click to hide Street View

The Old Bell, Fleet Street  rated4 pints - click for an explanation of our ratingsCask Marque pub - click for an explanation of the Cask Marque scheme

location:

Fleet Street

address:

95 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DH

phone:

0871 258 7278*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.

nearest stations:

City Thameslink Railway station
(270m)

Blackfriars Railway stationLondon Underground station
(280m) - zone 1

Blackfriars Millennium Pier River Thames boat service
(380m)

St. Paul's London Underground station
(560m) - zone 1

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(630m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Leave the tube and head up Blackfriars road (away from the river) towards Ludgate circus. Turn left into Fleet Street and the pub is a little way up on your left.

click here for a larger map

nearby attraction(s):

St. Paul's Cathedral (490m)

The Millennium Bridge (650m)

Museum of London (730m)

picture of Old Bell
The Old Bell is one of the legendary Fleet Street pubs when this area was well and truly the street of shame. Sadly, those days are long gone and so have the marathon drinking sessions - printer and pundit alike. When you go now, in it's not easy to imagine what it was once like, when the front bar was the off-licence and the serious drinking went on (and on) in the tiny bar in the back. Nowadays, it's a jolly nice Nicholson's pub and it serves a very decent pint - plenty of hand pumps with plenty of well kept guest beers. The beautiful St Bride's church (Wren's prototype wedding cake) at the back of it makes a trip here all the more worth while (and make sure you visit the crypt). One of the best pubs in these parts - another fragment of London's history, with excellent beers to boot.

reviewed:
31/10/2008
reviewed by pubdog
Hungry? click here to find and book a table around Fleet Street
free booking at pubs and restaurants powered by

second opinion: (don't just take our word for it)

have your say - comment on this pubHave your say - click to comment on this pub and read what others think about it.