Town of Ramsgate, Wapping

pub details:

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location:

Wapping

address:

62 Wapping High Street, E1W 2PN

phone:

0871 984 2611*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.

nearest stations:

Wapping London Underground station
(450m) - zone 2

Shadwell DLR station London Overground station
(990m) - zone 2

Tower Gateway DLR station
(1.1Km) - zone 1

Tower Hill London Underground station
(1.2Km) - zone 1

Fenchurch Street Railway station
(1.4Km)

how to find it:

Wapping: turn left out of the station and walk along Wapping High Street for a few minutes. You'll eventually come to the pub on your left. Tower Hill: to Tower Bridge and then down the ramp on the left to the hotel. Walk under the hotel and through St. Katharine's dock. Carry on along the road parallel with the river and you'll get to Wapping High Street, where you'll see the pub on your right.

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nearby attraction(s):

Design Museum (660m)

Tower Bridge (980m)

picture of Town of Ramsgate Popular with the people who live roundabout, this old pub has had its up and downs, but has settled down in the last few years to become a jolly decent boozer. Whilst it is, by and large a locals' pub, it's not at all unwelcoming. The pub is an old, narrow building next to one of the first warehouses to be converted into apartments (well before the 80's property boom) and backs onto the Thames where it has a small terrace with a limited view of the river. It's well looked after and a relatively recent redecoration has done nothing to spoil the old-world (as opposed to olde-worlde) atmosphere. There are all sorts of historical claims made about the place (eg Judge Jeffreys was captured here attempting to flee to the continent) so it often appears on the tourist map, but not many of them manage to seek the pub out. Despite the fact that this area was the heart of the old London docks - and at one time there were 36 pubs on Wapping High Street alone, this area is nowadays a pub desert and, of the few pubs that are left, this is certainly one of the better ones.