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Admiral Duncan, London

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Operator: Stonegate (formerly Ei Group)
54 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, W1D 4UB (View on Google Map)
(020) 7437 5300
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The pub is named after the admiral who defeated the Dutch at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, and has been trading since at least 1832. Dylan Thomas is reputed to have left his original handwritten manuscript of Under Milk Wood in the pub just before he needed it for an American trip! It was retrieved by a BBC producer who traced his pub crawl.

The one-room pub has karaoke, cabaret and drag nights and is now very well known as a centre of the Soho gay scene, and attracts a regular crowd. There is a tiny dance-floor soundtracked by a jukebox playing mainly 80s and 90s music.

Historic Interest

Three people died in a nail-bomb attack on the pub in 1999. It was also the centre of the Soho gay community tribute to the Orlando massacre victims in June 2016.

Information for this venue is provided by the West London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Westminster
Last updated
Last surveyed
08/03/2016
Leasehold owner
Stonegate
Freehold owner
Akzo Nobel Cif Nominees Ltd
Pub ID
WLD/16468
Asset of Community Value
Monday
1:00pm - 11:30pm
Tuesday
1:00pm - 11:30pm
Wednesday
1:00pm - 11:30pm
Thursday
1:00pm - 11:30pm
Friday
Noon - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm
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Nearby Station (750m)
London Charing Cross
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (350m)
Leicester Square

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