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Argyll Arms

Three glazed snugs off a corridor beside Oxford Circus, and a manager's office that somehow survived.

Historic interior

An 1860s pub fitted out around 1895, and the fittings are the point: three small snugs opening off the entrance corridor, divided by wood and etched-glass partitions, with the saloon at the back under ornate mirrors and a decorated Bass mirror on the wall.

The rarest thing in it is the least showy. Beside the bar is the manager's office, glazed and etched, from which the house could be watched - almost every other one in London has been taken out to make space.

It stands a few steps from Oxford Circus and next to the London Palladium, which is why the snugs fill and empty at curtain times. No alcohol before noon on a Sunday.

Where
18 Argyll Street, W1F 7TP
Nearest station
Oxford Circus · 1 min walk

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