TFL Pub Crawl
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Aiming to use every tube station and have a drink in the nearest pub…
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Ok, so the aim is to use every single tube station on the TFL map, (The Croydon tram can get fucked) whether I hit in or out and then visit the closest pub for a quick half. Unless I’ve miscounted there are 422 to visit. Here we go
356/422 High Street Ken: Circle/District Line. I’ve been a right fancy trousers today swanning around Kensington. I pop my head into the Ivy hoping to see Lily Allen but it’s all old Daily Telegraph readers moaning about inheritance tax. Prince of Wales is ok, that’s all. Half cider £3.55 Rating 2/5
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
356/422 High Street Ken: Circle/District Line. I’ve been a right fancy trousers today swanning around Kensington. I pop my head into the Ivy hoping to see Lily Allen but it’s all old Daily Telegraph readers moaning about inheritance tax. Prince of Wales is ok, that’s all. Half cider £3.55 Rating 2/5
355/422 Earls Court: District/Piccadilly Line. The Earl in question was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. Theres probably a shit Wetherspoons named after him. I google him whilst in The Courtfield and fall down a rabbit hole, finding out he was actually Shakespeare! What? Half cider £3.55 Rating 3/5
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
355/422 Earls Court: District/Piccadilly Line. The Earl in question was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. Theres probably a shit Wetherspoons named after him. I google him whilst in The Courtfield and fall down a rabbit hole, finding out he was actually Shakespeare! What? Half cider £3.55 Rating 3/5
354/422 West Kensington: District Line. Walking to the Famous Three Kings I was trying to guess which Kings would feature. Henry VIII? Obvs. Charles I? Good shout. Who else?? George III? Henry V? Richard III? All seem a bit of a stretch. Ha they went with Elvis. Clever. Half cider = £3.55 Rating 4/5
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
354/422 West Kensington: District Line. Walking to the Famous Three Kings I was trying to guess which Kings would feature. Henry VIII? Obvs. Charles I? Good shout. Who else?? George III? Henry V? Richard III? All seem a bit of a stretch. Ha they went with Elvis. Clever. Half cider = £3.55 Rating 4/5
353/422 Barons Court: Piccadilly/District Line. Winters drawing in which can only mean one thing. Yep the Piccadilly Line’s fucked. Takes ages to get here but Curtains Up is a great theatre pub. I sit in a high backed armchair supping my drink like Rowley Burkin QC. Half cider £3.50 Rating 4/5
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
353/422 Barons Court: Piccadilly/District Line. Winters drawing in which can only mean one thing. Yep the Piccadilly Line’s fucked. Takes ages to get here but Curtains Up is a great theatre pub. I sit in a high backed armchair supping my drink like Rowley Burkin QC. Half cider £3.50 Rating 4/5
352/422 Forest Hill: Windrush Line. CORRECTION NUMBER 2!!! This is actually number 352 because I did number 319 twice. Someone should have noticed to be fair, I can’t be responsible for everything!! Anyway original review still there 319/422 but it’s actually 352 now. I’m a drunken twat
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
352/422 Forest Hill: Windrush Line. CORRECTION NUMBER 2!!! This is actually number 352 because I did number 319 twice. Someone should have noticed to be fair, I can’t be responsible for everything!! Anyway original review still there 319/422 but it’s actually 352 now. I’m a drunken twat
351/422 Sydenham: Windrush Line. CORRECTION!!! Trouble with doing this whilst drinking is that mistakes get made! Just realised I did 318 and 319 twice. I blame Anerley. Anyway, original review 318/422 is still there but actually it’s now 351!!
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
351/422 Sydenham: Windrush Line. CORRECTION!!! Trouble with doing this whilst drinking is that mistakes get made! Just realised I did 318 and 319 twice. I blame Anerley. Anyway, original review 318/422 is still there but actually it’s now 351!!
