The White Lion is a pub inCovent Garden,London, on the corner of James Street and Floral Street.
There has been a pub called the White Lion on the site since at least 1839,[1] and the current pub was rebuilt in 1888, as can be seen under therampant lion at the top of the building.
TheWhite Lion Group, a radical political group in the 1820s and 1830s, with members including Dr Watson, andJohn Gale Jones, was named after the pub, as that had been their first meeting place.[2][3]
The White Lion was once used just by market traders and local people, but is now used mainly by tourists, office workers and opera goers.[4][5]
The pub is part of the Nicholson's pub chain.[4]
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