TFL Pub Crawl
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Aiming to use every tube station and have a drink in the nearest pub…
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Ok, so the aim is to use every single tube station on the TFL map, (The Croydon tram can get fucked) whether I hit in or out and then visit the closest pub for a quick half. Unless I’ve miscounted there are 422 to visit. Here we go
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Anyway fuck it….
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Anyway fuck it….
423/423!!! How exciting! Well not really. It’s Cutty Sark on the DLR. It’s been closed for ages and won’t reopen till Easter. What a huge disappointment! Seems like I’ve wasted a year of my life. Ah well, I’m away with work for a bit and when I come back I’ll do the Croydon Tram to finish the map!
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
423/423!!! How exciting! Well not really. It’s Cutty Sark on the DLR. It’s been closed for ages and won’t reopen till Easter. What a huge disappointment! Seems like I’ve wasted a year of my life. Ah well, I’m away with work for a bit and when I come back I’ll do the Croydon Tram to finish the map!
422/423 Leicester Sq: Northern/Piccadilly Line. Absolute scenes. People are congratulating me on my achievement, Sadiq gives me the key to the city. Bunting’s up. I’m hoisted on shoulders.. Women are crying… alternatively I have a quiet half in The Porcupine and leave. Half cider £3.70 Rating 2/5
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
422/423 Leicester Sq: Northern/Piccadilly Line. Absolute scenes. People are congratulating me on my achievement, Sadiq gives me the key to the city. Bunting’s up. I’m hoisted on shoulders.. Women are crying… alternatively I have a quiet half in The Porcupine and leave. Half cider £3.70 Rating 2/5
421/423 Charing Cross: Bakerloo/Northern Line. Out the Trafalgar Square exit and a choice of Halfway to Heaven or a Spoons. Heaven 10 yards closer. Mary Poppins is on telly! Always thought Charing X was named after a dead Queen, Chere Reine but apparently that’s bollocks. Half cider £3.30 Rating 3/5
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
421/423 Charing Cross: Bakerloo/Northern Line. Out the Trafalgar Square exit and a choice of Halfway to Heaven or a Spoons. Heaven 10 yards closer. Mary Poppins is on telly! Always thought Charing X was named after a dead Queen, Chere Reine but apparently that’s bollocks. Half cider £3.30 Rating 3/5
420/423 Piccadilly Circus: Piccadilly/Bakerloo Line. Across the road is Albert Schloss, a fun German style beer hall with Oompah bands and everyone shouting Skol. But St James Tavern’s closer and is in a right state. They could have finished renovations before I visited. Half cider £3.75 Rating 3/5
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 PM
420/423 Piccadilly Circus: Piccadilly/Bakerloo Line. Across the road is Albert Schloss, a fun German style beer hall with Oompah bands and everyone shouting Skol. But St James Tavern’s closer and is in a right state. They could have finished renovations before I visited. Half cider £3.75 Rating 3/5
419/423 Green Park: Jubilee/Victoria/Piccadilly Line. I used to come to a fancy bar here called Mahiki where you’d buy a cocktail in a massive treasure chest for £100. Sadly it closed during Covid so I go to The Clarence where they serve my drink in an old 70’s tankard. Half cider £3.70 Rating 4/5
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM
419/423 Green Park: Jubilee/Victoria/Piccadilly Line. I used to come to a fancy bar here called Mahiki where you’d buy a cocktail in a massive treasure chest for £100. Sadly it closed during Covid so I go to The Clarence where they serve my drink in an old 70’s tankard. Half cider £3.70 Rating 4/5
418/423 Victoria: Circle/District/Victoria Line. Right let’s get this shit done. It’s a good start in that the exit from the underground is on the road so I avoid the Spoons at the station. The Shakespeare is massive and there’s a couple with extra large gins on the go! Half cider £3.55 Rating 2/5
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
418/423 Victoria: Circle/District/Victoria Line. Right let’s get this shit done. It’s a good start in that the exit from the underground is on the road so I avoid the Spoons at the station. The Shakespeare is massive and there’s a couple with extra large gins on the go! Half cider £3.55 Rating 2/5
417/423 Embankment: Circle/District/Bakerloo/Northern Line. Boooo, I was hoping to do the Tattershall Castle, the pub boat on the river but The Princess Of Wales is closer. Luckily it’s just before All Bar One so I avoid that. It’s cramped and busy but inoffensive. Half cider £3.60 Rating 3/5
January 28, 2026 at 6:24 PM
417/423 Embankment: Circle/District/Bakerloo/Northern Line. Boooo, I was hoping to do the Tattershall Castle, the pub boat on the river but The Princess Of Wales is closer. Luckily it’s just before All Bar One so I avoid that. It’s cramped and busy but inoffensive. Half cider £3.60 Rating 3/5
