19 walks · 68.0 km
Historic pub walks
19 historic pub walks link 67 old pubs in 19 cities, 68.0 km in all, each route downloadable as a GPX file and each stop carrying the date it claims beside the date the records support. Walks between the genuinely old ones, in other words.
Old pubs cluster. Where a crossing, a market or a coaching road once was, three or four of them still stand within a short walk. Each of these routes links pubs we have checked, in walking order, and the distance is the route itself — the streets you would actually walk, not the straight line between the doors. Call it a pub crawl if you like. A stop is usually there for the age of the house rather than for what is on at the bar, and where one is not — a pub that only became a pub in 1987, a counter that is on the walk for a plate of food — the page says so rather than letting you assume otherwise.
- A walk through London’s genuinely old pubsThe George Inn → Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese → Ye Olde Mitre → Hand & Shears → Prospect of Whitby → The GrapesOldest claim: Prospect of Whitby, 1520
- Nottingham’s three-way oldest pub disputeYe Olde Trip to Jerusalem → Ye Olde Salutation Inn → The Bell InnOldest claim: Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, 1189
- Oxford’s oldest tavernsThe Bear Inn → Turf Tavern → The ChequersOldest claim: The Bear Inn, 1242
- Amsterdam’s oldest brown cafésCafé De Druif → Café De Karpershoek → Proeflokaal Wynand Fockink → De Drie Fleschjes → Café 't Papeneiland → Café Chris → Café HoppeOldest claim: Café De Druif, 1585
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- Café De Druif, Amsterdam, Netherlands — claims 1585
- Café De Karpershoek, Amsterdam, Netherlands — claims 1606
- Proeflokaal Wynand Fockink, Amsterdam, Netherlands — claims 1679
- De Drie Fleschjes, Amsterdam, Netherlands — claims 1650
- Café 't Papeneiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands — claims 1642
- Café Chris, Amsterdam, Netherlands — claims 1624
- Café Hoppe, Amsterdam, Netherlands — claims 1670
- Prague’s historic beer hallsU Medvídků → U Fleků → U Zlatého tygraOldest claim: U Medvídků, 1466
- The Rocks: Sydney’s oldest pubsFortune of War Hotel → Hero of Waterloo Hotel → Lord Nelson Brewery HotelOldest claim: Fortune of War Hotel, 1828
- Melbourne’s oldest pubsDuke of Wellington Hotel → Young and Jackson Hotel → Mitre TavernOldest claim: Duke of Wellington Hotel, 1853
- New York City’s oldest barsFraunces Tavern → McSorley's Old Ale House → Pete's Tavern → White Horse TavernOldest claim: Fraunces Tavern, 1762
- Boston’s oldest bars, Charlestown to the Blackstone BlockWarren Tavern → Bell in Hand Tavern → Union Oyster HouseOldest claim: Warren Tavern, 1780
- Lisbon in six hundred metres: a beer hall and two ginjinhasCervejaria Trindade → A Ginjinha → Ginjinha Sem RivalOldest claim: Cervejaria Trindade, 1836
- Buenos Aires: three bares notables from Parque Lezama to Avenida de MayoBar Británico → Bar El Federal → Los 36 BillaresOldest claim: Bar El Federal, 1864
- Edinburgh’s oldest pub claimsThe Golf Tavern → The White Hart Inn → The Sheep Heid InnOldest claim: The Sheep Heid Inn, 1360
- Belfast’s three oldest bar claimsMcHugh's Bar → White's Tavern → Kelly's CellarsOldest claim: White's Tavern, 1630
- Dublin’s oldest pubs, Bridge Street to Camden StreetThe Brazen Head → The Norseman → The Bleeding HorseOldest claim: The Brazen Head, 1198
- Vienna’s oldest rooms: a beisl, a counter and a cellarGriechenbeisl → Zum Schwarzen Kameel → EsterházykellerOldest claim: Griechenbeisl, 1476
- Hobart’s oldest pubs, Murray Street to Battery PointHadley's Orient Hotel → Central Hotel → Hope and Anchor Tavern → Customs House Hotel → Shipwrights Arms HotelOldest claim: Hope and Anchor Tavern, 1807
- Canterbury, St Stephen’s Green to the Stour marshesYe Olde Beverlie → The Parrot → Ye Olde Yew Tree InnOldest claim: Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn, 1348
- Lima, Pueblo Libre to the old Desamparados stationAntigua Taberna Queirolo → Piano Bar Múnich → Bar CordanoOldest claim: Antigua Taberna Queirolo, 1880
- Two church houses and a thatched longhouse, Rattery to DartingtonThe Church House Inn → The Church House Inn → The Cott InnOldest claim: The Church House Inn, 1028
No walk matches both of those.