The Dove
A Grade II-listed riverside pub on Hammersmith's Upper Mall, licensed since 1740 as the Dove's Coffee House and owned by Fuller's since 1796.
- Nightlife
- Price: £ · Budget
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Did you know
Poet James Thomson is said to have composed "Rule, Britannia!" here, and the pub's other reputed regulars over the centuries have included Charles II (visiting his mistress Nell Gwynne), Ernest Hemingway, Dylan Thomas and William Morris, who lived next door.
Local tip
Ask for a seat on the small riverside terrace overlooking the Thames rather than staying inside. It's a narrow pub, and the river view is the main draw.
Famous dishes
Finding it
- Address
- 19, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England, W6 9TA
- Nearest station
- Ravenscourt Park (Tube), 477 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- William Morris Society at Kelmscott HouseA small museum run by the William Morris Society in the coach house and lower rooms of Kelmscott House, William Morris's London home on Upper Mall in Hammersmith.
- Emery Walker's HouseA modest terrace house whose interiors were kept almost unchanged since Emery Walker, friend of William Morris, lived there, making it one of the last intact Arts and Crafts interiors. Visits are by guided tour only.
- The River CafeRuth Rogers and Rose Gray's Italian restaurant on the Thames at Hammersmith, in an open-kitchen riverside building with a garden terrace and a seasonal, ingredient-led menu.
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