416/423 Temple: Circle/District Line. The Cheshire Cheese is so well hidden it’s completely empty until some fellas come in banging on about Razorlight. Who the fuck still thinks about them? Apparently Dickens drank here. Fuck me, he drank everywhere. Was he an alcoholic? Half cider £3.70 Rating 4/5
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
416/423 Temple: Circle/District Line. The Cheshire Cheese is so well hidden it’s completely empty until some fellas come in banging on about Razorlight. Who the fuck still thinks about them? Apparently Dickens drank here. Fuck me, he drank everywhere. Was he an alcoholic? Half cider £3.70 Rating 4/5
415/423 Blackfriars: Circle/District Line. Etymology is fascinating isn’t it? Blackfriars was named after the Friars who wore black! Wow! The pub is on the site of the former priory and is only still standing cos John Betjeman petitioned to stop it getting knocked down. Half cider £3.75 Rating 4/5
January 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM
415/423 Blackfriars: Circle/District Line. Etymology is fascinating isn’t it? Blackfriars was named after the Friars who wore black! Wow! The pub is on the site of the former priory and is only still standing cos John Betjeman petitioned to stop it getting knocked down. Half cider £3.75 Rating 4/5
414/423 Mansion House: Circle/District Line. One of only two stations to feature all five vowels, it’s only 300 yards from Cannon St making this the biggest waste of £2.80 ever. The Three Cranes is playing Dr Hook which takes me back to mum driving me to swimming in 1982. Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
414/423 Mansion House: Circle/District Line. One of only two stations to feature all five vowels, it’s only 300 yards from Cannon St making this the biggest waste of £2.80 ever. The Three Cranes is playing Dr Hook which takes me back to mum driving me to swimming in 1982. Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
413/423 Cannon Street: Circle/District Line. A Spoons is on the concourse but I come out the other way and get All Bar One. I’d have had loads of these if I had done this shit in 2007. As it is, this is only my 2nd after North Greenwich. Barmaid mishears and pours a pint. Pint cider £7.05 Rating 3/5
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
413/423 Cannon Street: Circle/District Line. A Spoons is on the concourse but I come out the other way and get All Bar One. I’d have had loads of these if I had done this shit in 2007. As it is, this is only my 2nd after North Greenwich. Barmaid mishears and pours a pint. Pint cider £7.05 Rating 3/5
412/423 Latimer Road: Ham&City/Circle Line. Oh wonderful. I thought I was done with dreadful pubs. It’s been ages, so well done The Pig & Whistle. It’s properly horrific despite the friendly barmaid. And they don’t take card so I have to go to a cashpoint and come back! Half cider £3.60 Rating 0/5
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
412/423 Latimer Road: Ham&City/Circle Line. Oh wonderful. I thought I was done with dreadful pubs. It’s been ages, so well done The Pig & Whistle. It’s properly horrific despite the friendly barmaid. And they don’t take card so I have to go to a cashpoint and come back! Half cider £3.60 Rating 0/5
411/423 Ladbroke Grove: Ham&City/Circle Line. Next to the station is The Knight Of Notting Hill. Apparently it was the favourite pub of Timothy Evans who got blamed for all the Rillington Place/John Christie murders. And by blamed I mean hanged. Christie also worked here! Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
January 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
411/423 Ladbroke Grove: Ham&City/Circle Line. Next to the station is The Knight Of Notting Hill. Apparently it was the favourite pub of Timothy Evans who got blamed for all the Rillington Place/John Christie murders. And by blamed I mean hanged. Christie also worked here! Half cider £3.50 Rating 3/5
410/423 Westbourne Park: Ham&City/Circle Line. Calamity in The Union Tavern. Ciders off! Have to go pint of Peroni. Can’t be doing half a lager, I do have some standards. Pub is right on the canal and must be excellent in the summer. I’m sat inside cos it’s cold. Pint of lager £7.50 Rating 4/5
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 PM
410/423 Westbourne Park: Ham&City/Circle Line. Calamity in The Union Tavern. Ciders off! Have to go pint of Peroni. Can’t be doing half a lager, I do have some standards. Pub is right on the canal and must be excellent in the summer. I’m sat inside cos it’s cold. Pint of lager £7.50 Rating 4/5
409/423 Royal Oak: Ham&City/Circle Line. The Porchester used to be called The Royal Oak hence the name of the station. Why change it then? Apparently it’s one of only a few stations to be named after a pub. I can only think of Elephant & Castle and Swiss Cottage. Google!! Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
409/423 Royal Oak: Ham&City/Circle Line. The Porchester used to be called The Royal Oak hence the name of the station. Why change it then? Apparently it’s one of only a few stations to be named after a pub. I can only think of Elephant & Castle and Swiss Cottage. Google!! Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5
