The Crown, Covent Garden

The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2015)
The Crown, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden (2016)

The Crown is a pub in Covent Garden, London, at 43 Monmouth Street facing on to Seven Dials and Short's Gardens.

The pub was established in 1833.[1] The ceramic tiling outside is original.[2]

It was known as The Clock House in the time of Charles Dickens, when it was a "hot bed of villainy", in an area well known for prostitutes and pickpockets.[3]

The pub is part of the Taylor Walker pub chain.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Crown in Covent Garden". taylor-walker.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Crown – Seven Dials, London". sevendials.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ Richard Jones (2004). Walking Dickensian London. New Holland Publishers. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1-84330-483-8.