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Rugby Tavern, Holborn  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Holborn

address:

19 Great James Street, WC1N 3ES

phone:

0871 258 8467*
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nearest stations:

Russell Square London Underground station
(510m) - zone 1

Holborn London Underground station
(540m) - zone 1

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(580m) - zone 1

Farringdon Railway stationLondon Underground station
(860m) - zone 1

King's Cross Thameslink Railway station
(990m)

how to find it:

From Holborn: leave via the High Holborn exit, cross the road and turn right. Walk to the second junction you come to on the left and turn left up Red Lion Street. Walk up to the traffic lights, cross the road and turn right along Theobalds road. Take the second left and walk up Great James Street. The pub is on a corner on the left. From Chancery lane: head towards Holborn along High Holborn (crossing Grays Inn Road), take the second right up Brownlow Street and continue along Bedford Row up to Theobalds Road. Cross the road and continue up Great James Street until you come to the pub on your left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Sir John Soane's Museum (530m)

British Museum (710m)

Shaftesbury Avenue Theatre (870m)

picture of Rugby Tavern
What a decent pub this is. The clientele are a jolly and friendly crowd, and it's got good drink and food - after all it is a Shepherd Neame pub. It's in a quiet, leafy location with some outdoor seating and it's right in the centre of London. It's recently(ish) been sympathetically refurbished, not stripped out like so many pubs today (don't get us started), and it has a pretty nice atmosphere. It's very well done all round, we say and we're hoping it doesn't change - it's one of the reasons we keep going in. Just watch out for the nights when all the corporate sporty types are in. It's got the feel of a good local, and that's what keeps us coming back.

reviewed:
18/09/2008
reviewed by pubdog
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