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location:
address:
22 Whitefriars Street, EC4Y 8JJ
phone:
0871 984 1771*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Blackfriars 
(280m) - zone 1
City Thameslink
(430m)
Temple
(550m) - zone 1
Chancery Lane
(680m) - zone 1
St Paul's
(680m) - zone 1
how to find it:
From Blackfriars Station head up north (away from the river) up New Bridge Street. Take the second left turning down Tudor Street. Whitefriars Street is the third road on your right. (The pub also has a rear entrance from Primrose Hill.)
click for directions to Harrow from wherever you areclick here for a larger map
nearby attraction(s):
St. Paul's Cathedral (600m)
Tate Modern (760m)
National Film Theatre (820m)
This Grade II listed pub was a legendary Fleet Street drinking haunt when the Sun was based over the road. It's so tied into that era that the small downstairs bar is called the "Vincent Mulchrone" room (a famous Daily Mail journalist and features writer). The building itself goes back over three centuries - apparently there's been a pub on the site since 1769, though the present building was erected in 1826. You can still see some of the original features in the upstairs dining room, with its uneven floorboards and 18th century pitch pine panelling. The best thing about the Harrow is that the staff are cheerful and friendly. People seem to drop in and out, and if you go in more than once they'll recognise you. With all the nearby tourist traps this is a very good choice for a quiet drink during the day, but as it's not a big place it may fill up quickly with office and law firm staff on weekday evenings - "one for the road" perhaps, rather than "in for the night".
09/05/2006
pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)
function room for hire
outdoor seating
separate dining area
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