FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS 12
FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS 12
Two new Wetherspoons pubs opened in London on September 30, 2025:
The Sir Alexander Fleming - Paddington
The Sir Alexander Fleming, stands serenely by the Grand Union Canal in Merchant Square. It is named after the man who discovered penicillin in his laboratory at nearby St Mary's Hospital. Apart from paying homage to Fleming this Spoons also recognises Isambard Kingdom Brunel who built Paddington Station.
In St Mary's you can visit the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum where his small laboratory has been restored to what it looked like in 1928, the year he made his historic discovery that revolutionised medicine.
Fleming couldn't produce enough of the antibiotic for clinical trials. This didn't happen until 1941.
Just outside London Bridge Station in Tooley Street, The Sun Wharf is housed under the arches which were once occupied by importers and provision agents whose livelihoods depended on the warehouses opposite. More recently, it was The London Dungeon - a rather underwhelming museum of the macabre.
It was very busy from day one, probably with city workers reluctant to face a busy commute home. It actually opens at 0630am, perhaps for those early birds hoping to beat the rush hour.
The Moon and Cross - Waltham Cross
Waltham Forest is actually a train stop beyond where my Freedom Pass is valid. But I could still do the last bit by bus for free. The Moon & Cross has a spacious beer garden. The bottomless coffee is only £1.19 and I doubt you'll get a pint of bitter anywhere else for less the Ruddles here at £1.79.
Check out the actual Waltham Cross which is the monument erected by Edward I in 1290 to honour his beloved queen - Eleanor of Castille. It was one of twelve similar monuments which marked the overnight stopping places of Eleanor's funeral cortège on it's way from Harby near Lincoln to Westminster Abbey. Only two other original Eleanor Crosses remain. The one outside Charing Cross station is a replica.
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