Regular Meetup
A few of us informally get together to meet up at the Crosse Keys pub located at 9 Gracechurch Street in the City of London on the second Tuesday of the month. Regulars, irregulars and first timers are all very welcome.
We have put back the suggested earliest time to arrive to 7.00 p.m. This is because the City is slowly but surely getting busier and we are now struggling to find a free table at 6.30 p.m. There will probably be a couple of us who will arrive slightly early in order to try an nab a table at the first opportunity. As the evening continues, finding enough free tables becomes less of a problem.
We aim to meet in a downstairs room on the ground floor at the back. There are two rooms so we will choose the less busy one. As a last resort we may be at one of the large tables in front of the entrances to these rooms.
In case it isn’t obvious who we are, we generally try to have a sheet or two of paper on the table with ‘London Reconnections’ on it and possibly an obviously transport-related book lying around as a clue. We do not restrict ourselves to talking about transport and almost anything goes but we do try and discourage strong political opinion (easier said than done given how a lot of transport decisions are political).
The pub is an enormous Wetherspoons pub that is only about five minutes walk from Bank station and around ten minutes walk from Liverpool Street station. Is is easily walkable from London Bridge station although it might be worth catching a bus over the bridge and getting off at the first stop after the bridge if one happens to conveniently appear.
There is an extensive food menu as well as a large selection of drinks available including many beers. Food and drink can optionally be ordered using the Wetherspoon’s app if you don’t want to miss out on the conversation.
For those familiar with the area, the pub is just to the south of Leadenhall Market on the other side of the road.
Dates in 2026
Our dates in 2026 are January 13th, February 10th, March 10th, April 14th, May 12th, June 9th, July 14th, August 11th, September 8th, October 13th, November 10th and December 8th.
Directions
From Bank Underground station: If you exit at Bank Junction, where a lot of roadworks connected with pedestrianisation are taking place, we recommend you head for Lombard Street which is just to the left of St Mary Woolnoth Church. There is a short cut possible to the rear entrance of the pub but on the first occasion we recommend continuing to the end of the road and turning left at the traffic lights into Gracechurch Street.
Alternatively, use the fairly new Cannon Street exit at Bank Station. Turn left out the station and follow the main road. This is very slightly longer than from the Bank Junction exits but there is not a lot in it.
From Cannon Street station, cross the road (Cannon St) and turn right to pass the aforementioned Cannon Street exit of Bank station and again follow the main road.
From Liverpool Street station you need to exit onto Bishopsgate and head south. Look out for Leadenhall Market on you left and the pub is shortly afterwards on your right.
From London Bridge station the buses listed below all serve London Bridge station and all serve stop M on the south side of London Bridge itself going north across the river.
Buses: The nearest bus stops are stops T and U on Gracechurch Street.
Gracechurch St/Monument stop T is for northbound buses and is served by buses 35, 47, 149, 344 and 388. Opposite stop T is Fenchurch Street stop U which is the southbound stop and is served by 21, 35, 43, 47, 141, 149, 344 and 388. You can also use route 133 to cross so , if using bus 133 northbound, alight at Bank Station/King William Street.
More Information and Map
We can’t do better than direct you to the Crosse Keys page on the Wetherspoons website. This has a clickable Google map.