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Built in 1869, the distinctive Viaduct Tavern has what are claimed to be debtors’ cells in the basement, and if you ask nicely they may show them to you, but don’t go alone—the cellar has a reputation for being haunted, and unpleasantly so, but then so does the upstairs. On one wall of the bar are paintings of three maidens representing agriculture, banking and the arts. The latter still bears the scar of an attack by a drunken soldier in the First World War using a bayonet, though some say he shot it. With a beaten copper ceiling, cast iron pillars, decorated glass and ornate, gilded mirrors, it’s no surprise that this Fullers pub claims to be the last surviving Victorian gin palace, and to serve the best gin and tonic in London.

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