths OBB, Courage Directors , Adnams Bitter, Charrington IPA, Whitbread Flowers Original. Good place to take your young lady, or if you happen to be Joan Collins, your young man.

E1 THREE CROWNS: 237 Mile End Road. (D1/120). Bass. Charrington IPA. Two bar pub with unusual brick beam and Elizabethan style interior. Darts. Lunchtime food. Nice tiling iside the front door depicting three monarchs.

E1 Three Suns: 61 Garnet Street. (C2/121). Trumans. No handpumped beer - closed, but sold in August 1986.

E1 Three Swedish Crowns: 83 Wapping Lane. (C2/122). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Combes Bitter. Real ale not always available. Darts, pool and shove h'p. Live music on Friday and Saturday. Disco on Thursday. Lunchtime food and evening snacks. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Garden.

E1 TOWN OF RAMSGATE: 62 Wapping High Street. (B2/123). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. A Grade II Listed Building because of "Inside beamed ceiling, benches, plank panelling and engraved glass screen. Judge Jeffreys was reputedly captured at this Inn. Grade II for interior, group value and historical association". The cellars used to be dungeons for those awaiting deportation to Australia. Name derives from fact that Ramsgate fishermen used to land their catch here. Food at all times. Would be a better pub without the jukebox. Garden.

E1 TURNERS OLD STAR: 14 Watts Street. (B2/90). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker. Renamed Turners Old Star.

E1 VINEYARD: St Katherines Way. (A2/124). Free House. Daveys Old Wallop. Commissionaire on the door, real ale only in the downstairs bar, a 'basic style' ale bar with sawdust on the floor and interesting signs. Quite expensive and half pints not served. Not open at weekends and closes at 8pm.

E1 WHITE HART: 1 Mile End Road. (C1/126). Free House. Hall & Woodhouse Badger, Everards Old Original. Two bar pub known as Murphys because it is the HQ of the Murphy chain of pubs. The glass partitioning of the bars is superb. TV, pool.

E1 WHITE HART: 89 Whitechapel High Street. (A1/125). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Comfortable one bar pub with partly divided bar. Lunches and snacks.

E1 WHITE HORSE: 64 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/127). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. There has been a pub on the site since 1462, the history is shown in the bar. Snacks at all times with meals at lunchtimes. Strippers on Thurs and Fri nights as well as Sunday lunchtime. Closed on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

E1 WHITE HORSE: 48 White Horse Road. (D2/128). Bass. Charrington IPA. Small, old-fashioned and friendly one-bar wood-panelled pub just off Commercial Road, in the hands of a long-time tennant. Snacks at lunchtime, opens at 6. 15pm Saturday evenings. Garden.

E1 WHITE SWAN: 21 Alie Street. (A2/129). Free House. Re-opened in 1989 selling Shepherd Neame beers.

E1 WILLIAMS: 22/24 Artillery Lane. (A1/130). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds. Formerly the Ship. Recreated Georgian style wine and ale pub with beamed ceiling and wall curios. Darts. Food at all sessions. Closed weekends.

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E2 ACORN: 149 Queensbridge Road. (A2/1). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best. Basic disco type young persons' pub. Lunchtime snacks. Open till midnight Thurs - Sat. 11.30 Sun.

E2 Angel & Crown: 170 Roman Road. (B1/3). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E2 The Alternative (TAYLORS): 34 Redchurch Street. (B2/2). Free House. Boddingtons Bitter, Fullers London Pride, Fullers ESB , Thwaites, Pedigree. A gGrade II listed former Charrington pub. Food at all times. A welcome back to men, not of course excluding the ladies, in this pub. Two fireplaces and threeclocks. Live music.

E2 APPROACH TAVERN: 47 Approach Road. (A1/4). Free House. Chudley Local Line, Pitfield Bitter, S Smiths Museum , Everards Old Original, King & B SB, Batemans XB. Popular pub. Upstairs room, darts, live music once a week, outside drinking area. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday. Pub built in 1861 at a cost of £1953! Has been in the hands of the King family since 1928, when the present owners father took over the tenancy from Barclay Perkins which subsequently became Courage's. He bought the freehold in 1975, since when its become an even more lively and friendly two bar pub.

E2 Beehive: 230 Roman Road. (B1/5). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 BIRDCAGE: 80 Columbia Road. (B2/6). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best, Websters. Lively and interesting locals' pub with talent-nite type entertainment. Spacious and comfortable decor. Darts. Lunchtime meals. On the local list of listed buildings. Reputedly one of the oldest pubs in the area, it was renovated in 1973 and again in 1981 after the ceiling fell down! Close to the Sunday flower market.

E2 Bishop Bonner: 21 Bonner Street. (A1/7). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E2 Black Horse: 67 Roman Road. (B1/8). Belhaven. No handpumped beers! Now Belhaven owned.

E2 BLADE BONE: 185 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/9). Bass. Charrington IPA. Out of beer when surveyed. Due to excessive demand? Small brick building at the front of an estate. TV and pool table dominate the public bar; slightly more spacious saloon at rear. Darts. Occasional pianist. Opens at approx 5. 30pm on Saturday. Been a pub on the same site since 1823.

E2 Bohola House: 423 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/10). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 BRITANNIA: 209 Globe Road. (B1/12). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Dimly lit comfortable two bar pub keen on darts. Shove h'p. DJ at weekends. Lunchtime food. Garden. Licensee is the Orient FC centre half.

E2 Britannia: 12 Chilton Street. (B2/11). Trumans. Trumans Best, Websters. Comfortably furnished in the modern style this one-bar pub has unusual opening hours and a welcoming atmosphere. Lunchtime food. 7 - 2am six nights aweek: a gay bar in the evenings only. Sunday 1-3pm and 7-midnight.

E2 British Lion: 193 Hackney Road. (A2/13). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E2 Browns: 1 Hackney Road. (B2/14). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Buskers Free House: 2 Pollard Row. (B2/15). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 Camdens Head: 456 Bethnal Green Road. (B1/16). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E2 Camel: 277 Globe Road. (B1/17). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E2 CARPENTERS ARMS: 73 Cheshire Street. (B2/18). Free House. Godsons BH, Greene King Abbot, Fullers London Pride. Comfortable one-bar pub renovated in November 1985. In a Sunday market area known as Club Row which is like Petticoat Lane but far more earthy. Breakfast menu. The pub is open 8am - 2pm Sundays and 10pm - 3pm weekdays along with the usual evening openings. Darts and pool in the upstairs room which doubles as a function room.

E2 CITY OF PARIS: 178 Old Ford Road. (A1/19). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. Comfortable one-bar modern corner pub with (imitaion) real fire in central area. Darts. Restaurant.

E2 CONQUEROR: 2/4 Austin Street. (B2/20). Free House. Everards Tiger, King & B SB. Range of ales frequently varies but these two reasonably regular. Wood panelled small corner former Charrington pub with enthusiastic governor. Darts and pool. Lunchtime food. Hopes to have a beer garden in due course.

E2 Crown: 144 Whiston Road. (A2/21). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Dolphin: 85 Redchurch Street. (B2/22). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 Dover Castle: 118 Old Bethnal Green Road. (A1/23). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 Duke of Cambridge: 101 Queensbridge Road. (A2/24). Bass. Websters . Real ale may not always be available in this small basic one-bar pub in a back street off Hackney Road. Darts and pool. TV.

E2 Duke of Cambridge: 25 Felix Street. (A2/25). Belhaven. Now Belhaven owned and keg. d. Darts and pool. TV.

E2 DUKE OF SUSSEX: 94 Goldsmith's Row. (A2/26). Shepherd Neame. Shepherd Master Brew. One of the best pubs in the Hackney Road area. Very small public bar with bar billiards. Food till early evening and meals in the summer. Real fire.

E2 DUKE OF WELLINGTON: 52 Cyprus Street. (A1/27). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Large basic boozer. Darts and pool. Live music Sat and Sun evenings. TV. Snacks at lunchtime and early evening.

E2 Duke of York: 64 Ellsworth Street. (B2/28). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 Dundee Arms: 339 Cambridge Heath Road. (B1/29). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E2 Durham Arms: 408 Hackney Road. (A2/30). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 Earl Grey: 272 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/31). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 FLORISTS ARMS: 255 Globe Road. (B1/32). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Friendly one bar comfortable refurbished pub with imitation brick decor. Shove h'p. Lunchtime food.

E2 Flying Scud: 137 Hackney Road. (A2/33). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 Fountain: 123 Sceptre Road. (B1/34). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Ruddles County. Brightly decorated, comfotably plush, newly converted pub with island bar. Pictures on wall. A pleasant place. Darts, pool and shoveh'p. Lunchtime meals. Opens at 8pm on Saturday.

E2 George & Dragon: 2 Hackney Road. (B2/35). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Globe: 109 Columbia Road. (A2/36). Watney Combe Reid.. No handpumped beers!

E2 Green Gate: 230 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/37). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E2 GREEN MAN: 287 Cambridge Heath Road. (B1/38). Trumans. Trumans Best. L-shaped bar with low ceiling and mainly red decoration. Attractive exterior has a vaguely rural look. Darts, bar billiards. Opens at 5pm on Saturday evening.

E2 GREYHOUND: 32 Old Ford Road. (A1/39). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. One bar pub with loud music. Cooked meals lunchtime, evening snacks. Garden.

E2 Halfway House: 388 Hackney Road. (A2/40). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E2 HARE: 505 Cambridge Heath Road. (A1/41). Trumans. Trumans Best, Websters. Plenty of life here, and all ages. U-shaped bar with darts down one side. Pool. Lunchtime food. TV.

E2 Hop Picker: 481 Hackney Road. (A2/42). Free House. No handpumped beers! .

E2 Jazzy Dees: 163 Gossett Street. (B2/43). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 Joiners Arms: 116/8 Hackney Road. (B2/44). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 KING & QUEEN: 89 Cheshire Street. (B2/45). Trumans. Websters. Large plain one-bar boozer with keen pool following, also has darts and shove h'p. Opens at 7.30pm on Saturday.

