Shaftesbury Avenue - Mike Rossell

Fri 1 July 2005 - 6.00pm

 

 


 

Nice of the guy with the board to show us where the first pub was...

 


#1

6.00pm - 7.00pm

Devonshire Arms (Upstairs bar)
17 Denman St
London W1D 7HS

- Two-floor pub with genuine gas lights outside, one of the few buildings in the area to survive WW II. Said to have been a gangland bar after the war.

 

 

#2

 

7.10pm - 7.45pm

 

 

Queen's Head
15 Denman St
London, W1D 7HN

 

#3

 

8.00pm - 8.45pm

 

Red Lion
20 Great Windmill Street
London W1D 7LQ

 

#4

 

8.45pm - 9.30pm

 

White Horse
45 Rupert St
London W1D 7PJ

 

 

 

 

#5

 

9.45pm - 10.30pm

 

Golden Lion
51 Dean Street
London W1D 5BL

Attractive old Youngers pub with a 'sun clock' high on the outside wall. Inside features Sky Sports TV and a jukebox.

 

#6

 

10.30pm - late

 

De Hems
11 Macclesfield Street
London W1D 5BW

- Very famous Dutch bar, open till midnight on Fridays. Offers a wide range of speciality Belgian and Dutch beers as well as more familiar drinks. Outside drinking allowed, the street is pedestrianised.

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