{"id":615509,"date":"2025-12-06T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615509\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:02:16","slug":"the-most-crowded-london-pubs-to-drink-at-this-christmas-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615509\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Crowded London Pubs to Drink at This Christmas Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

London becomes a glorious glittering wonderland this time of year. But it also gets seriously, seriously crowded. Ice skating rinks<\/a>\u00a0get booked up weeks in advance, department stores<\/a>\u00a0get so full you can barely move, train stations are packed with more tourists and commuters than normal, and good luck getting a seat in a central London pub.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If all of that sounds like your nightmare, don\u2019t worry. It can (mostly) be avoided. To help you swerve the seasonal crowds, location-sharing\u00a0app Life360 has predicted which London pubs will be the busiest this Christmas.\u00a0It compiled the\u00a0list by looking at the number of visits\u00a0lasting at least one hour within 10 metres of\u00a0a pub\u2019s location\u00a0between December 1 to 23 or Dec 31 last year. Obviously, it\u2019s not definitive, but it is a pretty good indicator of busyness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It looks like the most packed pubs this month are likely to be those nearby offices and commuter routes, owing to all the workers that like to indulge in a few pints post work. According to Life360, London\u2019s busiest boozer this festive season\u00a0will be The Globe<\/strong>,\u00a0a City pub that is a literal stone\u2019s throw from Moorgate tube station.<\/p>\n

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Nell Gwynne Tavern<\/strong> in Charing Cross came second place in Life360\u2019s research while the Duke of York<\/strong> in Victoria landed in third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Life360 said: \u2018Aside from the locations showcasing the desired ease of getting home, the top 10 list also reveals that office workers are not shying away from the post work day drink. With The City and Victoria dominating the list as pubs are filled with colleagues squeezing in a festive drink before the journey home.\u2019<\/p>\n

Numbers four, five and six on the list are all Wetherspoons pubs \u2013 the Railway Bell<\/strong> in Barnet, the Willow Walk<\/strong> in Victoria and the Moon Under Water<\/strong> in Leicester Square respectively. Life360 said: \u2018Maybe down to the large group bookings without high minimum spends or cheaper price tag on a pint, it is clear that Wetherspoons are set to be popular this December.\u2019<\/p>\n

The top 10 busiest pubs in London this Christmas<\/p>\n

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  1. The Globe (Moorgate)<\/li>\n

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  2. Nell Gwynne Tavern (Charing Cross)<\/li>\n

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  3. Duke of York (Victoria)<\/li>\n

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  4. The Railway Bell (Barnet)<\/li>\n

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  5. The Willow Walk (Victoria)<\/li>\n

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  6. The Moon Under Water (Leicester Square)<\/li>\n

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  7. The Ganton Arms (Soho)<\/li>\n

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  8. The Observatory (Greenwich)<\/li>\n

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  9. The Signal Box (Euston)<\/li>\n

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  10. The William Webb Ellis (Twickenham)<\/li>\n

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    The\u00a050 best pubs in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    ICYMI:\u00a0The<\/strong> \u2018world\u2019s smallest pub\u2019 has opened in London<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Plus: The busiest travel days predicted for Christmas 2025<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Stay in the loop: sign up for our\u00a0<\/strong>free Time Out London newsletter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London becomes a glorious glittering wonderland this time of year. But it also gets seriously, seriously crowded. Ice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,13285,393,4884,257,15144,280,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-615509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-restaurants","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-drinking","14":"tag-restaurants","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115671580942578663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}