White Lion, Covent Garden

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The White Lion, 2008

The White Lion is a pub in Covent Garden, London, on the corner of James Street and Floral Street.

There has been a pub called the White Lion on the site since at least 1839,[1] and the current pub was rebuilt in 1888, as can be seen under the rampant lion at the top of the building.

The White Lion Group, a radical political group in the 1820s and 1830s, with members including Dr Watson, and John Gale Jones, was named after the pub, as that had been their first meeting place.[2][3]

The White Lion was once used just by market traders and local people, but is now used mainly by tourists, office workers and opera goers.[4][5]

The pub is part of the Nicholson's pub chain.[4]

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External links

Official website


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