PIN The Lord Clyde

Hidden gem of a pub

The Lord Clyde public house is a haven of tranquillity tucked away in a Borough side street (one of London’s smallest and happily pedestrianised) is has an eclectic bunch of regulars including middle-aged bar proppers and students on a budget. This very lived-in landmark offers a very reasonable pint and a multiplicity of local ales. It’s very welcoming and friendly and offers a proper traditional London Pub look and feel without tobacco stained walls and sticky carpets. Backroom darts are a feature as are plenty of ‘period’ regalia like Spitfire pictures and old cigarette ads as well as a print remembering the patron, Lord Clyde, a hero of the Battle of Balaclava.

The pub has been here for 300 years and was restored to perfection in 1913. Today it is bedecked with brass fittings, wood panelling, glazed tiles and gig leather seats. The food menu is pretty good with a variety of home cooked fayre produced in-house by a family run team. The pub is close to the bustling Borough market and like much of Southwark has plenty of history : Chaucer’s pilgrims started from here and a young Charles Dickens was a frequent visitor enabling him to visit his father in the debtors prison in Marshalsea.

Owner

Lucy TripTide

Lucy is a TripTide stalwart and has been with the company since inception. She is a font of knowledge of all things in our metropolis but she has a special penchant for London's historical past. She says:"London is a multi-layered confection of hi...