The Royal Oak is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

at 73 Columbia Road,

Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the common land, Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heat ...

, London, E2. It was built in 1923 for Truman's Brewery, and probably designed by their in-house architect

A. E. Sewell Arthur Edward Sewell (1872–1946) was an English architect, particularly known for the public houses he designed whilst working as the in-house architect for Truman's Brewery. His career peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, and at least five pubs that ...

. It was

in 2015 by Historic England. The pub has appeared in the TV series ''Goodnight Sweetheart'', and the 1998 film '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. In July 2020, the previously independently ran pub was bought by the chain

Young's Young's (Young & Co.'s Brewery Plc) is a British pub chain operating nearly 220 pubs. The company was founded as a brewery in 1831 by Charles Young and Anthony Bainbridge when they purchased the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth. The company closed t ...

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Pubs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Grade II listed pubs in London A. E. Sewell buildings Bethnal Green {{pub-stub