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Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NF

0.3km

18th-century house where Benjamin Franklin lived for 16 years, exhibits on his life, science activitiesRead more

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Dr Johnson's House
Dr Johnson's House
Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE

0.68km

18th-century townhouse home of 18th-century English writer Samuel JohnsonRead more

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Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum, 2 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EW

0.85km

Life and nursing work of Florence NightingaleRead more

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Sherlock Holmes Museum
Sherlock Holmes Museum
Sherlock Holmes Museum, 221b Baker Street, London, NW1 6XE

1.73km

Dedicated to the fictional detective Sherlock HolmesRead more

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Covent Garden has some great pubs which is no surprise as it is such a great area of London to meet in. Particularly if you like traditional pubs you are spoiled for choice as Covent Garden has some of the oldest and most traditional pubs to be found anywhere in London.

There are lots of pubs that serve Sunday lunch and traditional British pub grub too so if you are looking for a reasonably priced place to eat and drink one of the best gastro pubs in Covent Garden is well worth considering as a destination.

For a list of Covent Garden pubs you can view our Covent Garden pub guide (https://forbidden.london/london-guide/covent-garden/pubs) we have also recently created a blog post about our top picks for the best pubs in Covent Garden (https://forbidden.london/london-blog/best-pubs-covent-garden).



Covent Garden Piazza is always open, but the shops usually operate between 10am and 8pm Monday to Saturday and on Sunday from around 11am to 6pm. The Apple Market is open from 10am until 6pm and the East Colonnade Market is open from 10:30am until 7pm.



There is Pay & Display parking on the streets off the Piazza - Henrietta Street, Southampton Street and Tavistock Street. There is also an NCP car park on Drury Lane.



You can view a list of shops in Covent Garden, including information about offers, by viewing our Covent Garden shopping guide (https://forbidden.london/london-guide/covent-garden/shopping-in-style#businesses)


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Blue Plaques in London

Pilgrim Fathers And Mayflower, London Black Plaque - Mayflower Public House. This restored 16th century public house was originally called the Spread Eagle. It is named after the ship chartered by the Pilgrim Fathers, who left Rotherhithe for America in 1620
Tom Sayers Blue Plaque - Tom Sayers 1826-1865 pugilist died here
John Wesley And Susanna Annesley Black Plaque - Forty yards south of this building on the last side of the site of The Foundery, John Wesley's headquarters 1750-78 and the first Methodist book room. The mother of the Wesleys died there 30th July 1742.
Jane Austen Green Plaque - Jane Austen 1775-1817 Novelist stayed here 1813-1814
John Adams-Acton Green Plaque - John Adams-Acton (1831-1910) sculptor, lived here
Blue Plaque № 6164 - Opposite this spot stood the Spital Pulpit Cross (plaque not yet erected)

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