The Royal Oak, Bethnal Green Explained

The Royal Oak is a Grade II listed public house at 73 Columbia Road, Bethnal Green,[1] London, E2.

It was built in 1923 for Truman's Brewery, and probably designed by their in-house architect A. E. Sewell.

It was Grade II listed in 2015 by Historic England.

The pub has appeared in the TV series Goodnight Sweetheart,[2] the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and the 2015 film Legend.[3]

In July 2020, the previously independently ran pub was bought by the chain Young's.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Royal Oak, 73 Columbia Road, Bethnal Green E2.
  2. News: Fordy . Tom . 2023-10-16 . How Goodnight Sweetheart baffled the BBC – and made Nicholas Lyndhurst a cult hero . 2024-06-01 . . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  3. News: Smith . Oliver . 2018-01-25 . The Krays in London: 15 sites associated with the twins . 2024-06-01 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.