E2 Kings Arms: 67 Old Bethnal Green Road. (B2/47). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Kings Arms: 11 Buckfast Street. (B2/46). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E2 Kings Head: 257 Kingsland Road. (A2/48). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E2 Limes: 324 Hackney Road. (A2/49). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 Lord Hood: 89 Dunbridge Street. (B2/50). Free House. Websters, Pitfield Bitter. Range of beers may be varied/increased. Quiet comfortably furnished renovated corner house. Live jazz on Satyrdat night and old time music hall Wed and Fri evening.

E2 Lyons Corner: 121 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/51). Free House. No handpumped beers! No longer a public house.

E2 Manchester Arms: 155 Hackney Road. (A2/52). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 MARKSMAN: 254 Hackney Road. (A2/53). Free House. Pitfield Bitter, Pitfield Hoxton, Pitfield Dark Star, Batemans XB. Occasional guest beers. Comfortable one-bar refurbished pub, a real oasis amongst keg pubs and wine bars. Lunchtime food.

E2 MARQUIS OF CORNWALLIS: 304 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/54). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Sampson. Fairly recently decorated in a comfortable bland style with island bar. Lunchtime meals except Saturday when snacks are available.

E2 Marquis of Lansdowne: 32 Cremer Street. (A2/55). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 Martins: 234 Cambridge Heath Road. (A1/56). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Montys: 111 Gosset Street. (B2/57). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 NELSONS HEAD: 32 Horatio Street. (A2/58). Gibbs Mew. No handpumped beers!

E2 Norfolk Arms (Pickles): 460 Hackney Road. (A2/59). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 Old Basing House: 25 Kingsland Road. (A2/60). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E2 OLDE AXE: 69 Hackney Road. (B2/61). Free House. Greene King Abbot. Real ale may not always be available. Large refurbished Victorian one bar pub with polished wood etc.

E2 Old Friends: 129 Roman Road. (B1/62). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 OLD GEORGE: 397 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/63). Trumans. Trumans Best, Websters. Original winch gear used in the pub last century on display in the centre of the big single bar. Separate pool enclave at the back. TV. Lunchtime food. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Originally 'Ye olde George' and dating back, to at least, 1742 it used to look out over farmland! One the site of old wine vaults which have been retained as the pub cellars. Used to be owned by the Balls family.

E2 Old King Johns Head: 90 Whiston Road. (A2/64). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E2 PANTHER: 15 Turin Street. (B2/65). Whitbread. Whitbread Flowers Original. Quiet, homely unpretentious pub with island bar and prominent price list. Darts, pool and shove h'p. Lunchtime food.

E2 Perseverance: 112 Pritchards Road. (A2/67). Watney Combe Reid.

E2 PERSEVERANCE: 125 Gosset Street. (B2/66). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Plush one bar loud discotheque style young people's pub.

E2 Prince of Wales: 76 Bishops Way. (A1/70). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E2 Prince of Wales: 59 Barnet Grove. (B2/68). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 Prince of Wales: 1 Teale Street. (A2/69). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Queen Victoria: 72 Barnet Grove. (B2/71). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Railway Tavern: 131 Globe Road. (B1/72). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E2 Red Deer: 393 Cambridge Heath Road. (A1/73). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 ROYAL ALFRED: 267 Kingsland Road. (A2/74). Watney Combe Reid. Real ale may not always be available. Food at all times. Darts and pool. Opens at 5.30pm on Saturday.

E2 ROYAL CRICKETERS: 211 Old Ford Road. (A1/75). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds, Whitbread Flowers Original, Samuel Whitbrea , Greene King Abbot. On the local list of listed buildings. Comfortable two level pub with waterside bar and restaurant below, and canalside outside patio with seating - boat owners could moor alongside. Darts.

E2 Royal Oak: 73 Columbia Road. (A2/76). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 ROYAL STANDARD: 165 Kingsland Road. (A2/77). Young & Co. Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special. Basic and clean two bar pub. Usual photo of Youngsdray at Windsor plus other prints. Darts and pool. Lunchtime food. Outside drinking area.

E2 Septembers: 428 Hackney Road. (A2/78). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E2 Shakespeare: 460 Bethnal Green Road. (B1/79). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 Ship: 473 Bethnal Green Road. (B1/80). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 SHIP & BLUE BALL: 13 Boundary Street. (B2/81). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters, Ruddles County. Small one bar back-street local. Darts, pool, lunchtime snacks. Opens at 7.30pm on Saturdays.

E2 SOLLYS: 31 Coate Street. (A2/82). Gibbs Mew. Giibbs Mew Salisbury. In the lounge a curious mixture of locals and City gents gaze from settees while to the accompaniment of loud music and moving lights, a virtually never ending display of boobs and bums gyrates. Opens late; closes late (but last orders 11pm).

E2 SPORTING LIFE: 36 Wilmot Street. (B2/83). Free House. Brakspears PA, Courage Directors, Youngs Special. Large, two-bar pub opposite Bethnal Green BR Station. Decorated with horse racing paraphernalia. Formerly called the Lamb. Darts and pool. Snacks andmeals at all times. Formerly a Charrington pub and dates back to 1860 at least.

E2 Spread Eagle: 3 Kingsland Road. (B2/84). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Stilleto's/GT's : 42 Whiston Road. (A2/85). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E2 Sun: 441 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/86). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E2 Three Loggerheads: 57 Virginia Road. (B1/87). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 Tipples: 502 Bethnal Green Road. (B1/88). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E2 VICTORIA: 4 Ravenscroft Street. (B2/89). Watney Combe Reid. Combes Bitter. Busy spartan local with Irish flavour. Darts and pool. Weekend piano. Garden.

E2 VICTORY: 281 Kingsland Road. (A2/90). Free House. Fullers London Pride, Greene King Abbot. Enthusiastic new owner who wants to expand. Happy hour 5. 30pm - 7pm: 20p off a pint. Lunchtime food. Pool. Opens at 8pm on Saturday.

E2 VICTORY: 27 Vyner Street. (A1/91). Free House. Bass. Quiet comfortable back street pub. Bass is unusual for the area. Darts and pool. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks.

E2 Warners: 68 Warner Place. (A2/92). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers! Formerly Warners and (originally) Old Horns.

E2 Weavers: 100 Roman Road. (B1/93). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E2 Well & Bucket: 143 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/94). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 Weymouth Arms: 80 Weymouth Terrace. (A2/95). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Quiet two bar boozer with basic comforts. Darts and pool.

E2 White Hart: 359 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/96). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E2 WHITE HORSE: 236 Cambridge Heath Road. (A1/97). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds. Small one bar pub opposite Cambridge Heath Road BR Station. Darts. Hot and cold snacks lunchtime andevening. Opens at 6pm on Saturday.

E2 Woolpack: 89 Sceptre Road. (B1/98). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

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E3 Albert: 74 St Stephens Road. (A1/1). Watney Combe Reid. Combes Bitter, Websters. Cheap beer in this one bar pub with odd shaped roof. You could play darts if you moved the pool table, also has shove h'p. Has loud music conducted by a DJ. Opens at 5pm Saturday evenings. Formerly called the Prince Albert, and (1979-83)Christys.

E3 Albion: 25 St. Pauls Way. (A1/2). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 Ancient Briton: 44 Glaucus Street. (B2/3). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E3 BEEHIVE: 104 Empson Street. (B2/4). Free House. Charrington IPA. Wide rang of keg beers. Behind St Andrews Hospital where a former CAMRA East London Branch Chairman was born. Darts, pool, DJ. Snacks at all times. Public bar.

E3 Bird in Hand: 126 Bow Road. (B2/5). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E3 BLUE ANCHOR: 67 Bromley High Street. (B2/6). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Still resembles a traditional East End local (unlike its neighbours). Live piano Saturday evenings. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Darts. Originally owned by the Kings Arms Brewery, part of the London & Burton. Brewery Co, who were taken over by Watney Combe Reid Reid in 1929. The freehold was sold to the LCC in 1950

E3 Bombay Grab: 246 Bow Road. (B2/7). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers - closed.

E3 Bow Bells: 116 Bow Road. (B2/8). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!.

E3 Bridge House: 14 Bow Common Lane. (B2/9). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 Britannia: 185 Bow Common Lane. (A2/10). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E3 BROMLEY ARMS: 51 Fairfield Road. (B1/11). Watney Combe Reid. Websters.

Now Shepherd Neame owned and selling Master Brew. t 5pm on Saturday evenings. Garden.

E3 CALEDONIAN ARMS: 62 Fairfield Road. (B1/12). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 COBORN ARMS: 8 Coborn Road. (A1/13). Young & Co. Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special, Youngs Winter Warmer. Until 1984 was a Whitbread pub. Dartboard in constant use - electronic scoreboard for the thickos. Also former Lacon Brewery pub. Outside drinking area.

E3 Cotton Arms: 92 St Pauls Way. (A2/14). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E3 CROWN HOTEL: 223 Grove Road. (A1/15). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Best. Like some propertiess on the edge of Victoria Park the pub is Crown property. Etched glass on the internal windows in the public bar. Seafood stall outside. Has room for functions, darts and pool. Outside drinking area.

E3 Crystal Tavern: 25 Burdett Road. (A2/16). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E3 Duke of Wellington: Newmill House - Devas Street. (B2/17). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 Duke of York: 129 Antill Road. (A1/18). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E3 EARL OF ELLESMERE: 19 Chisenhale Road. (A1/19). Ind Coope. Burton. Large one bar pub opposite the Godson Brewery. Not open until 7pm any evening.

E3 Eleanor Arms: 460 Old Ford Road. (A1/20). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 HAND & FLOWER: 72 Parnell Road. (B1/21). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds. At the end of Roman Road Market. Snacks at lunchtime, has piped and live jazz. Darts & pool.

E3 HORN OF PLENTY: 588 Mile End Road. (A2/22). Ind Coope. Burton, Taylor Walker, Friary Meux , Benskins Bitter, Ind Coope Bitter. Burton. very popular, seafood stall and seats outside. Just east of Mile End Tube.

