The Old Bull and Bush


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The Old Bull and Bush

The Old Bull and Bush, near Hampstead Heath, gave its name to the music hall song 'Down at the old Bull and Bush' sung by Florrie Forde.

The interior was renovated to a modern, gastropub style in 2006. Until the introduction of the smoking ban in England in 2007, The Bull and Bush was one of the few completely smoke-free pubs in London.

The earliest record of a building on the site is of a farmhouse in 1645. The farmhouse gained a licence to sell ale in 1721.

William Hogarth drank here, and is believed to have been involved in planting out the pub garden.


Attribution: Old London postcard

Licence: Not known