The Crown, Covent Garden

The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2015)
The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2016)

The Crown is a pub in Covent Garden, London, at 43 Monmouth Street facing on to Seven Dials and Shorts Gardens.

The pub was established in 1833.[1] The ceramic tiling outside is original.[2]

It was known as The Clock House in the time of Charles Dickens, when it was a "hot bed of villainy", in an area well known for prostitutes and pickpockets.[3]

The pub is part of the Taylor Walker pub chain.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Crown in Covent Garden". taylor-walker.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  2. "The Crown – Seven Dials, London". sevendials.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  3. Richard Jones (2004). Walking Dickensian London. New Holland Publishers. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1-84330-483-8.

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Coordinates: 51°30′50″N 0°07′37″W / 51.51395°N 0.12685°W / 51.51395; -0.12685


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