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Date of photo: 2009	cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Mike Quinn - geograph.org.uk/p/1237438
The Rugby Tavern was situated at 19 Great St James Street. This pub closed in December 2022.
Source: Movement80
It is reported that Shepherd Neame have decided not to renew their lease on the Rugby Tavern in Bloomsbury. The rumour locally is that a proposed rent increase will make the pub unviable. The pub, which was previously operated by Nicholson’s and Fuller’s, is Grade II-listed and is in the Bloomsbury Conservation Area so any redevelopment is highly unlikely. A new lease is on offer, "said to be at a rent in excess of £100,000 per annum
London Drinker magazine, Feb/Mar 2023
Reopened by Berkeley Inns.
London Drinker magazine, October/November 2023
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