350/422 Stepney Green: District/Ham&City Line. It’s disappointing to find that The Half Moon pub is a Wetherspoons and not some Krays stabby, murdery pub. But I’ll tell you what.. when I’m handing out trophies at the end of this, it’ll be picking some up. Half cider = £1.00! A pound!! Rating 1/5
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
350/422 Stepney Green: District/Ham&City Line. It’s disappointing to find that The Half Moon pub is a Wetherspoons and not some Krays stabby, murdery pub. But I’ll tell you what.. when I’m handing out trophies at the end of this, it’ll be picking some up. Half cider = £1.00! A pound!! Rating 1/5
349/422 Canary Wharf: DLR/Elizabeth/Jubilee Line. The Alchemist is by the station. I sit, have a drink and watch the suits go about their business. This is my last station on the DLR and I genuinely think it’s my greatest ever achievement as it’s been utter shit. Half cider = £3.25 Rating 3/5
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
349/422 Canary Wharf: DLR/Elizabeth/Jubilee Line. The Alchemist is by the station. I sit, have a drink and watch the suits go about their business. This is my last station on the DLR and I genuinely think it’s my greatest ever achievement as it’s been utter shit. Half cider = £3.25 Rating 3/5
348/422 West India Quay: DLR I’m aware I sound like a stuck record but West India Quay is less than 200 yards from Poplar! What’s the fucking point? Ooh what a surprise I’m back at The Sipping Room. There are 45 DLR stations, surely you could bin off a dozen or so. Anyway Half cider £3.80 Rating 4/5
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
348/422 West India Quay: DLR I’m aware I sound like a stuck record but West India Quay is less than 200 yards from Poplar! What’s the fucking point? Ooh what a surprise I’m back at The Sipping Room. There are 45 DLR stations, surely you could bin off a dozen or so. Anyway Half cider £3.80 Rating 4/5
347/422 Poplar: DLR. Shit loads of road works around here so it takes a while to find my bearings. Eventually I do and I end up behind Canary Wharf at The Sipping Room. It’s well fancy with a huge beer garden that looks out over the river. Shame it’s no longer summer! Half cider = £3.80 Rating 4/5
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
347/422 Poplar: DLR. Shit loads of road works around here so it takes a while to find my bearings. Eventually I do and I end up behind Canary Wharf at The Sipping Room. It’s well fancy with a huge beer garden that looks out over the river. Shame it’s no longer summer! Half cider = £3.80 Rating 4/5
346/422 Blackwall: DLR. Blackwall, famous for the tunnel and nothing much else. 4th station in a mile radius and there’s 3 more. Brewdog is half a mile away, it’s huge and if you like a Brewdog it’s fine. Wouldn’t be my first choice but the chicken wings are good. Half cider = £4.05 Rating 2/5
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
346/422 Blackwall: DLR. Blackwall, famous for the tunnel and nothing much else. 4th station in a mile radius and there’s 3 more. Brewdog is half a mile away, it’s huge and if you like a Brewdog it’s fine. Wouldn’t be my first choice but the chicken wings are good. Half cider = £4.05 Rating 2/5
345/422 East India: DLR. So many different stations in about 1 square mile. I’m round the corner from All Saints where I went to a dreadful pub last time. Different pub this time but the Hope & Anchor is still shocking. The amount of 5 star reviews genuinely scares me. Half cider = £2.50 Rating 0/5
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
345/422 East India: DLR. So many different stations in about 1 square mile. I’m round the corner from All Saints where I went to a dreadful pub last time. Different pub this time but the Hope & Anchor is still shocking. The amount of 5 star reviews genuinely scares me. Half cider = £2.50 Rating 0/5
344/422 Queen’s Road Peckham: Windrush Line. It’s the second time I’ve ever been to Peckham and I feel like a local. The Prince of Peckham is better than the Drovers and more what you’d expect a Peckham pub to be. Rustic cool vibe, friendly staff and the food is great. Half cider = £3.25 Rating 4/5
