Pub review: Ship and Shovel

Dave B

23 February 2007

Address: 3 Craven Passage, London WC2N 5PH
Telephone: 020 7839 1311
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Longitude: -0.125131
Latitude: 51.507411

The Ship and Shovel is ideal for take-away food eating with decent beer.

This is actually 2 pubs with one name, advertised as "The only pub in London with two halves"

What this amounts to is 2 pubs opposite each other with an alleyway between them.

Its a Badger pub, and the guest beer, Festive Pheasant was very good and was £ 2.60/pint

Because there is this lane between the pubs, it is acceptable to drink outside with barrels being supplied as tables, so this was a good place to eat the previously gathered Sushi. Its also fairly sheltered from the elements so while a little chilly due to the season, it wasn't windy, but I can see rain being a problem.

Things near here (straight-line distances):

Embankment Station (Bakerloo Line, Circle Line, District Line, Northern Line) 0.1 miles SE
Wasabi (restaurant) 0.1 miles EbN
Charing Cross Station (Bakerloo Line, British Rail, Northern Line) 0.1 miles NW
Hazuki (restaurant) 0.2 miles NbW
Porterhouse (pub) 0.2 miles NNE
Leicester Square Station (Northern Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.3 miles NWbN
Misato (restaurant) 0.4 miles NWbW
Covent Garden Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.4 miles N
Crispy Duck (restaurant) 0.4 miles NW
Piccadilly Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.4 miles WNW
Wong Kei (restaurant) 0.4 miles NW
Westminster Station (Circle Line, District Line, Jubilee Line) 0.5 miles S
Garlic and Shots (restaurant) 0.5 miles NWbN
Pillars of Hercules (pub) 0.5 miles NNW
Temple Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.6 miles ENE
Hummus Bros (restaurant) 0.6 miles NW
The Ship (pub) 0.6 miles NW
Tottenham Court Road Station (Central Line, Northern Line) 0.6 miles NNW
Waterloo Station (Bakerloo Line, British Rail, Jubilee Line, Northern Line, Waterloo & City Line) 0.6 miles SEbE
Centre Point Sushi Cafe (restaurant) 0.6 miles NbW
Nellie Dean (pub) 0.6 miles NWbN
Bloomsbury Tavern (pub) 0.7 miles N
Shaston Arms (pub) 0.7 miles NWbW
Abeno Okonomiyaki (restaurant) 0.7 miles N
Holborn Station (Central Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.7 miles NbE
St. James's Park Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.7 miles SWbS
Plough (pub) 0.7 miles N
Black Horse (pub) 0.7 miles NNW
Ramen Seto (restaurant) 0.7 miles NWbW
Museum Tavern (pub) 0.7 miles N
Windmill (pub) 0.8 miles WNW
Green Park Station (Jubilee Line, Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line) 0.8 miles WbS
Joi Cafe (restaurant) 0.8 miles NNW
British Museum (museum) 0.8 miles N
Jack Horner (pub) 0.9 miles NNW
Southwark Station (Jubilee Line) 0.9 miles ESE
Blackfriars Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.9 miles EbN
Oxford Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Central Line, Victoria Line) 0.9 miles NWbW
Chancery Lane Station (Central Line) 0.9 miles NEbN
Goodge Street Station (Northern Line) 1.0 miles NNW
Phoenix (pub) 1.0 miles NWbW
Imperial War Museum London (museum) 1.1 miles SE
National Army Museum (museum) 2.1 miles SW