Ye Olde Watling

Rebuilt by Christopher Wren in 1668 to house the workers constructing St Paul's Cathedral, using timber salvaged from decommissioned ships. The plans for St Paul's were supposedly drawn up in what is now the dining room upstairs. The old-world timber-framed interior largely dates from a sympathetic 1901 refit. Open Saturdays noon to 8pm — the crawl arrives around 7pm, so check the time and don't dawdle at Blackfriars. A Nicholson's pub on the ancient Roman road of Watling Street. You're in the City now, and the City closes early.