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Review of Anchor Bankside

The Anchor started life as the 'brewery tap room' ...

The Anchor started life as the 'brewery tap room' for the Anchor Brewery, first established in 1616. It is the sole survivor of the riverside inns that existed here in Shakespeare's time when this district was at the heart of theatreland and the Thames was London's principal highway. It was frequented by many actors from the neighbouring playhouses, including the Globe, the Swan and the Rose. It is where diarist Samuel Pepys saw the Great Fire of London in 1666