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Edgar Wallace

40 Essex Street
Aldwych
London
WC2R 3JF

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Opening Times

Regular

Monday	3.00 pm - 11.00 pm
Tuesday	Midday - 11.00 pm
Wednesday	Midday - 11.00 pm
Thursday	Midday - 11.00 pm
Friday	Midday - 11.00 pm
Saturday	closed
Sunday	closed

Meal Times

3 - 9 Mon
12 - 9 Tue - Thu
12 - 6 Fri
No Service Sat & Sun

Operator

Independent

About the Pub

Just off Fleet Street near the Royal Courts of Justice, all the barristers' chambers in the Temple and the Aldwych, this is a real gem of a one room pub, with an additional drinking and eating room upstairs. The ceiling is packed with the landlord's collection of beer mats, and the walls and back bar - and more! - can only be described as a mecca of advertising signs for beers, sherry, port, cigarettes, tobacco and cigars of the past. There is also a shelf of Edgar Wallace crime novels, pub guides and other books will make you want to linger.

When demand permits there may be a choice of many real ales, sourced from smaller breweries throughout the country. 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 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

This pub serves 1 regular beer.

Crouch Vale Brewers Gold

Changing cask ales

This pub serves 1 changing beer.

Changing beers typically include:

Redemption --varies--

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Features

Real Ale Available
Quiet Pub

Facilities

Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Not on Fridays.
Garden
Several pavement tables.
Dog Friendly
Family Friendly
Until 5pm, but only if eating.
Function Room
Upstairs.
Smoking Area
Outside the front of the pub.

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Edgar Wallace

40 Essex Street
Aldwych
London
WC2R 3JF

Sat Nav Reference

51.512687, -0.112778

Transport

Close to Bus Routes
Close to Railway Station
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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