Google Street View has been offering desk-bound tourists the chance to wander around their favourite cities for several years now, but, since 2011, has also begun to include panoramic tours of the interiors of selected businesses. A few pubs and breweries have already submitted to being photographed. Below are just a few that we’ve found.
1. The Dove (riverside pub), Hammersmith, London
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2. Fullers’ Griffin Brewery, Chiswick, London
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3. Ship and Whale, Surrey Quays, London
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4. The Marble Arch, Manchester
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5. UPDATED: George Inn, Southwark (thanks, Mike F!)
If you’ve spotted other interesting pubs or breweries with ‘wanderable’ interiors, especially outside London, or in other countries, let us know. (They’re tricky to find — you have to zoom in quite close and then hover with the little yellow street view man until orange dots appear on the map: those are viewable interiors.)
14 replies on “Inside pubs and breweries on Google Street View”
I’ve managed to find 30 different London pubs on Street View. Haven’t looked beyond London yet.
Pot Still Glasgow
Balboa Saloon Newport Beach 🙂
At the Parcel Yard in King’s Cross you can navigate right up to the bar and the barman ignores you.
[insert cheap joke about London pub service here]
The George as made famous by Pete Brown can go on your list
Can it!? We tried it, but couldn’t find the ‘orange dot’. Will have another go.
It really can. Also further afield, Hales Bar in Harrogate, which is gas lit and has a nice collection of brewery mirrors, if you like that can of thing (i am)
The Centurion on Newcastle station is also available, and has possibly the best tiles and ceiling of a station pub (this is merely an opinion and many station pubs may be better clad, i havn’t been to them all)
Looks like it’s been seriously “gentrified” since I last called in!
Fascinating stuff, and certainly safer than going in pubs for real. No danger of being glassed on google view.
In Allston, MA there is Deep Ellum (Ron Pattinson has written about it… though as a place to drink now, not in some historical context): http://goo.gl/maps/JbTZs
Another Allston, MA establishment is Sunset Grill & Tap (if you want to see a place with a ton of brick a brack on the walls): http://goo.gl/maps/Wn7hN
Wish there was an easier way to find the interior stuff.
Cross Keys, Nottingham
Didn’t see Tandleman in the Marble Arch – disappointed. 🙂
Ha ha — yes, we looked for him, too!
In Dublin you can visit The Stag’s Head and see where the pub scene in Educating Rita was filmed.
You can also visit Solas to see just how much crap can be crammed onto one bar.
What a great idea. And perfect, too. I’m gonna go see what I can find. excellent catch.