E3 ICELAND: 421 Wick Lane. (B1/23). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 Imperial Crown: 50 St Leonard's Street. (B2/24). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E3 INN AT THE PARK: 2 Midlothian Road. (A2/25). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters, Ruddles County. Formerly the Aunt Sally. Recently refurbished, coctail sytle pub with imitation marble decorationn, popular with young people. Restaurant. Garden.

E3 John Bull: 490 Roman Road. (A1/26). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E3 Kings Arms: 167 Bow Road. (B1/27). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E3 KITSON'S: 171 Devons Road. (B2/28). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Real ale may not alwasy be available. Live musc. Hot and cold lunches noon - 2pm Midnight licence Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon.

E3 LITTLE DRIVER: 125 Bow Road. (B1/29). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Enormous, 50 year old Hoare & Co Celebrated Stout mirror on the wall near the dartboard. A Finch's pub. Snacks lunchtime and evenings. Garden.

E3 Lord Cardigan: 12 Anglo Road. (B1/30). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!.

E3 Lord Morpeth: 402 Old Ford Road. (A1/31). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E3 Lord Palmerston: 45 Hewlett Road. (A1/32). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E3 LORD TREDEGAR: 50 Lichfield Road. (A1/33). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Friary Meux, Burton, Benskins Bitter. Friendly and comfortable one bar pub on the fringe of a conservation area. Darts and pool. A Grade II Listed Building. Garden.

E3 Milton Arms: 28 Wright's Road. (B1/34). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E3 MORGAN ARMS: 43 Morgan Street. (A1/35). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Built in 1894. DaRTS AND POOL. When asked if they had live music the barman looked at the organist and replied "Just about". He then complimented us on the organisation of the local beer festival. Fine fellow. Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan (1792-1875) was the first Baron Tredegar and the pub is built on what was his land.

E3 MOULDERS ARMS: 50 Bromley High Street. (B2/36). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Watneys Stag, Websters, Ruddles County. Very expensive pub surrounded by high rise flats. Pictures of film stars and a history of the pub decorate the lounge bar walls. Meals at all times and barbeque in the summer (if we ever have a summer). Darts and pool. Opens at 5pm Saturday evenings.

E3 Needle Gun: 527 Roman Road. (A1/37). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E3 New Globe: 359 Mile End Road. (A1/38). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E3 Old Duke of Cambridge: 158 Devons Road. (B2/39). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 Old Ford Tavern: 393 Old Ford Road. (B1/40). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E3 Ordell Arms: 22 Ordell Road. (B1/41). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E3 PALM TREE: 24 Palm Street. (A1/42). Trumans. Trumans Bitter. Canalside pub that has been isolated by what is known as Mile End Park. Darts and shove h'p. Landlord drinks the Trumans Bitter so it must be in good nick. Garden.

E3 PEARLY KING: 94 Bromley High Street. (B2/43). Free House. Seven Bells Bitter, Rayments BBA, Bow Bitter, Youngs Special, Youngs Bitter. . Formerly the Seven Stars owned by Ind Coope. A pub has reputedly been on the site for 650 years. Meals at all times, darts, gas lights and upstairs function room. Live music, musak and disco.

E3 Prince of Wales: 2 Grove Road. (A1/45). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 PRIORY TAVERN: 37 St Leonard Street. (B2/44). Trumans. Websters. Smart locals' pub, popular with young drinkers. Darts, pool, snacks and meals at all times with livemusic on Sundays. Built on the site of a priory dissolved in 1533. Garden.

E3 QUEEN VICTORIA: 1 Gillender Street. (B2/46). Free House. Courage Best Bitter.

E3 Railway Tavern: 30 Grove Road. (A1/47). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E3 Ranelagh Arms: 599 Roman Road. (B1/48). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E3 Rising Sun: 14 Gillender Street. (B2/49). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 Rose & Crown: 8 Stroudley Walk - Devons Road. (B2/50). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E3 ROSE OF DENMARK: 612 Roman Road. (B1/51). Watney Combe Reid. Nwebsters.

E3 TENTERDEN ARMS: 224 Devons Road. (B2/52). Trumans. Websters, Trumans Best. Large one bar pub with darts, musak, live music and TV. Mural tiles inside.

E3 YE OLDE THREE TUNS: 185 Bow Road. (B1/53). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds. Friendly, mock Tudor style, two bar pub. Three Tuns appear on the arms of the Company of Vintners and the Brewers Company. The pub was enlarged in 1985. Darts and shove h'p. Meals at lucnhtimes.

E3 UNICORN: 27 Vivian Road. (A1/54). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds, Flowers IPA, Samuel Whitbread Strong Ale. Plushly refurbished one-bar pub with darts and a garden. Meals at lunchtime and early evening. TV. A welcome change from the keg pubs that abound in Bow. Opens at 6pm on Saturday.

E3 Victoria: 110 Grove Road. (A1/55). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E3 WENTWORTH ARMS: 127 Eric Street. (A2/56). Bass. Charrington IPA. Expensive. Behind Mile End Station. Snacks at all times. Opens at 7pm on Saturdays. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland, Lord of the manor of Stepney held most of Stepney manor until 1720.

E3 White Horse: 473 Roman Road. (A1/57). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E3 Whitethorn: 30 Whitethorn Street. (B1/58). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E3 WIDOW'S SON: 75 Devons Road. (B2/59). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker. Shove h'p and darts in this single bar pub. Live music at weekends. A Grade II Listed Building because: "Interior retains almost completely its circa 1870s fittings, including engraved mirrors, decorated panels to pilasters, gilt capitals and glassfronted cabinets containing assorted china. Ornamental lettered panels states: "Importer and bonder of choice Foreign cigars: The Widow's Son. Family Wine Spirit and Malt Liquor Establishment".

E3 Young Prince: 448 Roman Road. (A1/60). Free House. No handpumped beers!

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E4 BULL & CROWN: The Green. (A1/1). Ind Coope. Ind Coope Bitter. Near Chingford BR station. Large three bar town centre pub popular with young people. The late Pevsner in his Buildings of England-Essex calls this 'Edwardian pomposity with plenty of yellow Terracotta in the wildest Loive style'. It is a pity the interior has been so hacked about. Incidentally this was the first pub on the way to the Forest when the railway ended at the present railway bridge over Whitehall Road hence its size. (JH).

E4 COUNTY ARMS: 420 Hale End Road. (B2/2). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Sampson, Websters. Big and busy corner pub with fake beam style treatment. Food lunchtimes and evenings. Built in 1908 by the Herts & Essex Public House Trust Co (later the Trust House Hotels) by Douglas Scott. One of the new pubs built with 'no towdry advertisements, no cheap brass or stained glass to offend the eye' which also served coffee and food to 'raise the tone' of the public house which had fallen into disrepute with the residents of Highams Park. (JH).

E4 CROOKED BILLET: Chingford Road. (A2/3). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker Best Bitter. On a roundabout near Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium. Has bar splitting the building into two. Watch for the closed circuit TV surveying the pool room. Darts. Cooked meals lunchtime.

E4 FOUNTAIN: 51 Sewardstone Road. (A1/4). Ind Coope. Burton, Taylor Walker. Large one bar roadside pub with welcoming atmosphere. Darts, disco on Wed and Sun. Lunchtime meals and snacks. Situated opposite Kings Head Hill. Photos show the pub in 1898. Garden.

E4 FOX & HOUNDS: Sewardstone Road (A1/5). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters. Real ale may not always be available. etc with conker tree). Opens at 6pm on Saturday and stays open till 11pm weekdays due to the pub coming under Waltham Abbey Licensing District. The pub is also in Essex!

E4 Green Man: Old Church Road. (A2/6). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E4 GREYHOUND: 12 Silver Birch Avenue. (A2/7). Bass. Charrington IPA. Blockhouse style pub on the Chingford Hall Estate surrounded by tower blocks. The interior is a notable contrast to the outside. Darts and pool.

E4 KINGS HEAD: Kings Head Hill. (A1/8). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Ind Coope Bitter, Burton, Benskins Bitter, Friary Meux. Expect that Adnams and Tetley will be added to the range shortly. Pleasant and comfortable ale house type pub. Only one bar but has a function room and children's room. Food at all times. Photos show the pub in the 1880's when it was the "Old Kings Head"

E4 LARKSHALL: Larkshall Road. (B2/9). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. Opens 5. 30 Sat night. One side of the pub has beenconverted from an old cottage and the middle section from an old barn. The other side is newly built. Part 15th century Listed Building. Darts. Coooked meals lunchtimes Mons-Sats. Garden.

E4 OLD HALL TAVERN: Hall Lane. (A2/10). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters. Rather up-market one bar pub/restaurant that opens at 5. 30pm Saturday eveings. Garden.

E4 PLOUGH: Mott Street. (A1/11). McMullens. McMullens County. Modern, smart roadside pub. The pub building is around the corner. Whilst the pub has a London postal district address it is also in Essex. Darts , Shove h'p and bowls! Restaurant. Live music one Thursday a month. Food at all times. Opens at 6pm Sats and till 11pm weekdays. Also has Christmas Ale (during that period). Garden.

E4 PRINCE ALBERT: 1 Old Church Road. (A2/12). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds, Whitbread Flowers Original. Modern pub below ground level incorporating a Pizza Hut. Opens at 6pm on Saturday. The original pub dated back to c1890

E4 PRINCE OF WALES: 71 Hatch Lane. (B2/13). Bass. Charrington IPA. Pre war local with two wood panelled bars and large snooker area (full size tables). Probably the cheapest pint in the district. Lunchtime food. Garden

E4 QUEEN ELIZABETH: 95 Forest Side. (B1/14). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Sampson, Trumans Bitter. Large half timbered single bar pub with Barnaby's Carvery. Close to Epping Forest. Recentley refurbished in rustic style with woodern beams. Decorated with pictures of horse riding and hunting. Dates from 1870's or earlier. Barclaycard may be used to order drinks.

