Borough · Southwark
The George Inn
London's last galleried coaching inn, and the only one still pulling pints
- Address75-77 Borough High Street, Borough, London, SE1 1NH
- Phone020 7407 2056
- Websitegreeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/george-southwark
- OwnershipPart of Greene King
About The George Inn
A Grade I-listed 17th-century coaching inn owned by the National Trust and leased to Greene King, retaining its single surviving timber gallery.
Rebuilt in 1677 after a fire that levelled most of Borough High Street, the George is the sole survivor of the galleried coaching inns that once lined the road south from London Bridge, where Chaucer's pilgrims and countless mail coaches would have stopped. Charles Dickens knew it well and namechecks it in Little Dorrit; his father supposedly drank here too. The National Trust has owned the building since 1937 specifically to preserve it, while Greene King operates it as a working pub, serving cask ale from the courtyard where the galleries once held actors performing to travellers below. In summer the yard fills with tourists and City workers alike, and Shakespeare's Globe is a two-minute walk away.
On tap
Greene King cask ales (IPA, Abbot) plus a rotating guest beer and standard lagers
Food
Traditional pub food — pies, fish and chips, Sunday roasts
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