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location:
address:
139 Leman Street, E1 8EY
phone:
020 7481 3792
nearest stations:
Tower Gateway 
(380m) - zone 1
Aldgate East 
(470m) - zone 1
Aldgate
(540m) - zone 1
Tower Hill
(570m) - zone 1
Fenchurch Street
(670m)
how to find it:
From Tower Hill: Follow the signs for Tower Gateway, once on Minories turn right down Goodman's Yard, then cross Mansell Street and head straight along Prescot Street and you'll see the pub on Leman Street. From Aldgate: From Aldgate station, turn left on exiting, cross the road and walk down Aldgate High Street passing The Hoop and Grapes before turning right down Mansell Street. Take a left down Alie Street, then a right down Leman Street. Keep walking and the pub will be on your left.
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nearby attraction(s):
Whitechapel Gallery (480m)
Tower of London (620m)
Petticoat Lane Market (720m)
Whereas most of the land immediately east of the Square Mile has been turned over and relaunched, Aldgate still has a few unaltered patches (if you look hard enough you'll even find some old warehouses that haven't become flats). In keeping with this, the Brown Bear is an unpretentious pub seemingly untouched by modern pub trends. Of note on our visit were a good range of real ales (nothing out of the ordinary, but decently kept), a dartboard and a very easy going atmosphere. It feels like it hasn't changed in years - an increasingly rare thing in a part of town where stasis is a rarity.
14/02/2007
real ales
Sky TV (small screens)
darts
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