E4 ROYAL FOREST: Rangers Road. (B1/15). Free House. Scotch Youngers. A Berni Inn. Large Elizabethan style roadhouse on the edge of Epping Forest. Smallish bar reached through left hand entrance. Darts. Bar meals Mon-Fri lunchtime. Berni restaurant operates all sessions. The windows have coats of arms in stained glass.

E4 ROYAL OAK: 219 Kings Head Hill. (A1/16). McMullens. McMullens County. Smart and well decorated suburban style pub on the main road. Two bars plus a childrens room, darts, shove h'p and bar billiards. Food at all times. Opens at 6pm on Saturdays.

E4 ROYAL OAK (VENNERS): Sewardstone Road. (A1/17). Free House. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. Owned by Terry Venables, manager of FC Barcelona. Only player to get the range of England caps from under-15 to full. Function room. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 6pm on Sat. Garden.

E4 ROYSTON ARMS: 101 Chingford Mount Road. (A2/18). Bass. Charrington IPA. Large two bar local that has snacks at lunchtime, darts and pool and opens at 5. 30 Saturday evenings.

E4 SIRLOIN: Friday Hill. (B1/19). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters, Ruddles County. Large white pub, recently decorated and a conservatory restaurant added. The wood panelled bar can be split into two by a partition. Now quite upmarket. Children's playground, darts.

E4 WHEELWRIGHTS: 94 Hatch Lane. (B2/20). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds, Whitbread Flowers Original. Formerly the Horseless Carriage. Single bar pub with several levels seemingly built to resemble a stable - Chingford meets the Wild West? Good if you like waggon wheels. Beefeater Restaurant. Originally was 'The Old Dun Cow' changed to 'Manor Hotel' in the late 1800s when rebuilt. Demolished mid 1960s. Garden.

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E5 ANCHOR & HOPE: 15 High Hill Ferry. (B1/1). Fullers. Fullers London Pride, Fullers ESB. No food just good beer. So says the landlord, and dead right he is too. One bar pub with darts , opens at 6pm on Saturday evenings

E5 British Oak: 130 Lea Bridge Road. (B2/2). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E5 Clapton Park Tavern: 9 Chatsworth Road. (B2/3). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E5 CROOKED BILLET: 84 Upper Clapton Road. (A1/4). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Stag, Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter. Large one bar pub with sectioned-off darts and restaurant which is licensed till 12 midnight.

E5 DOWNS HOTEL: 75 Downs Road. (A2/5). Ind Coope. Burton, Taylor Walker. One bar pub with function room, darts, and lunchtime snacks. Opens at 6pm on Saturday.

E5 Duke of Clarence: 78 Clarence Road. (A2/6). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E5 Duke of York: 2 Charnwood Street. (A1/7). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E5 ELEPHANTS HEAD: 43 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/8). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. One bar pub with darts and TV. Cheap pint of Directors. Opens at 5pm on Sats.

E5 FOUNTAIN: 211 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/9). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter, Watneys Stag. Large pub with back music room with Country music on Fri, Sat and Sun and Irish Rock on Wed. Family-run, pleasant ceiling, darts, food at all times. Opens at 5pm on Sats.

E5 George: 171 Glyn Road. (B2/10). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E5 Glyn Arms: 1 Mandeville Street. (B2/11). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E5 GOLDEN SHOE: 43 Meeson Street. (B2/12). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Basic Conforts in public. Touch of the Bierkeller in loungest lounge. Darts. Hot and cold food usually available.

E5 Hope & Anchor: 30 Rossington Street. (A1/13). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E5 JUBILEE: 278 Millfields Road. (B2/14). Trumans. Trumans Best. Real ale may not always be available.

E5 KINGS HEAD: 44 Middlesex Wharf. (B1/15). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter, Ruddles County. Large one bar pub on canal. Name of pub in large capitals on roof. (250 homes being built on old woodyard). Large collection of old local prints. Stuffed birds in cages. Darts, pool, shove h'p. Lunchtime meals and snacks also available early evening. TV. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Garden.

E5 LONDON TAVERN: 92 Rendlesham Road. (A2/16). Bass. Charrington IPA. Locals say it's a great pub. £4000 raised for charity in 2 years. Two bar pub with darts, shove h'p add TV. Snacks. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E5 LORD CECIL: 42 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/17). Courage. Courage Best Bitter. Live music every night. Dark one bar pub promoting Miller Lite when surveyed. Pool and TV. Garden.

E5 OLD KINGS HEAD: 28 Upper Clapton Road. (A2/18). Trumans. Trumans Best. One bar pub with darts, pool and lunchtime food. Opens at 5. 30pm Saturdays.

E5 PRINCE OF WALES: 146 Lea Bridge Road. (B2/19). Young & Co. Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special, Youngs Winter Warmer. Near the Lea Valley Ice Rink. Canalside pub popular with dog owners. A collection of (empty) soda syphons behind the bar in the public. Darts, cooked meals at lunchtime and snacks early evening. Opens at 5pm on Sats. Outside drinking area.

E5 PRIORY TAVERN: 57 Elderfield Road. (B2/20). Bass. Bass. Large basic one room pub. Darts and pool. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 5pm. Outside drinking area.

E5 ROBIN HOOD: High Hill Ferry. (B1/21). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. One bar pub with rowing paraphernalia on the ceiling. Darts. Opens at 6pm Saturday evenings. Garden.

E5 ROYAL SOVEREIGN: 64 Northwold Road. (A1/22). Bass. Charrington IPA. Very nice one bar pub in rustic style (open brickwork). 2 dartboards, snacks at all times and meals at lunchtime. The landlord has the head of an addax. This is not a personal description, look on the wall. Good pint. Opens at 6pm on Saturday evening.

E5 Shamps: 181 Clarence Road. (A2/23). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E5 SHIP AGROUND: 144 Lea Bridge Road. (B2/24). Bass. Charrington IPA. Large oen bar pub with loud musak. Cooked meals at lunchtimes and snacks in the evenings.

E5 SWAN: 73 Clapton Common. (A1/25). Bass. Charrington IPA. Very large, plush one bar pub with a side entrance in N16! Loudish musak. Darts and TV. Meals and snacks at all times. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday evenings.

E5 Three Sisters: 35 Queensdown Road. (A2/26). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E5 White Hart: 231 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/27). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E5 WINDSOR CASTLE: 135 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/28). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. One bar pub with darts, pool, shove h'p. Food at all times. Garden.

E5 WOODMAN: 199 Mount Pleasant Lane. (B1/29). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Popular with Watney's Special drinkers.

E6 Biancos: 419/429 Barking Road. (A2/1). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E6 BOLEYN TAVERN: 1 Barking Road. (B2/2). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Enormous and comfortable three bar Victorian pub near to West Ham FC. Live music Thurs-Fri-Sun when 2p is levied on the (cheap) pint. Lunchtime food. Darts and pool.

E6 Central Hotel: 150 Barking Road. (B2/3). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E6 Cock: 56 High Street North. (B2/4). Bass. Charrington IPA. Large three bar pub. Darts and large TV screen in public. Pool tables in the lounge. Lunchs Mon-Fri. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday.

E6 DENMARK ARMS: 381 Barking Road. (A2/5). Ind Coope. Burton, Taylor Walker. Large two bar Victorian street-corner pub. Three pool tables and darts in the public bar. Upstairs function room which may shortly be turned into a restaurant. Lunchtime meals Mon-Sat. Opens at 6. 30pmon Sats.

E6 Duke's Head: 539 Barking Road. (A2/6). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E6 Earl of Wakefield: 72 Katherine Road. (B2/7). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E6 Ferndale Hotel: 40 Cyprus Place. (A1/8). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E6 GREEN MAN: 190 Plashet Grove. (B2/9). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Large two bar pub with two function rooms. wide variety of social events and live music (Sat and Sun). Lunchtime meals. Opens at 6pm Saturday.

E6 HAMMERS: 80 High Street South. (A1/10). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. In 1959 was called the Red Lion. Small busy two bar pub, popular with locals. Allegiance to West Ham Utd very strong. Darts. Lunchtime meals. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday.

E6 PERSEVERANCE: 33 Vicarage Lane. (A1/11). Bass. Charrington IPA. Small basic but friendly one bar neighbourhood pub. Fives dart board. Garden. Opens at 5. 30pm on Sat.

E6 RODING: Southend Road. (A2/12). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Large and comfortable corner pub renovated to a high standard with one large rambling bar. Stuffed animals and assorted nick-nacks on the walls. Dartsand pool. Food at all times. Live music usually on Wednesday evenings. Real fire. Opens at 7pm on Saturday evenings. Function room.

E6 TOLLGATE TAVERN: Tollgate Road. (B1/13). Whitbread. Greene King Abbot, Whitbread Wethered. Large comfortable one bar pub opened in December 1984. Part of the Asda Supermarket complex and near a new housing estate. Darts (keen), live music Sat and Sun. Cooked meals lunchtime Mon - Sun. Opensat 5. 30pm on Saturday. Garden.

E6 White Horse: 125 High Street South. (A1/14). Bass. Charrington IPA. . Modern two bar pub with outdoor drinking area. Cooked meals Mon-Sat lunchtime. Cheapest pint in E6.

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E7 Albion Hotel: 141 Boleyn Road. (A2/1). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beer - closed.

E7 CAMDEN ARMS: 70 Field Road. (A1/2). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters, Ruddles County. Public bar contains darts and pool table. Snacks at all times. Opens 6pm on Saturday evenings.

E7 Duke of Fife: 350 Katherine Road. (B2/3). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E7 EAGLE & CHILD: 112 Woodgrange Road. (A1/4). Ind Coope. Burton. Large pub with all ranges of noise from videos, disco, musak, jukebox and live music. The darters and pool players are also catered for and snacks areavailable. Garden.

E7 Earl of Derby: 16 Station Road. (A1/5). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E7 FOREST GATE HOTEL: 105 Godwin Road. (B1/6). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. One bar pub with cooked meals at lunchtime and snacks at all times. Attractions include darts, pool, shove h'p, live music and function room. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday evenings. Garden.

