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London Historic Pubs Private Tour With Free Drinks!

5.0 Excellent 41 reviews
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4h
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English
Free cancellation · up to 24 hours before Private tour Instant confirmation Likely to sell out Live guide

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Recommended by 100% of travellers: 41 four- and five-star reviews

Overview

Guidekin summary

Visit old London pubs for their individual stories and unhurried drinking stops on a private tour for your party. Guided commentary is included; transport to and from the pubs is excluded, and a closed pub may be replaced. 5 from 41 reviews at €226 per person for 4h.

From the guide

Visit some wonderful old pubs, some going back to before The Great Fire of London. Each with their own character and history to tell whilst enjoying an unhurried drink in some very special and unspoilt location just as Londoners do. On occasion sometimes we may swap a pub around with a different but equal quality pub in the unlikely event of a pub being closed.

Please note this is a private tour for just you (with friends or family if attending). This is NOT A SMALL GROUP TOUR.

Schedule & Availability

Runs daily
Departs: 11:00
Scheduled through December 2027

This tour runs daily, departing at 11:00. Scheduled through December 2027. These are the operator’s scheduled departures, not a live seat count: availability is confirmed at checkout. Schedule last checked October 1, 2026.

What's Included

Local guide
Private tour
Professional guide

What's Not Included

Transportation to/from attractions

Itinerary

The Viaduct Tavern Stop 1
Visit this old Gin Palace where in the cellars you might find cells for prisoners awaiting execution at the old prison next door.
30 min
Admission included
East End Stop 2
Passing through Farringdon we will see The Castle pub and learn its unusual connection to the Royal Family.
15 min
Admission included
Clerkenwell Stop 3
We will pass by the one of the old haunts of Communism as well as seeing part of the ancient estate of the Knights of St. John.
15 min
Admission included
Crown Tavern Stop 4
You may recognise this grand old pub from television and films, it also has a backdrop in a distinctly Dickensian part of London. Perhaps most importantly it is said that this is the spot where Lenin and Stalin may have first met.
30 min
Admission included
The hardest to find pub in London which actually somehow be in Cambridge Stop 5
Once the haunting ground of Queen Elizabeth I
30 min
Admission included
A London institution with an interior like no other Stop 6
We might be able to grab ourselves a snug booth in this beautiful old pub in the centre of the London legal district. The tour usually visits either this pub or the Seven Stars.
30 min
Admission included
The Seven Stars Stop 7
This old pub is in the middle of 'legal' London and it is here where clients would come to celebrate with their legal team if they were found 'Not Guilty'.
30 min
Admission included
Lincoln's Inn Fields Stop 8
After passing through beautiful Lincolns Inn, we will come to Fleet Street, the famous home of the British Newspapers. Here we will find a pub that was once part of an old monastery and learn about its most famous resident, a once vile mouthed, stuffed parrot.
30 min
Admission included
This pub dates back perhaps 700 years old and has been the haunt of every fam... Stop 9
This pub dates back perhaps 700 years old and has been the haunt of every famous London resident for centuries. Learn about its foul-mouthed parrot that lived here 100 years ago and explore the numerous underground levels and bars.
30 min
Admission included

Departure & Return

Pickup included

We can meet you at any Central London hotel, otherwise from just outside St Pauls Underground Station, next to the Caffe Nerro.

631 pickup points listed by the operator, 631 of them hotels

Start point

We can meet you from any Central London hotel. Otherwise we can meet just outside St Pauls Underground Station, next to the Caffe Nero.

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Additional Information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Compared with other Pub Tours & Pub Crawls

TourPriceDurationRatingGroup
This tour · #18 of 47€2264h5.0 (41)private
Soho Music & Historic Pubs Tour€382h 30m4.99 (2355)shared
London Small Group Tour of Historical Pubs€423h 30m4.98 (11782)shared
Royal Historic Pubs Walking Guided Tour in London€382h4.99 (995)shared

Ranked #18 of 47 in Pub Tours & Pub Crawls by Guidekin score (rating weighted by review volume). Prices here run from €17 to €407, median €38; typical length 2h 30m. 5 of 47 are private. Figures are live from the tour cards; the rubric is our handpicked set, not the whole market. Compare all 47 Pub Tours & Pub Crawls

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