St Paul's · the City of London
Ye Olde Watling
Built by Wren to house St Paul's workers
- Address29 Watling Street, EC4M 9BR
- Phone020 7248 8935
- Websitenicholsonspubs.co.uk/restaurants/london/yeoldewatlingwatlingstreetlondon
- OwnershipPart of Nicholson's
About Ye Olde Watling
Rebuilt in 1668 by Sir Christopher Wren, reputedly to lodge the workers building St Paul's Cathedral nearby.
Ye Olde Watling stands on Watling Street, a route that dates to Roman London, and the current timber-framed building went up in 1668 under Sir Christopher Wren — built, according to local tradition, to house the craftsmen working on the reconstruction of St Paul's Cathedral just up the road. Some accounts hold the plans for the cathedral were drawn up in what is now the pub's upstairs dining room.
On tap
Nicholson's cask ales in a timber-framed, low-beamed bar.
Food
A gastropub-leaning menu, popular with the St Paul's lunch trade.
More pubs in St Paul's
- Williamson's TavernOnce a residence for the Lord Mayor of London
- The Rising SunA quiet local behind St Paul's
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