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Edgar Wallace
40 Essex Street
Aldwych
London
WC2R 3JF
Opening Times
Regular
Monday | 3.00 pm - 11.00 pm |
Tuesday | Noon - 11.00 pm |
Wednesday | Noon - 11.00 pm |
Thursday | Noon - 11.00 pm |
Friday | Noon - 11.00 pm |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |
Meal Times
Mon 3pm - 9pm
Tue - Thu noon - 9pm
Fri noon - 6pm
Sat & Sun No Service
Operator
Independent
About the Pub
The choice of real ales, sourced nationally, may be more limited than pre-pandemic. Good value pub grub is served all day (but just until 6pm on Fridays). It's a "quiet" pub with no music; laptops, mobiles and so on are not allowed. Please note that, like many pubs in this legal area, it does not open at all at weekends.
Historic Interest
There has been a pub here since at least 1777. Past customers of the Essex Head Tavern (known as Sam's for the publican Samuel Greaves, an old servant of Mr. Thrale - of H. Thrale & Co., brewers at the Anchor Brewery Southwark) included Dr. Samuel Johnson and Richard Brocklesbury who are said to have founded the Essex Head Club here in 1783. Rebuilt in 1891 as the Essex Head, it took its present name in 1975 to celebrate the centenary of the famous crime writer's birth.
Regular cask ales
No beers listed Add regular beers
Changing cask ales
This pub serves 3 changing beers.
Changing beers typically include:
- Redemption --varies--
- Southwark --varies--
- St Austell Tribute
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Edgar Wallace
40 Essex Street
Aldwych
London
WC2R 3JF
Sat Nav Reference
Transport
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Close to Bus Routes
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Close to Railway Station
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Close to London Underground / Overground / DLR
Nearby Bus Routes (75m)
TfL: 11, 15, 4, 23, 26, 76, 172, 341
Nearby Station (700m)
London Blackfriars
Nearby London Underground/Overground/DLR (200m)
Temple
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