The Olde Wine Shades

The Olde Wine Shades is one of London's oldest public houses, having been built in 1663 in Martin Lane there is an oft quoted claim that it somehow survived the Great Fire of 1666.

Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Pub
Description: pub in the City of London
Also known as: “Old Wine Shades” and “Olde Wine Shades”
Address: 6 Martin Lane, London, EC4R 0DP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Bridge and The Tower of London.

London Bridge

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

Since Roman times, several crossings named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. London Bridge is situated 910 feet south of The Olde Wine Shades.

The Tower of London

Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 2,800 feet east of The Olde Wine Shades.

London Stone

Archaeological site

Photo: Lord Belbury, CC BY-SA 4.0.

London Stone is a historic landmark housed at 111 Cannon Street in the City of London. It is an irregular block of oolitic limestone measuring 53 × 43 × 30 cm, the remnant of a once much larger object that had stood for many centuries on the south side of the street. London Stone is situated 500 feet northwest of The Olde Wine Shades.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Aldgate.

Bankside

Quarter

Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.

Aldgate

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Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

The Olde Wine Shades

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

51.5105° or 51° 30′ 38″ north

Longitude

-0.08806° or 0° 5′ 17″ west

Operator

El Vino Co Ltd

Open location code

9C3XGW66+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 809354345

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

Wikidata ID

Q24022951

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