The Anchor Bankside
A riverside pub on the south bank near Southwark Cathedral, on a site that has held a tavern for over 800 years and once served as the tap room for the adjacent Anchor Brewery.
- Nightlife
- Price: £ · Budget
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Did you know
Samuel Pepys watched the Great Fire of London from here in 1666, writing that he took refuge in "a little alehouse on bankside" to watch the flames. The pub is the sole survivor of the riverside inns that once served the actors of Shakespeare's Globe, the Swan and the Rose theatres nearby.
Local tip
Get a table on the riverside terrace if the weather allows. The Thames-facing outdoor seating right by London Bridge is the main draw over the pub's interior.
Famous dishes
Finding it
- Address
- The Anchor, 34, Bank End, Borough Market, Bankside, The Borough, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, SE1 9EF
- Nearest station
- London Bridge (Tube), 319 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- The Clink Prison MuseumA museum on Bankside built on the actual site of The Clink, an ecclesiastical prison dating to 1144 that gave the English language its slang word for jail.
- Maria's Market CafeA traditional cafe under the arched roof of Borough Market, trading since 1961 and known for its bubble and squeak and full English breakfasts.
- CamilleA compact French bistro on Stoney Street from the Ducksoup team, serving a daily-changing blackboard menu of provincial French cooking with an emphasis on offal.
- Southwark CathedralA Gothic cathedral dating from between 1220 and 1420, described as London's first Gothic church, free to enter beside Borough Market with Shakespeare and John Harvard connections.