The Queen's Head is a pub at 8 Flamborough Street,

Stepney Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. Stepney is no longer officially defined, and is usually used to refer to a relatively small area. However, for much of its history the place name was applied to ...

, London E14. Known as "The Queen'S Head Limehouse", currently run by a group of locals who took over and opened in December 2023 and operate as a free house. It is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

building, opened in 1827. It is believed to be the pub which inspired the

Queen Vic ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows t ...

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and is also the pub which

The Queen Mother Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was also ...

once famously pulled THAT pint.

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* * Grade II listed pubs in London Pubs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Stepney {{pub-stub