Central London’s darts pubs were allowed to reopen on 4 July 2020. Whether many have remains something of a mystery – traditional darts pubs are not best known for keeping everything up to date, and some will struggle with the current regulations for...
All central London’s darts pubs have been closed since Friday 20 March this year, which means that, for the first time in a century, you can’t play darts in a pub in London. There were 80 pubs on the Capital Arrows list when the lockdown started. The worry...
So it’s not all bad news. I was told to pay a visit to the Moretown Belle round the back of St Katherine’s Dock, and when I did I found a fantastic new darting venue. I also popped in to the Sir Sydney Smith, which I’d never previously heard of, and...
Following a coaching session last week I bumped into the City of London Darts Association finals night, with a main and a handicap event being played simultaneously at the now cavernous Spots & Stripes. It’s been several years since I attended a COLDA event,...
So the news isn’t great (and neither is the frequency of these updates). The number of central London dart pubs has dropped below 90 for the first time, and we’ve lost some special ones – notably the Champion in Wells Street, and Aldgate’s...
