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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

Laura Knight And Harold Knight Blue Plaque - Dame Laura Knight 1877-1970 and Harold Knight 1874-1961 painters lived here
William Morris And Edward Lloyd Blue Plaque - William Morris 1834-1896 lived here 1848-1856. Edward Lloyd Publisher lived here 1857-1885
Claude Duval, Flora Tea Gardens And Skittle Alley, And The Swan, London Black Plaque - The Swan is the last relic of Flora Tea Gardens and Skittle Alley and stood on this site for over 300 years. The first documented evidence of a licensed Inn keeper is on a licensed victualler list for 1721. As a coaching Inn it is reputed to have been the final drinking place for victims of the gibbet of Tyburn Gallows which we now know as Marble Arch. Claude Duval the famous highwayman who was very active on the London to Edinburgh Road is alleged to have had his final drink here before being h
Dan Leno Blue Plaque - Dan Leno (1860-1904), music hall comedian, lived here 1898-1901.
Michael Costa Blue Plaque - Sir Michael Costa 1808–1884 conductor and orchestra reformer lived here 1857-1883
Charles Morgan Blue Plaque - Charles Morgan 1894-1958 Novelist and Critic lived and died here

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