White Swan
The White Swan has been on the same patch of the Thames since 1714. When it opened, Alexander Pope was writing poetry just down the river. Turner was painting the exact stretch of water you can see from the beer garden. And sitting right in the middle of all of it, serving pints, was this pub. Above the fireplace there is a painting from 1760 showing the White Swan exactly as it looks today. Same building. Same river. And twice a day, every single day, the Thames still comes in and takes the garden back. London changes constantly. This place refuses to.