E7 FOREST GLEN: 39 Dames Road. (A1/7). Bass. Charrington IPA. Two bar pub with darts and pool. Cooked meals at lunchtime and snacks in the evenings. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday evenings. Garden.

E7 FOX & HOUNDS: 178 Forest Lane. (A2/8). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Watneys Stag, Websters , Ruddles County. Former Manns Brewery house, interior in chintz country style. Darts. Lunchtime food. Real fire.

E7 HOLLY TREE: 129 Dames Road. (A1/9). Bass. Charrington IPA. Basic public bar with TV, comfortable lounge bar. Very cheap pint when surveyed. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Opens at 6pm on Saturday.

E7 LIVE & LET LIVE: 264 Romford Road. (A2/10). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Recently refurbished and now has a very comfortable public bar with interesting prints on walls. Lounge is at the back and has the dartboard. Lunchtime meals and snacks in the evenings. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday. Garden.

E7 Odessa Arms: 53 Odessa Road. (A1/11). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E7 OLD SPOTTED DOG: 212 Upton Lane. (A2/12). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter. Large split level old rambling house dating from 1602 - oldest pub in the area. Named after Henry VIII's hunting dogs which were kennelled nearby. Charles II gave it a 24 hour licence - subsequently lost. Restaurant (not Mondays). Function room. Occasional live music. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday. Garden.

E7 PRINCESS ALICE: 329 Romford Road. (A2/13). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Friary Meux, Benskins Bitter, Burton. Burton always on plus two from the other three. Smartly decorated public bar with three pool tables, and comfortable lounge bar with velvet seats and royal memorabilia. Two upstairs bars available for functions. Princess Alice was one of Queen Victoria's daughters who died in 1878, three months after the paddle steamer named after her sank in the Thames killing 640 people. Darts, shove h'p and bar skittles. Food at all times. Real fire.

E7 RAILWAY TAVERN: 173 Forest Lane. (A2/14). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Friary Meux, Burton. Cocktail style pub, but popular with all ages. Darts. Lunchtime food. Function room.

E7 RISING SUN: 528 Romford Road. (B2/15). Bass. Charrington IPA. Comfortable public bar, lounge given over to games (darts and pool etc). Food at all times till 9pm. Occasional live music. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday.

E7 Simpsons: 342 Romford Road. (A2/16). Trumans. Websters. Originally called the Freemasons' Taverm The pub now has wood panelling and is decorated overal in red.Still a local's pub. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Garden

E7 Towers: 83 Tower Hamlets Road. (B2/17). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E7 Travellers Rest: 12 Cemetery Road. (A1/18). Free House. Charrington IPA, Youngs Bitter. Youngs Bitter hadn't arrived when surveyed. Smart, comfortable former Former Charrington pub styled in wood and brick. Collection of plates decorate the rafters. Isolated site opposite two graveyards. Darts, pool and shove h'p. Lunchtime snacks. Shortly tohave a garden.

E7 WAGON & HORSES: 392 Romford Road. (B2/19). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Ruddles County. May also sell Combes in the future. Notable for the green tiled facade and original 'London & Burton. Brewery Sparkling Ales' sign outside. Inside thepub is plush and popular with all ages. Darts andpool. Food at all times.

E7 WHITE HART: 249/251 Green Street. (B2/20). Bass. Charrington IPA. Large pub with comfortable lounge and basic publicbar. Darts and pool. Occasional live music. Snacks at all times.

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E8 ACTON ARMS: 296 Kingsland Road. (A2/1). Free House. Youngs Special, Burton, REAL CIDER. Also called Nolans Bar. Pictures of Hurling teams. Darts and pool. Lunchtime snacks.

E8 ALBION TAVERN: 33 Albion Drive. (A2/2). Shepherd Neame. Shepherd Neame Master Brew. Expensive, one cocktail style bar with subtly sensual pictures on the wall. Food both sessions. Opens at 8pm on Saturday. Albion is a Celtic name used for the island of Great Britain.

E8 AMHURST ARMS: 240 Amhurst Road. (A1/3). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters. Small cosy locals' pub. Darts and pool. Food at all times. Live music Saturday. Upstairs snooker room can be used as a function room. Opens at 5pm onSaturday. Garden. The Amhurst family were Lords of the Manor of Hackney.

E8 BELGRAVE ARMS: 217 Queensbridge Road. (A2/4). Bass. Charrington IPA. Real ale may not always be available. Saloon bar has formica bar front with novel design. All plainly furnished but homely. Darts. Live music, possibly on the baby grand piano they have. TV.

E8 Black Bull: 217 Haggerston Road. (A2/5). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E8 Brewery Tap: 525 Kingsland Road. (A1/6). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E8 BROWNLOW ARMS: 10 Scriven Street. (A2/7). Bass. Charrington IPA. Lovely two bar local with pianist/singer on Saturday evenings when the pub opns at 8pm. Darts and pool.

E8 Bull: 37 Kingsland Road. (A1/8). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E8 Castle: 148 Kingsland High Street. (A1/9). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E8 CAT & MUTTON: 76 Broadway Market. (B2/10). Bass. Charrington IPA. Loud extablishment overlooking London Fields, at the northern end of Broadway Market. Real ale may not always be available but the handpumps are handsome. Darts and pool. Snacks.

E8 Cock Tavern: 315 Mare Street (B1/11). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E8 Crown: 418 Mare Street. (B1/12). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E8 CROWN & CASTLE: 600 Kingsland Road. (A1/13). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Spacious two bar unpretentious friendly boozer with Irish atmosphere. Live music a speciality Fridays and Sunday. Note sweeping staircase. Pool. Function room. Opens at 6pm on Saturday.

E8 Dolphin: 165 Mare Street. (B2/14). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E8 DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH: 212 Richmond Road. (B2/15). Watney Combe Reid Reid. Websters. Sparsely furnished, catering largely for darts, pool and disco addicts. A crumbly mural of the Duke is on the outside wall. Almost opposite the birthplace of a genius (namely the bloke who completed this survey - didn't see any blue plaque though Tone - Ed. ).

E8 DUKE OF RICHMOND: 316 Queensbridge Road. (A2/16). Whitbread. Flowers Original. Range of real ale varies. Glitter hall and disco stage. Old -style interior. Darts and pool Snacks Not open till 8pm on Saturday but open till midnight otherwise.

E8 Duke of Sussex: 151 Haggerston Road. (A2/17). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E8 DUKE OF WELLINGTON: 260 Haggerston Road. (A2/18). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. The pub took its present name to celebrate the adoption of the Duke as Prime Minister. Haggerston appears in the Doomsday Book as Hergodstone after Hergod a local Saxon leader who erected a stone memorial in the area. Darts and pool. Function room.

E8 EARL AMHURST: 19 Amhurst Road. (B1/19). Bass. Charrington IPA. One bar pub with darts and pool. Lunchtime food.

E8 Earl of Zetland: 50 Lee Street. (A2/20). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E8 FLORFIELD ARMS: 40 Florfield Road. (B2/21). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Trumans Best, Websters. Brightly lit canteen-style bar with a collection of mirrors. Darts. Lunchtime food..

E8 FOX: 372 Kingsland Road. (A2/22). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Watneys Combe Bitter. The present pub dates from 1818. It was here in apubpreviously on the site that King HenryVIII courted Anne Boleyn. King Henry's Walk and Boleyn Road are reminders of this time. Edmund Halley was born nearby. This is a live music pub Thurs, Fri, Sat and both Sunday sessions. Lunchtime meals and snacks of an evening. Opens at 5pm on Saturday evenings.

E8 Goring Arms: 24 Broadway Market. (B2/23). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E8 GRANGE TAVERN: 6 Richmond Road. (A2/24). Bass. Charrington IPA. High-backed armless seats along walls, locals clustered round bar on stools, other ageing furniture. Darts. Fri, Sat & Sun DJ. Garden.

E8 Green Man: 71 Shacklewell Lane. (A1/25). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beer -closed.

E8 Havelock Arms: 113 Albion Drive. (B2/26). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E8 HORSE & GROOM: 255 Mare Street. (B2/27). Bass. Charrington IPA. Real ale may not always be available. Basic locals pub, with collection of brass ornaments.Outside route necessary in order to reach the gents. Dartsand shove h'p. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Opens at 6pm on Saturday. Garden.

E8 The Hustlers: 451 Queensbridge Road. (A1/28). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E8 King's Arms: 18 Kingsland High Street. (A1/29). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E8 L. A. : 64 Clarissa Street. (A2/30). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E8 LADY DIANA: 95 Forest Road. (B2/31). Free House. Fullers London Pride, Adnams Bitter, Greene King Abbott , Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special . Also sells a guest beer. Formerly the Prince Arthur. Comfortable, relaxed pub in fashionable part of Hackney. Photographs of the area c1900. Attractive lettering above the bar. Darts.

E8 LAMB (ROSES): 512 Kingsland Road. (A2/32). Free House. Godsons Black Horse, Chudley Local Line. Two bar pub with live Trad Jazz on Wednesdays. Darts and pool . Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E8 LEE ARMS: 27 Marlborough Avenue. (B2/33). Watney Combe Reid. Combes Bitter, Websters. Both beers not on at time of visit but they may try again. Darts and pool. Garden.

E8 Lord Stanley: 136 Sandringham Road. (B1/34). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E8 Lord Truro: 180 Dalston Lane. (B1/35). Trumans. No hamdpumped beer - closed.

E8 MARION ARMS: 46 Lansdowne Drive. (B2/36). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Oldish decor around an island bar features Wenlockmirrors, animal heads and brass bits. Darts and Shove h'p. Snacks at luchtime. Opens at around 5pm on Saturday. Garden.

E8 Market House: 30 Broadway Market. (B2/37). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E8 Middleton Arms: 303 Queensbridge Road. (A2/38). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E8 MITFORD TAVERN: 133 Amhurst Road. (B1/39). Ind Coope. Burton. Two bar pub with a Smith & Garrett facade. Darts and pool. Disco Fri & Sat. Lunchtime snacks.