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
344/422 Queen’s Road Peckham: Windrush Line. It’s the second time I’ve ever been to Peckham and I feel like a local. The Prince of Peckham is better than the Drovers and more what you’d expect a Peckham pub to be. Rustic cool vibe, friendly staff and the food is great. Half cider = £3.25 Rating 4/5
343/422 Peckham Rye: Windrush Line. It’s the first time I’ve ever been to Peckham. It’s busy, vibrant and fun as you’d expect and I check out the famous Peckhamplex cinema. The Kentish Drovers looks like a right dive. It is, and it’s disappointing to find it’s a Spoons. Half cider = £1.32 Rating 1/5
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
343/422 Peckham Rye: Windrush Line. It’s the first time I’ve ever been to Peckham. It’s busy, vibrant and fun as you’d expect and I check out the famous Peckhamplex cinema. The Kentish Drovers looks like a right dive. It is, and it’s disappointing to find it’s a Spoons. Half cider = £1.32 Rating 1/5
342/422 Denmark Hill: Windrush Line. I decide to treat myself to a full pint in the Phoenix. Buy it, sit down, have some weird hand spasm, knock over the entire pint and then head back to the bar to get another one. That ended up being unnecessarily expensive. 2 pints of cider = £13.40 Rating 4/5.
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
342/422 Denmark Hill: Windrush Line. I decide to treat myself to a full pint in the Phoenix. Buy it, sit down, have some weird hand spasm, knock over the entire pint and then head back to the bar to get another one. That ended up being unnecessarily expensive. 2 pints of cider = £13.40 Rating 4/5.
341/422 Clapham High Street: Windrush Line. My final trip to Clapham, I’ve enjoyed the nostalgia of being back here. The Railway regards itself as Clapham only gay pub, which seems slightly surprising. It’s next to the station and excellent for a post work pint. Half cider = £3.50 Rating 3/5
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
341/422 Clapham High Street: Windrush Line. My final trip to Clapham, I’ve enjoyed the nostalgia of being back here. The Railway regards itself as Clapham only gay pub, which seems slightly surprising. It’s next to the station and excellent for a post work pint. Half cider = £3.50 Rating 3/5
340/422 Wandsworth Road: Windrush Line. When I did No. 26 Nine Elms, The Surprise pub was closed so it’s good I finally get to visit now. The nearby park replaced bomb damaged buildings from the war and this is only one still standing. Shame, cos it’s not very good. Half cider = £3.30 Rating 1/5
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
340/422 Wandsworth Road: Windrush Line. When I did No. 26 Nine Elms, The Surprise pub was closed so it’s good I finally get to visit now. The nearby park replaced bomb damaged buildings from the war and this is only one still standing. Shame, cos it’s not very good. Half cider = £3.30 Rating 1/5
339/422 Waterloo: Northern/Bakerloo/Jubilee/Waterloo&City Line. First (and last) time I’ve ever used the Waterloo&City! Loads of pubs round here but obviously I go to The Victory above the concourse. It’s actually really decent but a station pub can’t get more than 3! Half cider = £3.55 Rating 3/5
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
339/422 Waterloo: Northern/Bakerloo/Jubilee/Waterloo&City Line. First (and last) time I’ve ever used the Waterloo&City! Loads of pubs round here but obviously I go to The Victory above the concourse. It’s actually really decent but a station pub can’t get more than 3! Half cider = £3.55 Rating 3/5
338/422 Westferry:DLR. No idea where I am but luckily there’s a pub here. Unluckily it’s another Spoons. It’s better than most, must be the fancy joined up writing on the sign. When I leave I realise I’m just at the far end of Canary Wharf right by the Docklands Museum. Half cider = £2.18 Rating 2/5
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
