You can follow in the footsteps of Shakespeare and Dickens by quenching your thirst at this pub. If literary heroes are not your bag, then perhaps you'll enjoy knowing that Tom Cruise had a pint or two here during the filming of Mission Impossible. Rebuilt in the mid-18th century to replace an earlier pub that managed to withstand the Great Fire of 1666, the rooms are worn and comfortable. You can choose from Scottish and Newcastle brews on tap.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's London 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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