E8 MR PEPYS: 289 Mare Street. (B1/40). Ind Coope. Burton. Formerly called the Britannia.

One bar pub with pool and function room. TV. Lunchtime food.

E8 NORFOLK ARMS: 49 Cecilia Road. (A1/41). Young & Co Youngs Bitter and Special. Modernised two bar pub with large saloon. Popular with varied clientele. Handy for the Ridley Road market. Darts. Lunchtime food and in the evenings on request. Opens at 6pm on Saturday. Outside drinking area.

E8 OLD SHIP: 2 Sylvester Path. (B1/42). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. One bar pub with darts and pool. Piano. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Also has an entrance in Mare St.

E8 PAGET ARMS: 197 Middleton Road. (B2/43). Courage. Directors.

One bar pub with darts, lunctime snacks and piano.

E8 PEMBURY TAVERN: 90 Amhurst Road. (B1/44). Trumans. Now Banks and Taylors run and selling their beers.

E8 PRINCE GEORGE: 40 Parkholme Road. (A1/45). Whitbread. Whitbread Flowers Original, Brakspears PA, Greene King Abbott , Winter Royal. Large two bar pub. Sparsly furnished with interesting prints of Brighton and pub sign of Prince Regent in flagrente. Decorated with bust of Brunel and stuffed birds in glass cages. Darts and pool. Food at all times till 9pm. Live jazz band Saturdays when the pub opens at 6pm. Outside drinking area. Real fire.

E8 Prince of Wales: 447 Kingsland Road. (A2/46). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E8 Queen Eleanor: 19 Martello Street. (B2/47). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E8 Queen Elizabeth: 9 Graham Road. (A1/48). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E8 RAILWAY TAVERN: 59 Kingsland High Street. (A1/50). Bass. Charrington IPA. Landlord too busy to answer questions but the following was observed: two bar pub with lunchtime snacks. Handy pie and mash shop nearby which stays open till 10pm.

E8 RAILWAY TAVERN: 339 Mare Street. (B1/49). Bass. Charrington IPA. One bar pub with darts and lunchtime food.

E8 Ridley Arms: 17 Ridley Road. (A1/51). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E8 ROSE & CROWN: 13/15 Mare Street. (B2/52). Young & Co. Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special. Busy basic two bar pub with function room and dartboard. Food.

E8 ROYAL OAK: 83 Wilton Way. (B1/53). Watney Combe Reid. Combes Bitter, Websters, Ruddles County. Friendly disco pub popular with gays. Pool. Functoin room. Food at all times. Opens at 7pm every evening. Garden.

E8 Sir Walter Scott: 2 Broadway Market. (B2/54). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E8 SPURSTOWE ARMS: 68 Greenwood Road. (B2/55). Bass. Charrington IPA. Two long narrow bars with simple blue decor. Big Bass and Wenlock mirrors. Restaurant due to open towards the end of 1986. Darts and shove h'p. Live music at weekends.

E8 Swan: 438 Kingsland Road (A2/56). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E8 TAYLORS (ROBIN HOOD): 42 Shacklewell Lane. (A1/57). Free House. Fullers London Pride, Fullers ESB, Boddingtons Bitter, Brakspears SB, Sam Smiths OBB, Thwaites Bitter. Formerly called Taylors. One bar pub formerly owned by Ind Coope and called Robin Hood, now named after the owner Graham. Food lunchtime and evenings and at weekends, a vegetarian dish is always on. Garden.

E8 THREE COMPASSES: 99 Dalston Lane. (A1/58). Bass. Charrington IPA. Quiet and friendly locals pub with plants and TV in the lounge, basic public bar and spartan privatebar. Lunchtime food.

E8 Warburton Arms: 137 Mare Street. (B2/59). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E8 WHITE HORSE: 76 Wilton Way. (B1/60). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Both beers the same price! Comfortable modern onebar pub with darts.

E8 Young Prince: 216 Haggerston Road. (A2/61). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

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E9 Adam & Eve: 155 Homerton High Street. (A1/1). Ind Coope. Burton. This building, which has a superb fontage, dates from 1915 and has a preservation order on the ceiling (not literally). Darts and pool. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 6. 30pm on Saturday.

E9 ALBION: 36 Lauriston Road. (B2/2). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E9 Alexandra: 162 Victoria Park Road. (B2/3). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E9 Alma: 41 Barnabas Road. (A1/4). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E9 BEDFORD HOTEL: 220 Victoria Park Road. (B2/5). Bass. Charrington IPA. Two roomed pub full of hanging nick-nacks and curios. Darts, pool and function room, food at all times which accounts for the unusual hours which are5pm-midnight Mon-Sats (7pm opening) and till 11. 30pm on Sunday. No admittance after 10. 30pm.

E9 Brunswick Arms: 237 Well Street. (B2/6). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E9 Butlers: 69 Cadogan Terrace. (B1/7). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E9 CHESHAM ARMS: 15 Mehetabel Road. (A2/8). Free House. Whitbread Wethereds, Greene King Abbot, Boddingtons Bitter, Adnams Bitter. The last two were guest beers when surveyed. Lively and convivial boozer with basic comforts. A onebar oasis of good company and good beer. Lunchtime snacks. Opens at 6pm on Saturday.

E9 CLARENDON: 86 Balcorne Street. (B2/9). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E9 Duke of Cambridge: 28 Loddiges Road. (B2/10). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E9 DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE: 72 Darnley Road. (B2/11). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. Unusual triangular building with Tudor style interior. Darts and pool. Disco Thurs-Sun Meals at lunchtime. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E9 Duke of Wellington: 90 Morning Lane. (A2/12). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E9 Eagle: 103 Wick Lane. (A1/13). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E9 FALCON & FIRKIN: 274 Victoria Park Road. (B1/14). Free House. Bruces Dogbolter, Hackney and Falcon Bitter. Formerly the Queens Hotel. Childrens room, function room and garden. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Snacks at all times. Bewarethat Bruces' beers are nomally under a blanket pressure, any guest beers will be real in the true sense of the word. Decorated in 1930's style. Busy.

E9 Follies: 130 Lauriston Road. (B2/15). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E9 Frampton Arms: 47 Well Street. (B2/16). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E9 Globe: 20 Morning Lane. (A1/17). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E9 Gun: 235 Well Street. (B2/18). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E9 KENTON ARMS: 38 Kenton Road. (B2/19). Bass. Charrington IPA. Large island bar surrounded by comfortable seating and ye olde worlde beams. DJ at weekends. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Garden.

E9 LEA TAVERN: 90 White Post Lane. (B1/20). Free House. Pedigree, Boddingtons Bitter. Smartly furnished former Trumans pub with collections of plates, pictures and ornaments for decoration. Popular with locals. Food at all times. Dartsand pool. Live piano Saturday when the pub opens at 8pm.

E9 Lord Napier: 25 White Post Lane. (B1/21). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E9 Lord Nelson: 143 Morning Lane. (A1/22). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E9 Northumberland Arms: 78 Well Street. (B2/23). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E9 PENSHURST ARMS: 25 Penshurst Road. (B2/24). Ind Coope. Burton. One bar pub with darts and pool. Food. Built in 1864 and named after a village in Kent. Where standsthe historic statley home, Penshurst Place, wherethe Sydneys have resided since it was given to them by King Edward VI in 1552. Most of the roads ine area of this pub are named after villages in Kent.

E9 Plough: 32 Homerton High Street. (A2/25). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E9 Prince Edward: 97 Wick Lane. (A1/26). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E9 Rising Sun: 226 Morning Lane. (A2/27). Whitbread. No handpumped beers!

E9 ROYAL HOTEL: Lauriston Road. (B2/28). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter. Another large pub on an entrance to Victoria Park. The Buffaloes met here! Garden.

E9 ROYAL STANDARD: 84 Victoria Park Road. (B2/29). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. Two bar pub on the edge of Victoria Park. Lunches and snacks. Garden.

E9 Spread Eagle: 224 Homerton High Street. (A1/30). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E9 Stag: 37 Brooksby's Walk. (A1/31). Trumans. No handpumped Beers!

E9 TIGER: 245 Wick Lane. (A1/32). Young & Co. Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special, Youngs Winter Warmer. Basic locals' pub with a red decor. Lunchtime meals and evening snacks. Darts, pool and shove h'p. Opens on Saturday at 6pm in winter and 5pm in summer.

E9 TOP O' THE MORNING: 129 Cadogan Terrace. (B1/33). Free House. Websters. Large and comfortable one bar pub which was formerly the Mitford Castle. Country and Western or Irish music over the weekend. Separate pool room. Foodat all times. Opens 5pm to midnight every day except Sunday.

E9 Two Black Boys: 171 Well Street. (B2/34). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E9 VICTORIA: 359 Wick Road. (B1/35). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds. Comfortable U shaped one bar pub with games room attached. Decorated with interesting old local photographs. On the edge of the Trowbridge Estate which had a tower block half blown up in 1985. The building was of French design - probably why it was blown up! Darts and pool. Lunchtime snacks.

E9 WELSH HARP: 32 Homerton Row. (A2/36). Shepherd Neame. Shepherd Neame Master Brew, Shephard Neame Mild and 4X. It would be difficult to find a more honest landlord than Pat Clark. A good pub selling good beer -one of not too many in E9. Darts and shove h'p. Lunchtime food.

E9 WHITE LION: 331 Wick Road. (B1/37). Trumans. Websters, Trumans Best. A very interesting multi-bar pub with superb woodpanelling in the lounge. Additional peculiarity is that it is under a flyover. Darts. Lunchtime food. Live piano at weeekends, (so is the pianist).

E9 Zanzibar: 47 Danesdale Road. (B1/38). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

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E10 ALMA: 50 Church Road. (B2/1). Bass. Charrington IPA. One bar pleasant pub with comfortable 'local atmosphere'. The pub name refers to the river crossed by the British in their first victory in the Crimean Campaign. Snacks and darts. Garden.

