London, Fleet Street. The Old Bell stands on the site of a previous tavern - The Swan - and in 1500 became the location of Fleet Street's first printer's. The current building (previously the Golden Bell and the Twelve Bells) was built in 1678 by Sir Christopher Wren to accommodate his masons building the nearby St. Bride's church. In 1951 one Eric Tullett of the Sunday express was given the details of a national code breaking facility, and left his notebook at the pub. It was found by a barmaid who spotted the words "secret" and "Moscow" and alerted police who shared it with MI5. Beautiful dark wood surrounds the smallish central bar, and overhead is a red tinned ceiling. A Nicholson's pub, their pale ale is my go to beer.