408/423 Edgware Road: District/Circle/Ham&City Line. Ooh this stations fun, there’s plants aplenty and it’s the first station I’ve been to where the board information is red rather than orange. SHUT UP IT’S INTERESTING! Larrik is fancy but more of a restaurant than a pub. Half cider £3.70 Rating 3/5
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
408/423 Edgware Road: District/Circle/Ham&City Line. Ooh this stations fun, there’s plants aplenty and it’s the first station I’ve been to where the board information is red rather than orange. SHUT UP IT’S INTERESTING! Larrik is fancy but more of a restaurant than a pub. Half cider £3.70 Rating 3/5
407/423 Bayswater: District/Circle Line. Back in The Bayswater Arms after having a half here when I did Queensway. It’s 10p more expensive!! I was only here in November! Also I can’t believe how busy it is at 11:30 in the morning. I nearly mistook it for a Wetherspoons. Half cider = £3.65 Rating 3/5
January 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
407/423 Bayswater: District/Circle Line. Back in The Bayswater Arms after having a half here when I did Queensway. It’s 10p more expensive!! I was only here in November! Also I can’t believe how busy it is at 11:30 in the morning. I nearly mistook it for a Wetherspoons. Half cider = £3.65 Rating 3/5
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Their overt scepticism, however, prevented them from successfully exploiting the image, for it was an image based on the idea that magic was not merely unexplained but inexplicable, that magic might be real.”
“Their overt scepticism, however, prevented them from successfully exploiting the image, for it was an image based on the idea that magic was not merely unexplained but inexplicable, that magic might be real.”
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
“Tony tricked switcheroosky”.
Fucks sake, it appears I did miscount despite totting up the numbers about 15 times. It appears there are 423. I blame Bethnall Green which I counted twice as the two station exits are about a mile apart. Anyway let’s hope no one notices
Ok, so the aim is to use every single tube station on the TFL map, (The Croydon tram can get fucked) whether I hit in or out and then visit the closest pub for a quick half. Unless I’ve miscounted there are 422 to visit. Here we go
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Fucks sake, it appears I did miscount despite totting up the numbers about 15 times. It appears there are 423. I blame Bethnall Green which I counted twice as the two station exits are about a mile apart. Anyway let’s hope no one notices
406/422 Goodge Street: Northern Line. Dunno why but I get irrationally angry by tube stations with lifts. Just get some fucking escalators. Anyway The Fitzrovia is closed so I head to The Hope, a proper cosy pub that hasn’t changed since 1974. Apart from the prices. Half cider £3.80 Rating 4/5
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
406/422 Goodge Street: Northern Line. Dunno why but I get irrationally angry by tube stations with lifts. Just get some fucking escalators. Anyway The Fitzrovia is closed so I head to The Hope, a proper cosy pub that hasn’t changed since 1974. Apart from the prices. Half cider £3.80 Rating 4/5
405/422 Old Street: Northern Line. I’m by Old Street so it makes sense to quickly knock it off. Urgh 5:30pm Of course The Angel is fucking heaving. I’m best suited doing this at 11am. Just me, old men and the unemployed. That’s the way. Everyone else is having fun though. Half cider £3.60 Rating 3/5
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
405/422 Old Street: Northern Line. I’m by Old Street so it makes sense to quickly knock it off. Urgh 5:30pm Of course The Angel is fucking heaving. I’m best suited doing this at 11am. Just me, old men and the unemployed. That’s the way. Everyone else is having fun though. Half cider £3.60 Rating 3/5
404/422 St. James’s Park. District/Circle Line. A rarity - a zone 1 station I have never used before. More fool me cos The Old Star is buzzy as fuck. One review says “great staff, she came out with a funny quip but I can’t remember what it was”. Well thanks for that mate. Half cider £3.60 Rating 4/5
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
404/422 St. James’s Park. District/Circle Line. A rarity - a zone 1 station I have never used before. More fool me cos The Old Star is buzzy as fuck. One review says “great staff, she came out with a funny quip but I can’t remember what it was”. Well thanks for that mate. Half cider £3.60 Rating 4/5
403/422 Sloane Square: District/Circle Line. I once had a really posh mate who lived around here. Then I got drunk at her engagement party, swore at her mum and haven’t seen her in 20 years. Sorry Kat! I sit in the snug of the Antelope debating sending a belated apology. Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
403/422 Sloane Square: District/Circle Line. I once had a really posh mate who lived around here. Then I got drunk at her engagement party, swore at her mum and haven’t seen her in 20 years. Sorry Kat! I sit in the snug of the Antelope debating sending a belated apology. Half cider £3.55 Rating 4/5