338/422 Westferry:DLR. No idea where I am but luckily there’s a pub here. Unluckily it’s another Spoons. It’s better than most, must be the fancy joined up writing on the sign. When I leave I realise I’m just at the far end of Canary Wharf right by the Docklands Museum. Half cider = £2.18 Rating 2/5
337/422 Limehouse: DLR. The Clement Atlee doesn’t open till 5pm so I go to The Queen’s Head. Apparently The Queen Mother once pulled a pint in here. Which reminds me of my favourite Viz letter. “They say The Queen Mother had time for everyone. Not me. I was her dentist” Half cider = £3.25 Rating 2/5
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
337/422 Limehouse: DLR. The Clement Atlee doesn’t open till 5pm so I go to The Queen’s Head. Apparently The Queen Mother once pulled a pint in here. Which reminds me of my favourite Viz letter. “They say The Queen Mother had time for everyone. Not me. I was her dentist” Half cider = £3.25 Rating 2/5
336/422 Wapping: Windrush Line. Pirate Captain Kidd was hanged at Execution Dock 200 yards away from the pub that bears his name. The first time they tried, the rope broke and everyone said he should be set free. He wasn’t. The pub is a good legacy though. Half cider = £3.80 Rating 4/5
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
336/422 Wapping: Windrush Line. Pirate Captain Kidd was hanged at Execution Dock 200 yards away from the pub that bears his name. The first time they tried, the rope broke and everyone said he should be set free. He wasn’t. The pub is a good legacy though. Half cider = £3.80 Rating 4/5
335/422 Rotherhithe: Windrush Line. The Mayflower ship set off from here in 1620 so there’s loads of American tourists in The Mayflower pub. It’s one of those historical London pubs that claims Dickens met Jack The Ripper here for lunch every day but it is excellent. Half cider = £3.20 Rating 5/5
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
335/422 Rotherhithe: Windrush Line. The Mayflower ship set off from here in 1620 so there’s loads of American tourists in The Mayflower pub. It’s one of those historical London pubs that claims Dickens met Jack The Ripper here for lunch every day but it is excellent. Half cider = £3.20 Rating 5/5
334/422 Shadwell: DLR/Windrush Line. On the walk to The Brown Bear I pass half a dozen billboards for Fortnite and someone has climbed each and every one to change it to Fartnite, with a little cloud coming out of a character’s bottom. That is commitment to a shit joke. Half cider = £3.60 Rating 2/5
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
334/422 Shadwell: DLR/Windrush Line. On the walk to The Brown Bear I pass half a dozen billboards for Fortnite and someone has climbed each and every one to change it to Fartnite, with a little cloud coming out of a character’s bottom. That is commitment to a shit joke. Half cider = £3.60 Rating 2/5
333/422 Tower Gateway: DLR. Christ it’s gone cold. This was much more fun in the summer. Oh well, at least I’ll get a warm welcome in the…checks notes… Goodman’s Field. Big? Check. Busy? Check. Cheap? Check. Shit? Check. And there’s the Spoons bingo card complete. Half cider = £2.18 Rating 2/5
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
333/422 Tower Gateway: DLR. Christ it’s gone cold. This was much more fun in the summer. Oh well, at least I’ll get a warm welcome in the…checks notes… Goodman’s Field. Big? Check. Busy? Check. Cheap? Check. Shit? Check. And there’s the Spoons bingo card complete. Half cider = £2.18 Rating 2/5
332/422 All Saints: DLR. Holy fucking Christ!! The George IV looks like someone’s house with a cheap sign hammered above the door. It’s worse inside and there’s an old man lying with his head on the bar. He looks like he’s died. This pub is fucking bizarre. And shit. Half cider = £2.50 Rating 0/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
332/422 All Saints: DLR. Holy fucking Christ!! The George IV looks like someone’s house with a cheap sign hammered above the door. It’s worse inside and there’s an old man lying with his head on the bar. He looks like he’s died. This pub is fucking bizarre. And shit. Half cider = £2.50 Rating 0/5