The Victoria

By far the best pub in Barking, The Victoria. The women behind the bar were phenomenal and gave us a run down of the area and the old pubs. So many of which have closed, Barking seems to have been hit hard by pub closures with only 3 real pubs really remaining in the centre. They bemoaned the wetherspoons for driving the prices down and taking all the custom. The family of one of the ladies used to run the Barking Tap which is now the Kings Lounge. They invited us behind the scenes for a photo which was a great memento of our time here. They even called up the Kings Bull, an old pub turned nightclub where we had planned to go next to get them to look after us. Unfortunately when we left Mert realised he’d left his bag at the previous bar so we had to skip the Kings Bull. I think we may see this haunt again and look forward to witness it rocking on a saturday night.