Everywhere you can get a pint for £6 or less in central London

A cheap pint is increasingly hard to come by these days – especially here in London. Earlier this year, we reported on the arrival of the £8 pint, which has started to become less of a rarity and more of an accepted part of living in the capital. But not all is lost. There are still a handful of boozers out there, fighting the good fight, serving up cheap pints for the city. The problem is knowing where to find them. 

That’s why we’ve rounded up all of the places you can get a slightly more affordable pint in Zone 1. At the time of writing, all of these draught pints cost £6 or less (please don’t come at us if prices have changed since then). 

Holborn/Farringdon/Soho

• Horse & Wig, Holborn: £5 Pravha, £6 Madri, £6 Aspalls, £6 Guinness
  
• The Albion, Farringdon: £5.40 Young’s London Original
  
• The Marian Anderson, Farringdon: £4 Guinness & Pravha, £5 (all) Jubel Peach, Session Purity IPA, Blue Moon, Staropramen, Camden Hells, Madri, Harbour IPA
  
• Freedom Bar, Soho: £5.90 Heineken
• Pelt Trader, Cannon Street: £5.50 Puns of Anarchy, £5.50 Brew York Calmer Chameleon, £5.80 Kelham Island Pale Rider, £5 Lord Marples, £6 König Pilsner, £5.70 Crafty Apple Cider

Paddington/Euston/Camden

• Paddington Railway Club, Paddington: £4.40 Madri, £4 Coors, £4 Carling, £3.80 Caffrey’s, £4.40 Guinness, £4 Cider [Plus, happy hour Tues-Thurs, 2-5pm: everything £3.50]
• Golden Lion, Camden: £4.90 Carling, £5.45 Real Ale [Plus, all craft ales £5.50 on ‘Craft Thursdays’]
  
• Euston Tap, Euston: Cask ales from £4, £5.50 Adnams Wild Wave Cider, £5.40 Adnams Blush Cider, £5.90 Bitburger German Pilsner, £5.60 Howling Hops Hazy Pale, £5.60 Redemption Solar Pale Ale, £5.80 New Bristol Brewery Cinder Toffee Stout, £5.80 J.W. Lees Stout

Hoxton/Aldgate/Spitalfields

• The Pride of Spitalfields, Spitalfields: £5.50 Staropramen, £5.50 Jupa, £5.30 Cold River Cider, £5.50 Stella, £4.80 Foster’s, £6 Guinness, £5.30 Brewers Gold, £5.30 Doom Bar, £5.50 XPA, £5.30 London Pride, £5.50 Fuller’s ESB
• Aldgate Tap, Aldgate: £4.50 Arkell’s Wiltshire Gold, £4.50 Arkell’s Belt Driver
• Howl at the Moon, Hoxton: £5.20 Guinness, £5.20 Howl Lager

Lambeth/Waterloo/Southwark/Embankment

• The Chandos, Charing Cross: £5.20 Alpine Lager, £4.40 Dark Mild
• The Gladstone Arms, Southwark: £5.40 real ale, £5.99 house lager 
  
• Old King’s Head, Southwark: £5.00 Amstel [Plus, happy hour 4-7pm, all pints £4.50-£5.50]
• Waterloo Tap, Waterloo: £4.50 cask beer, £5.70 Siren Lager
  
• The King’s Arms, Waterloo: £5.90 Southwark Bitter, £5.90 Holiday Hog, £5.90 Lacons Encore
  
• Duchy Arms, Kennington: £5 Coors, £5 Carling, £5 Pravha, £5 Aspall Cider
• Crown and Cushion, Lambeth North: £5.20 Carling, £5.70 Stella, £5.20 Inch’s Cider, £5.80 Pravha, £5.20 Carlsberg, £5.80 Kronenbourg, £5.20 Fosters, £5.20 Strongbow, £5 John Smith, £5.80 Guinness, £4.80 Old Speckled Hen, £4.80  Greene King IPA, £4.80 Bermondsey Best

Recommended: All the central London bars and pubs open past 1am (on Fridays and Saturdays)

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