E10 Antelope: 201 Church Road. (A2/2). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E10 AUCTIONEERS: 596 Lea Bridge Road. (A1/3). Free House. Webster, Ruddles County. One bar pub also serving something called Auctioneers Evil. Disco Sat and Sun Lunches and snacks.

E10 BAKERS ARMS: 575 Lea Bridge Road. (A1/4). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. One room with large oval shaped bar in the centre. An old Cannon Brewery pub. Contains an excellent example of pictorial tiles by Doulton & Co. showingin detail an Edwardian(?) baker at work (situatedclose to entrance form Lea Bridge Road). Also rows of decorative 'pineapples' along parapet! (JH).

E10 Beaumont Arms: 31 Beaumont Road. (A1/5). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E10 COACH & HORSES: 391 High Road. (B2/6). Bass. Charrington IPA. Bass may also be on if the advertisement of it in the window is anything to go by. Large two bar pub with extensive games room. Lounge is comfortable but the public is pretty bleak. Snacks, darts, pool.

E10 GREYHOUND: 91 Lea Bridge Road. (A2/7). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker Best Bitter, Burton. Large two bar pub, relying on local trade which seems to be diminishing, three pool tables and two dart boards. Live music at times. Opens at 5. 30pm Sat eves.

E10 HARE & HOUNDS: 282 Lea Bridge Road. (A2/8). Bass. Charrington IPA. Extensive 'L' shaped pub just in front of Leyton Wingate Football Ground. Large pool and darts following. Garden.

E10 HOLLY BUSH: 32 Grange Road. (A2/9). Free House. Greene King Abbot, Youngs Special, Rayments BBA. Until 1985 was an Ind Coope pub. Recently refurbished pub now with two lounges and Games Room. Excellent decor and beer. By far the best pub in the area. Darts, pool, TV. Handy for the Orient FC. Garden.

E10 Lion & Key: 475 High Road. (B2/10). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E10 LORD CLYDE: 175 Capworth Street. (A1/11). Ind Coope. Burton. Average two bar pub catering for local demands. Piano band on Saturday nights. Darts and pool.

E10 DRUM: 559 Lea Bridge Road. (A2/12). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E10 OLIVER TWIST: 90 Church Road. (B2/13). Whitbread. Wethered. Beer not always available from the corner pub opposite the fire station. Some say the name is derived from the twist in Oliver Road and not the Dickensian theme the pub has based itself on. Garden andoutside drinking area.

E10 Prince of Wales: 777 High Street. (A1/14). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E10 THREE BLACKBIRDS: 640 High Road. (A1/15). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Sampson, Trumans Bitter. Two bar pub. Public bar with a pool table and dartboard. Lounge vastly extensive with two more pooltables. Another room with one small bar leading off this which includes live band/disco area with dance floor. Snooker Hall with one full size table upstairs. Appeals to the younger generation. Existed in 1896, rebuilt in 1878. Name of the pub indicated by 'three blackbirds' etched into original Victorian windows. (JH).

E10 Wakefield Arms: 14 Park Road. (A2/16). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E10 William IV: 816 High Road. (A1/17). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

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E11 BELL: 468 Leytonstone High Road. (B2/1). Bass. Charrington IPA. Handy for the fire and police stations. Snacks. Opens at 6. 30pm on Saturday. In 1806 was an Ind Coope pub. Present front added after that date.

E11 BIRKBECK TAVERN: 45 Langthorne Road. (A2/2). Bass. Charrington IPA. Recent renovation has uncovered Victorian facade in this two bar pub. Darts and pool. Function room.

E11 BRITANNIA: 493 Leytonstone High Road. (B2/3). Whitbread. Whitbread Flowers Original. Good pub for the area.

E11 BRITISH QUEEN: 63 New Wanstead. (A1/4). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Stag, Websters, Ruddles County, Watneys Combe Bitter. One bar pub with lunchtime food. Live music on Sunday. Garden.

E11 COLEGRAVE ARMS: 145 Cann Hall Road. (B2/5). Bass. Charrington IPA. Big friendly three bar pub. Snacks at lunchtime. Darts and pool.

E11 COWLEY ARMS: 483 Leytonstone High Road. (B2/6). Bass. Charrington IPA. Noisy two bar pub with lunchtime food. Darts and pool.

E11 CROWN: 692 Leytonstone High Road. (B1/7). Bass. Charrington IPA. Sometimes has Bass. Darts and pool. Lunchtime food. Opens at 6. 30pm on Saturday. In 1890 was a Barclay Perkins pub, Proprietor H. R. Nice and known as the Crown Inn. Outstanding ceiling of 'Lincrusta' imprinted with entwined strange mythological creatures once picked out with gold leaf, also good robust original bar back etc. Built 1888. (JH).

E11 CUCKFIELD HOTEL: 31 Wanstead High Street. (A1/8). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Shove halfpenny. Busy renovated one bar pub with interconnecting doors. Opens at 5. 30 Saturday evenings. Has ESB in the winter.

E11 DUKE OF EDINBURGH: 79 Nightingale Lane. (B1/9). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton, Friary Meux. Two bar pub with darts, pool and shove h'p. Snacks at all times and meals a la carte lunchtimes. Every six weeks there is a traditional singalong in this small cosy pub with a warm and cheerful atmosphere. Garden.

E11 EAGLE HOTEL: 76 Holly Bush Hill. (A1/10). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Large three bar pub with a Mr Toby Carvery. Darts and pool. Has a preservation order. Opens at 6. 30on Saturday evenings. Garden has been replaced by a car park.

E11 George Hotel: High Street Wanstead. (B1/11). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E11 Halfway House: 345 Leytonstone High Road. (B2/12). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E11 Heathcote Arms: 344 Grove Green Road. (A2/13). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E11 LINCOLNS: 566 Leytonstone High Road. (B2/14). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. One bar, loud young peoples' pub. Pool. Lunchtime food. Formerly called the Elms.

E11 Lord Rookwood: 314 Cann Hall Road. (B2/15). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E11 Luthers: 640 Leytonstone High Road. (B2/16). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E11 NIGHTINGALE: 51 Nightingale Lane. (B1/17). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors. Two bars, neither of which is a public. No music but has darts and upstairs room with a pool table which can be moved aside to become a function room. Became one of the first pubs in 1984 to sell beer at a pound a pint. Opens at 5. 30 Saturday evenings.

E11 NORTHCOTE: 110 Grove Green Road. (A2/18). Bass. Charrington IPA. Good basic two bar working mans pub. Darts and pool. Look up to the gable ends and with luck you will see mermaids cavorting about! (JH).

E11 NORTH STAR: 24 Browning Road. (B1/19). Bass. Charrington IPA. Nice two bar local just off Leytonstone High Road.

E11 Plough & Harrow: 419 Leytonstone High Road. (B2/20). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E11 SIR ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOTEL: 145 Whipps Cross Road. (A1/21). Free House. Courage Directors, Courage Best Bitter, Whitbread Flowers Original, Godsons Black Horse, Everards Old Original, REAL CIDER. On of the few pubs in the East London area with accommodation. Converted from a block of Victorian flats in the early 80's the hotel bar has become very popular with young people in the evenings. The bar is done in rustic style (ie exposed brickwork and cast iron ranges etc) and is best visited in the dinner hour or early evening for a quiet drink. The 'Master', Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone.

E11 Thatched House: 245 High Road. (B2/22). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E11 WOODBINE: 34 High Street. (B1/23). Free House. Youngs Bitter, Tollys Bitter. A wine bar/restaurant that sells beer in halves. Smart dress preferred.

E11 WOODHOUSE TAVERN: 119 Harrow Road. (B2/24). Bass. Charrington IPA. Very much a locals' pub. Darts and pool. Snacks. Garden.

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E12 AVENUE HOTEL: 90 Church Road. (B2/1). Bass. Charrington IPA. Imposing three-bar Victorian corner pub with largepool and snooker room of the lounge. Pleasant restoration, not over the top. The lounge is very busy and rather loud. Darts in 'private bar'.

E12 BLAKESLEY ARMS: 53 Station Road. (A1/2). Bass. Charrington IPA. Corner pub with large and competent darts following in small public bar. Occasional cabaret/disco. Comfortable friendly atmosphere with all ages represented. Next to Manor Park BR Station.

E12 Burnell Arms: 241 High Street North. (A2/3). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E12 Earl of Essex: 616 Romford Road. (A2/4). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E12 GOLDEN FLEECE: 166 Capel Road. (A1/5). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Stag, Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters, Ruddles County. Victorian pub overlooking Wanstead Flats, very busy in the Summer, when it is especially popular with families. The wood panelled and beamed interconnecting bars have a comfortable atmosphere suitablefor conversation but Saturday evenings are crowded. Snacks and meals at all times and every day ofthe week. Real Fire. Garden.

E12 Ruskin Arms: 386 High Street North. (A2/6). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E12 STAR: 30 Snowshill Road. (A2/7). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Ruddles County. Comfortably restored Edwardian pub full of lively East End characters. Pool, snacks at lunchtime. Garden.

E12 Three Rabbits: 833 Romford Road. (B1/8). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E12 Victoria Cross: Jack Cornwell Street. (B1/9). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers! Pub has a wide and well deserved reputation for excellent draught Guinness.

E12 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR: 628/630 Romford Road. (A1/10). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Real ale may not always be available. Loud young people's pub. Darts and pool.

E13 Army & Navy: 12 New Barn Street. (A2/2). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E13 BLACK LION: 59 Plaistow High Street. (A1/3). Courage. Courage Best Bitter, Courage Directors, Courage Russian Stout. Quiet, attractive two bar pub. Meals and snacks atall times. Opens at 7. 30pm on Saturday evenings. Garden.

E13 Castle: 546 Barking Road. (B1/4). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 COACH & HORSES: 100 High Street. (A1/5). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Very loud background music. Young persons pub with mock country style interior. Darts and pool.

