Old Fountain, Old Street

pub details:

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location:

Old Street

address:

3 Baldwin Street, EC1V 9NU

phone:

0871 984 1350*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.

nearest stations:

Old Street London Underground station Railway station
(180m) - zone 1

Moorgate London Underground station Railway station
(950m) - zone 1

Barbican London Underground station Railway station
(950m) - zone 1

Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) London Overground station
(960m) - zone 2

Liverpool Street London Underground station Railway station
(1.1Km) - zone 1

how to find it:

Leave Old Street station via exit 8, walk a short distance up City Road and take the first left into Baldwin Street. The pub is a short way up on your right.

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nearby attraction(s):

Barbican Centre (860m)

picture of Old Fountain Not much changed over the years, the Old Fountain is a traditional boozer, tucked away in a side street in an unfashionable part of the city. There are very good, well-kept beers on the hand pumps (the Everard's Beacon went down very nicely), a mixed, but genial enough crowd and an adequate range of pub grub to cater for the lunchtime trade. Having not been for a while, we were heartily cheered to see the fish tank is still there, although we didn't recognise any of the fish. Sometimes, we need things to stay as they are - if it works, why change it? The Old Fountain proves the point. On a final note, although it's a popular lunchtime haunt, it can sometimes get rather quiet later in the evening, which is either a good or bad thing depending on what you're after.