Punch & Judy, 40 The Market Covent Garden WC2E 8RF

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Perfectly positioned in the heart of Covent Garden and taking centre stage, In part of the Grade II listed Central Market Building (1828-30 by Charles Fowler), the pub is named for the Italian puppets which first appeared in England in the Covent Garden area and were mentioned (as Polchinelli) with delight by the diarist Samuel Pepys in 1662, when he witnessed one of the first performances.
It was a Greene King public house in 2017, and still in March 2026. Greene King has announced plans to sell off, or convert 150 pubs into tenanted or franchised locations, as the UK hospitality sector struggles with rising costs.

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2017 Greene King, Punch & Judy (Covent Garden) 40 The Market Covent Garden Greater London WC2E 8RF