Our unique Jack the Ripper pub tour is designed for those who are looking for something different and exciting to do in London. This experience mixes dark history with entertaining pub stops along the way for an evening filled with discovery, gory history and a whole lot of fun! Whether you want to get together with friends or are looking to bond as a team at a quirky work party, we can accommodate your every need and give you an extraordinary and unforgettable experience that everyone will enjoy.
Explore the Jack the Ripper Pubs in London that we visit on these tours and find out what they have to offer for families, friends and even colleagues. Book our pub tour now and immerse yourself in the chilling story of Jack the Ripper in an exciting and completely different way.
With our Jack the Ripper pub tour in London, you will uncover the true story of Jack the Ripper and his crimes, all while experiencing exciting pub stops that are connected to the Ripper. You will be guided and transported back to 1800s London by our expert tour guides. Our guides are all dedicated Ripperologists and enthusiasts to give you the best possible experience that immerses you in the chilling details of his spree. This means that you get to know every little thing about Jack the Ripper and will uncover what the Whitechapel pub scene was like during the 1800s. Our guides, who are members of the Cloak and Dagger Club (a theatrical performance team), bring the story and history to life while showing the connection between each pub and Jack the Ripper’s most notorious murders.
During our exciting Jack the Ripper pub crawl, we will guide you through the major murder sites, stopping along the way at traditional, Victorian alehouses. Each of our stops will be at a pub related to or associated with Jack the Ripper’s victims and, whilst you grab a quick drink, our tour guides will be ready and waiting to answer any questions you might have. With each stop, there’s time to gain more information, enjoy a drink, socialise and even share your top theories with one another – our pub tour is truly a great way to connect to others.
We have made our Jack the Ripper pub tour inclusive and engaging to catch everyone’s attention and encourage deeper thought on who could be behind the murder spree. This means that our unique walking tours involve plenty of anecdotes and stories from the brutal era of the Whitechapel Murders. We make sure to give you all the facts, combining the gory yet interesting history with a beautiful setting and an atmosphere that’s made for enjoyment. Due to this, each and every person will love our pub tour, and the social environment at each pub is perfect for office parties or groups. The fun doesn’t stop there either. We also offer to add a quiz at the end of the tour, so your group can go head-to-head and test your knowledge from the tour. Our guides will ask questions about Jack the Ripper and the pubs, offering the chance for the winning team to gain prizes!
The story of Jack the Ripper is an unsettling one and being told the story while having a drink in a true Victorian public house makes it all the more gripping. Why not join our tour with your very own designated expert guide?
During our unique Jack the Ripper pub crawl, you can discover the true, chilling story of his murder spree. Over the course of the winter of 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered five women in the Aldgate and Whitechapel areas of London’s East End. Some historians theorise he may even have killed up to ten victims over a longer period of time. His victims were brutally mutilated and their organs removed. This gruesome case has attracted tourists to London’s East End for years, but on our Jack the Ripper pub tour, you can discover the real facts behind the legends.
In the autumn of 1888, terrified locals would have gathered in the crowded pubs to tell the tales of the latest murder. This is how the story of Jack the Ripper would first have been told, before the crowds reluctantly ventured away from the warmth and safety of the pub, out into the shadowy East End streets, desperately hoping they would not meet the same fate as the Canonical Five Jack the Ripper victims…
On our Jack the Ripper pub tour in London, we will visit these pubs and once again, tell the story of the Autumn of Terror. In between pub stops, you will visit key locations in the Jack the Ripper story, before moving on to the warmth of our next pub venue.
On our pub tour, we’ll visit some of the most notorious Jack the Ripper pubs in London that are directly linked to the Ripper and his crimes. We’ll walk through Whitechapel and stop at the following pubs:
We make a stop at the White Hart Jack the Ripper pub during our tour as it’s one of the last pubs that Ripper victim Martha Tabram drank in. She came to this pub on the night of her death, and it is the only pub to still have Ripper memorabilia on the walls. This isn’t the only connection that the pub has to Jack the Ripper. It was also the workplace of the infamous poisoner George Chapman. Have no fear, as he was hanged in 1901, but could he have been Jack the Ripper? On top of this, the White Hart is the preferred watering hole of the Ripper tour guides who, after a long night entertaining the public, will enjoy a drink in what is now known as the ‘Ripper Corner’.
The 10 Bells pub is the most famous one on our Jack the Ripper pub tour. It has incredibly strong links to the Ripper’s crimes, and everyone knows about this location because of it. This pub is the last place where two of the Ripper’s unfortunate victims were seen drinking before they were murdered. Both Annie Chapman and Mary Jane Kelly were seen enjoying a drink here before they met their final demise. Annie was reportedly here at around 5 am on the morning of her death, where she was lured outside by a hideous looking man wearing a skull cap. After this, she was never seen again. As for Mary Kelly, she left this pub on the 9th November 1888 before becoming Jack the Ripper’s final victim. Her body was discovered the next morning on the opposite side of the road from the 10 Bells.
This Jack the Ripper pub is believed to be where Mary Kelly fell when the Ripper carried out his final gruesome attack. It’s believed that she fell only metres from the pub’s door, and it is also a rumoured location where the Ripper was last seen (although the story behind this claim is far from substantial). This is why it’s one of our stops on our pub tour and is a very historically interesting location for everyone to learn more about the Ripper. Even though it’s not directly linked to the crimes, the Kings Stores is very close to the final murder site and is a great place to work out whodunnit.
This stop in the Jack the Ripper pubs we visit is a cosy and relaxing location that’s right in the heart of Whitechapel. The connection to the pub isn’t about the Ripper’s crimes or victims, but more about its location because it sits right in the middle of where the murders took place in 1888. It’s nestled on Commercial Street, which is a key pathway that runs through Whitechapel and Spitalfields. This means that many of the murder sites were only minutes away from this pub. It is close to Annie Chapman’s and Mary Kelly’s murder sites, as well as Thrawl Street and other important streets that are linked to the Ripper’s case. This, mixed with the cosy candlelit tables, makes the Bell pub a great place to socialise with your group after hearing stories of the brutal murders.
The Duke of Wellington pub is in the heart of Spitalfields and is another location that’s close to the Ripper’s crimes. Although no crime took place at this site and there’s no direct evidence to link the Ripper’s victims to it, it’s still a key place to visit during our Jack the Ripper pub tour. This is because it’s on Brushfield Street which is just off Commercial Street, placing it directly within the area where the murders occurred. The location is near where Annie Chapman and Mary Jane Kelly were killed. It’s practically next door to the Ripper’s most gruesome murder and is a true local pub for the community of the time and of today.
This stop on our Jack the Ripper pub crawl is another heavily linked location to the Ripper. Now known as the Culpeper, it played an important part in his crimes for two major reasons. One is because it was the favourite drinking place for the notorious East End character called John Pizer, known as “Leather Apron”. Many people believed that he was also the Whitechapel murderer. Alongside this, it was also the place where Frances Coles was last seen before she was brutally murdered. Although Frances was discovered with a throat cut, like many of the Ripper’s victims, it isn’t confirmed that he murdered her. However, many people believed that it was the Ripper and she was his last victim.
The Jack the Ripper pub tour runs every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7 pm. Numbers are limited, so please book your spaces in advance to avoid disappointment.
