The Lord Tredegar

About The Lord Tredegar

A large Victorian gastropub near Tredegar Square, named after Godfrey Morgan, Lord Tredegar, whose horse Sir Briggs was one of the few to survive the Charge of the Light Brigade.

The Lord Tredegar takes its name, like the surrounding Tredegar Square conservation area, from Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, a Welsh aristocrat who rode with the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854 and whose horse, Sir Briggs, was one of only a handful to survive the disastrous charge, later buried with full honours at the family's Tredegar House estate in Newport. The pub occupies a large Victorian building close to the square, and has been run in recent years as a spacious, dining-led gastropub with a substantial beer garden, hosting regular live music and events alongside its food trade. Its scale reflects the grandeur the Tredegar family brought to this corner of Bow when the surrounding streets were developed as a planned estate in the 19th century, and it remains one of the more architecturally imposing pub buildings in the borough, a short walk from both Mile End Park and Bow Road.