Ye Olde White Horse, Holborn  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Holborn

address:

2 St Clements Lane, WC2A 2HA

phone:

0871 258 7705*
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nearest stations:

Holborn London Underground station
(330m) - zone 1

Temple London Underground station
(440m) - zone 1

Covent Garden London Underground station
(520m) - zone 1

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(590m) - zone 1

Leicester Square London Underground station
(830m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Leave Holborn tube and turn left before walking down Kingsway for a few minutes. Turn left into Portugal Street and you will see the pub tucked away to the left on St. Clements Lane

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nearby attraction(s):

Aldwych Theatre (210m)

Sir John Soane's Museum (260m)

Theatre Royal Drury Lane (280m)

picture of Ye Olde White Horse
Situated in the heart of London's legal world and a stone's throw away from the London School of Economics, Ye Olde White Horse used to be famous for the 'no students' sign that limited its clientele down to a few punters. Well, the sign's gone now, the average age of the clientele has dropped 20 or 30 years as a result, and frankly, the pub is a lot better for it. What we've got now is a pub you can actually feel comfortable in, rather than a cliquey pub were first time visitors often felt uneasy. Aside from the new management and the alteration in the pub's punters, very little else has been changed: there's still a good range of ales, the blood red interior still evokes the Overlook Hotel and even the CDs on the sound system seem to be the old ones. The die hard old regulars won't admit it, but this one's now a greatly improved pub from the one where the local scholars were barred.

reviewed:
11/05/2007
reviewed by jack

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