Boar's Head Inn

The Boar's Head Inn is the name of several former and current taverns in London, most famously a tavern in Eastcheap that is supposedly the meeting place of Sir John Falstaff, Prince Hal and other characters in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays. An earlier tavern in Southwark used the same name, and an inn of the name in Whitechapel was used as a theatre.

For other uses of "Boar's Head", see Boar's Head (disambiguation).

The Eastcheap Boar's Head Inn in 1829, shortly before demolition. The original Boar's Head sign is in the centre of the building, which was no longer an inn. On the ground floor are a perfume shop and a hat shop.
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The current building near the location of the Eastcheap Boar's Head Inn. This was built as a warehouse in 1868. The exterior is decorated with references to the original tavern. It is currently an office building.
Close up, showing boar's head decoration

A number of other taverns and inns have since used the name, typically with reference to Shakespeare.

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