Ship Tavern

The Ship Tavern is an inn at the western corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields, at the corner of Gate Street and the Little Turnstile in London. Established in 1549, at the height of the English Reformation, when Catholicism became illegal, it was used to shelter Catholic priests and hold secret Catholic services.

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Email: info@theshiptavern.co.uk
Type: Pub
Description: pub in London, UK
Also known as: “Ship Tavern, Holborn”, “Ship Tavern, London”, and “The Ship Tavern”
Address: 12 Gate Street, London, WC2A 3HP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and London St Pancras International.

Leicester Square

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The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

London St Pancras International

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London St Pancras International is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in London. It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland Europe.

Sir John Soane’s Museum

Museum

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Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect John Soane. Sir John Soane’s Museum is situated 390 feet east of Ship Tavern.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Clement Danes and Holborn-Clerkenwell.

St Clement Danes

Neighborhood

St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Holborn-Clerkenwell

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Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.

Gray’s Inn

Neighborhood

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The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these inns.

Ship Tavern

Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51725° or 51° 31′ 2″ north

Longitude

-0.11918° or 0° 7′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C3XGV8J+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 21593236

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

Wikidata ID

Q7497944

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