I Timed 7,194 Journeys to Find London's Most Equidistant Pub
London’s most equidistant pub
I analyzed 7,194 public transport journeys across London's 33 boroughs to identify the fairest meeting spot. The Greene Man on Euston Road emerged as the winner, with a maximum travel time of 70 minutes. Surprisingly, no pub in the city is reachable within an hour from every borough, revealing that the geographic centre is not the most accessible location for residents.
Not one of London's 3,170 pubs is within an hour of all 33 boroughs.
- PaulRobinson
The problem - and I can't understate this enough - is that these are all relatively close to each other (naturally), in one of the most miserable parts of London you could spend time in. More than 4 hours in that part of town and I start to feel more noticeably depressed.
I get why equidistant is attractive, but you'll have a much nicer time if somebody is going to have a longer journey. So do yourself a favour: go out to Greenwich, or Richmond, or Hampstead. Go somewhere that is greener. Somewhere that's not on/adjacent to Euston Road.
- lambfruit
Of course I know the Fullback! It was my local when I lived in Finsbury Park, and the Thai food there is top quality. It was in the study; it just didn't make the published table.
The screening pass covers all 3,170 OpenStreetMap pubs. Each one gets timed from all 33 borough population centres. Only the top 200 or so on fairness go through to the TfL pass, and I pinned in a few famous pubs as well. That's the 218 rows. The Fullback never got that far, so CMD + f was never going to find it.
If you're interested though, it landed around 1,300th on the screening pass. About 20 minutes from the best-served borough, 98 from the worst-off. Those are R5 numbers off the open timetable data, not TfL, so take it with a pinch of salt.
Finsbury Park is great from the north and rough from the south-west. The worst-off borough is what counts, and 98 is nowhere near the shortlist.
- Brajeshwar
There appears to be no search; doing a “CMD + f” and searching for “The Faltering Fullback” got no results.
Why do I remember “The Faltering Fullback?” One has to be introduced by a local, or by someone who loves Irish Pub. A friend took me to The Faltering Fullback; it is an Irish pub with a Thai delivery restaurant license operating inside it.