E13 Duke of Cumberland: 101 Cumberland Road. (B2/6). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 Duke of Edinburgh: 9 Jutland Road. (A2/8). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 DUKE OF EDINBURGH: 299 Green Street. (B1/7). Bass. Charrington IPA. Large two bar pub with two pool tables and a dartboard.

E13 EARL DERBY: 113 London Road. (A1/9). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker. Two bar pub with live music Saturday evenings. Darts and pool.

E13 Earl of Beaconsfield: 211 Grange Road. (A1/10). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 FORESTERS ARMS: 9 Whitwell Road. (A2/11). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Friary Meux. Two bar pub with East London fives dartboard, pool, shove h'p and bar skittles. Snacks and cooked meals lunchtimes and early evenings. Disco on Saturdays.

E13 Golden Lion: 343 Barking Road. (A2/12). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E13 Grange: 112 Grange Road. (A1/13). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E13 GREEN GATE: 523 Barking Road. (B1/14). Bass. Charrington IPA. Large, bustling, busy, two bar house set back of the road. Mixed clientele. Seafood stall outside. Disco Thurs and Sat. Food at all times.

E13 LAMB: 85 Pelly Road. (A1/15). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton, Ind Coope Bitter, Friary Meux, Benskins Bitter. Occasional disco and live music (Country & Western and Folk). Always at least one of the range of beers on. Meals at lunchtime and snacks in the evenings.

E13 Libra Arms: 53 Stratford Road. (A1/16). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 Lord Raglan: 9 High Street. (A1/17). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E13 LORD STANLEY: 15 St Mary's Road. (B1/18). Watney Combe Reid. Ruddles County. Darts, pool, hot food lunchtime, live music. This modern extate pub opens at 5.30pm Saturday evenings.

E13 Pinkies: 749 Barking Road. (B1/19). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 PRINCE ALBERT: 135 Broadway. (A1/20). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Stag, Websters. Two bar comfortable locals pub. A former Manns house. Snacks and meals, musak, darts and pool. Opensat 5. 30pm Saturday evenings.

E13 PRINCE OF WALES: 35 Princes Terrace. (B1/21). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter, Websters. Stuffed heads in public bar. Darts, pool and garden. Meals lunchtime. Opens at 5. 30pm on Saturday evening.

E13 Queens: 410 Green Street. (B1/22). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E13 Raffles: 244 Barking Road. (A2/23). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 RED HOUSE: 299 Barking Road. (A2/24). Trumans. Trumans Best, Trumans Bitter, Trumans Sampson. Three bar pub with darts, pool and snacks and meals at all times, which accounts for the opening times. Apart from normal hours the pub is open from 12-3pm and 7-11. 30pm on Sundays, and to midnight on Thursdays and Fridays and 7-11. 30 on Saturdays. Formerly the Northumberland Arms, but took its namebecause the upstairs room was the meeting place of the Dock Workers Union. Live music.

E13 Red Lion: 140 Balaam Street. (A1/25). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E13 SPORTSMAN (GREYHOUND & HARE): 174 Balaam Street. (A1/26). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Friendly local with helpful bar staff. Snacks lunchtime, darts and pool. Garden.

E13 SWAN: 1 Balaam Street. (A2/27). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. One bar Tudor-style pub with musak and jukebox, snacks at lunchttime.

E13 Upton Manor Tavern: 48 Plashet Road. (B1/28). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E13 VICTORIA TAVERN: 28 High Street. (A1/29). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Modern estate pub with smart interior and clientele. Cooked meals at lunctimes and snacks at all times. Darts, pool and shove h'p.

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E14 ABERFELDY TAVERN: 26 Aberfeldy Road. (B1/1). Whitbread. Whitbread Wethereds. Pleasant plush establishment with wooden screening, trailing vines and bric-a-brac. Lunchtime food. Built in 1958/9 - previous building was bombed in1941 but licensees struggled on until 1946 when the pub moved to a nearby prefab until the presentbuilding was ready.

E14 African Tavern: 48 Grundy Street. (B2/2). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E14 Anchor & Hope: 41 West Ferry Road. (C2/3). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E14 Beehive: 12 Robin Hood Lane. (B1/4). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E14 BLACKSMITHS ARMS: 25 West Ferry Road. (C2/5). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. Real ale not always available in the small single bar locals' pub which has won awards for floral decoration. Darts.

E14 BRITISH OAK: 28 Robin Hood Lane. (B1/6). Free House. Tollys Original, Barking Alsation, Batemans XB, Adnams Bitter. Situated just above the northern portal of the Blackwall Tunnel. A former Ind Coope pub, its fairly austere outside belies a pleasant woodbeam interior. The range may vary but 3 beers should be available. Darts. Food at all times on request. Live music most Fridays. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E14 BRUNSWICK ARMS: 78 Blackwell Way. (B1/7). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters. Pleasant easy going pub frequented by those of a theatrical or musical persuasion. A good place fora game of darts or conversation. Pool. Restaurant. Occasional live music. Garden.

E14 Buccaneer: 73 West India Dock Road. (B2/8). Free House. No handpumped beers!

E14 Builders Arms: 162 Brownfield Street. (B1/9). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E14 CALLAGHANNS: 55 Chrisp Street. (B1/10). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Large one bar pub in the market. Previously known as the Festive Briton prior to extensive renovation. Darts.

E14 CARTYS: 72 Poplar High Street. (B2/11). Ind Coope. Youngs Special. Formerly the Green Man. Darts. Meals at lunchtime and in the evenings on request. Maps establish that this pub existed in 1802. It was rebuilt in 1904and again in 1940. This latter rebuild moved the pub from the west corner of Dolphin Lane across the road to the present day east side.

E14 Charlie Browns: 116 West India Dock Road. (B2/12). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E14 Chimes: 212 Hind Grove. (B2/13). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E14 CITY ARMS: 1 West Ferry Road. (B2/14). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter, Websters. Due to be refurbished at the time of survey which will involve 'turning the pub round' so as to front onto the 'red brick road' with a view across the dock, with West Ferry Road becoming the rear end. Plans include a cocktail bar, restaurant as well as retaining the real ale. Pool. Opens at 5pm on Saturday.

E14 Connant Arms: 41 Stainsby Road. (A2/15). Trumans. No handpumped beers!

E14 CROWN: 667 Commercial Road. (B2/16). Free House. Websters, Fullers London Pride. Former Ind Coope pub, now a free house. Strong local trade. Darts and pool. Opens at 6. 30pm on Saturday.

E14 CUBITT ARMS: 262 Manchester Road. (C1/17). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. U shaped bar with prints of local beauties surmounted with plaques for long gone local ales. Darts, pool and shove h'p. Function room. Snacks always.

E14 Dorset Arms: 379 Manchester Road. (C1/18). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beer - closed.

E14 Earl of Ellesmere: 36 Ellesmere Street. (A1/19). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E14 ENTERPRISE: 145 Three Colt Street. (B2/20). Watney Combe Reid. Websters. Lively and friendly locals' pub. Darts and pool. Sandwiches a speciality. Garden.

E14 Falcon: 202 East India Dock Road. (B1/21). Trumans. No handpumped beer -closed.

E14 Ferry House: 26 Ferry Street. (D1/22). Courage. No handpumped beers!

E14 FESTIVAL INN: 71 Grundy Street. (B1/23). Trumans. Trumans Bitter, Websters. Two-bar pub in the market named after the Festivalof Britain in 1951 when it was part of the 'live' architectural exhibition. Darts.

E14 FIVE BELLS & BLADEBONE: 27 Three Colt Street. (B2/24). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. Near the site of the Taylor Walker Brewery. Bar Billiards, musak, meals lunchtimes and snacks. Opposite St Annes church, built by Nicholas Hawksmore in 1727, burnt down in 1850. Opens at 5pm on Saturdays evening.

E14 Foresters Arms: 253 St Leonards Road. (A1/25). Bass. No handpumped beers!

E14 Freemasons Arms: 96/8 Salmon Lane. (B2/26). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E14 Galloway Arms: 43 Thomas Road. (A2/27). Ind Coope. No handpumped beers!

E14 GEORGE: 114 Glengall Grove. (C1/28). Watney Combe Reid. Watneys Combe Bitter. At lunchtime it mainly caters to the office trade but in the evening reverts to a locals pub. Notice the collection of coins above the bar and fine collection of ship's prints. Darts and shove h'p. Lunchtime food. Real fire. Garden.

E14 GEORGE IV: 7 Ida Street. (B1/29). Watney Combe Reid. Websters, Ruddles County, Watneys Combe Bitter. One large L shaped bar. This is a gays pub where membership of the set is nearly obligatory to obtain entry. Live music at weekends. Lunchtime snacks. Open 12 - 2. 30pm and seven days a week from 8pm.

E14 GRAPES: 76 Narrow Street. (B2/30). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton, Friary Meux. Cooked meals and snacks at all times except Sundays. Fish restaurant upstairs in this pub that backs onto the Thames. A Grade II Listed Building.

E14 GREENWICH PENSIONER: 2 Bazeley Street. (B1/31). Ind Coope. Burton. A Grade II Listed Building which only sells Burton. in the winter. Built in 1827, when the original tavern in Greenwich was closed. The sign dates from1850.

E14 GUILDFORD ARMS: 93 Goldalming Road. (A1/32). Bass. Charrington IPA. Small triangular pub. Pleasantly shabby, that is until the brewery re-modernises. Live music every night bar Mon and Wed.

E14 GUN: 27 Coldharbour Lane. (C1/33). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Burton. A Grade II Listed Building because 'Interior has spiral staircase with plank panelling. Coved roof and moulding in upper room, originally more panelling. Said to be associated with Lord Nelson'. Pleasant and comfortable three bar Thameside pub with impressive frontage and view of the river. Note the Mile End Distillery Company's cream gin mirror inthe lounge. Darts. Food at all time. Opens at 5pm on Saturday. Outside drinking area.

E14 Hope & Anchor: 14 Newby Place. (B1/34). Watney Combe Reid. No handpumped beers!

E14 HOUSE THEY LEFT BEHIND: 27 Ropemaker's Fields. (B2/35).