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The Duke

A Grade II-listed 1930s Art Deco pub on a quiet Bloomsbury backstreet, with original lino, period mirrors and a rear room of open timber-and-reeded-glass drinking booths.

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The Duke, a Grade II-listed 1930s Art Deco pub
Photo: Ewan Munro from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

Designed by Denis Edmund Harrington and built in 1937-38 as the Duke of York, its interior has a two-star rating on CAMRA's National Inventory of pub interiors of special historic interest.

Local tip

Closed on Sundays; open from 4pm on Mondays and from noon Tuesday to Saturday, closing at 11pm. The street-side seating makes a good escape from the museum crowds nearby.

Famous dishes

  • Timothy Taylor Landlord
  • Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter
  • Black Sheep Best Bitter

Finding it

Address
7 Roger Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 2PB
Nearest station
Chancery Lane (Tube), 518 m away

Details change, so check with the place before you set off.

More places nearby

  • Charles Dickens MuseumMuseum · 90 m awayCharles Dickens's only surviving London home, at 48 Doughty Street, where he lived from 1837–1839 and wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, opened as a museum in 1925.
  • The Postal Museum and Mail RailMuseum · 300 m awayA museum of postal history in Clerkenwell, paired with a ride on Mail Rail, the narrow-gauge railway that once carried post through tunnels beneath London.
  • Novelty AutomationHidden gem · 350 m awayA small Holborn arcade of handmade satirical machines built by a single inventor, playable with tokens bought on site.
  • The Foundling MuseumMuseum · 450 m awayA museum near Coram's Fields telling the story of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first children's charity and first public art gallery, founded in 1739 by philanthropist Thomas Coram.

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