Sherlock Holmes, Strand  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Strand

address:

10-11 Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5DA

phone:

0871 984 3626*
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nearest stations:

Charing Cross London Underground stationRailway station
(80m) - zone 1

Embankment London Underground station
(210m) - zone 1

Leicester Square London Underground station
(470m) - zone 1

Covent Garden London Underground station
(600m) - zone 1

Piccadilly Circus London Underground station
(630m) - zone 1

how to find it:

From Charing Cross: Leaving the station, turn left on the Strand toward Trafalgar Square until you reach North Street. Turn left again and the pub's at the bottom of the street on the left. From Embankment: Take the Villiers Street exit and turn left as soon as you leave the station, proceeding through the shopping precinct to Northumberland Avenue. Turn right and proceed up the road toward Trafalgar Square. The pub is just off to the right at the bottom of North Street.

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nearby attraction(s):

Trafalgar Square (180m)

National Gallery (250m)

Banqueting House (330m)

picture of Sherlock HolmesYou have to be a bit of Sherlock Holmes to find this pub, as Baker Street is a good Hansom Cab's ride away from Northumberland Avenue. Nevertheless, the pub has plunged wholeheartedly into its chosen theme to please pub-going Conan Doyle fans with an entertaining divertissement. The walls are adorned with innumerable Holmesian memorabilia, there's the 221B restaurant upstairs and the TV shows non-stop Sherlock Holmes movies and TV programmes - the colour on the TV being turned down to render even the newest TV prog in nostalgic black and white. The news is pretty good on the beer front with the likes of Speckled Hen and the pub's own Sherlock Holmes bitter on the hand pumps with plenty of wine and pub grub (albeit a little pricey) to round off the victuals - all competently and pleasantly served. However, this pub's unique selling point appears to be of interest to only about half the clientele, as the other half are Civil Servants and other officerati from workplaces roundabout. There are few pubs in these parts and this is one of the better ones - an achievement even more impressive for a themed, tourist pub.

reviewed:
13/06/2007
reviewed by pubdog

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