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  • London's best real ale pubs

  • By Time Out editors

    Posted: Wed Apr 29 2009

  • Take Pride in your city: these London boozers are the finest real ale pubs the capital has to offer

    London's best real ale pubs

    Anthony Webb

    • Carpenter's Arms

      73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green, E2 6EG

      A lovely boozer off Brick Lane. Tap talent includes four Dorothy Goodbody ales from Hereford’s Wye Valley Brewery and a pair of Adnams bitters on draught. Read more

    • Jerusalem Tavern

      55 Britton Street, Clerkenwell, EC1M 5UQ

      A clever pastiche of an eighteenth-century ale house which serves Suffolk’s St Peter’s brews to discerning architects, designers and other well-informed folk. Read more

    • Rake

      14 Winchester Walk, London Bridge, SE1 9AG

      Beer importer and Borough Market stall Utobeer runs this modest wooden shed with a range of beers that would put a Belgian bar to shame. Read more

    • Royal Oak

      44 Tabard Street, Borough, SE1 4JU

      This old-fashioned Borough boozer is London’s only Harvey’s-owned pub. Mild, Pale, Old, Best and Armada. Read more

    • Wenlock Arms

      26 Wenlock Road, Islington, N1 7TA

      An excellent and ever-changing array of speciality beers served across eight handpumps. This is, first and foremost, a local pub for local people. Read more

    • White Horse

      1-3 Parsons Green, Parsons Green, SW6 4UL

      A remarkable selection of ales and lagers, with 80 bottled beauties on offer and at least a dozen on draught. Read more

    • Ye Olde Mitre Tavern

      1 Ely Court, Ely Place side of 8 Hatton Garden, Holborn, EC1N 6SJ

      A parallel pub universe where the clientele are disconcertingly friendly and the staff briskly efficient. Deuchars and Adnams, plus frequently changing guest beers. Monday to Friday only. Read more

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