May 2017 Capital Arrows updates

Four new venues have been added to the guide recently. In the Aldgate and City area we’ve welcomed City Sports Pub and Grill, and the Old Tea Warehouse. In Kings Cross, the loss of the Carpenter’s Arms (where I once hit 3 with the first three darts of a...

August 2016 Capital Arrows updates

Two recent additions to the list: Steam Wine Bar in the City – an interesting multiple board newcomer to darts – and an old-fashioned boozer south of the river, the Kings Arms in Kennington. The only recent casualty is the Globe in Borough Market, which...

Happy 90th Birthday to darts

Ninety years ago today the very first darts tournament played under codified rules took place in London. There was a sharp rise in interest in darts in the early part of the twentieth century, so some darting heroes led by a guy called Ted Leggatt got together in...

May 2016 Capital Arrows updates

It’s been all fairly quiet on the London darting front recently, with the only known casualty the Red Herring, which appears to have shut for good. On a more positive note, a board has been put up at the Newman Arms in Soho (Fitzrovia really) – a fine pub....

February 2016 Capital Arrows updates

Two new additions to Capital Arrows this month – the Wood Street Bar in Barbican in the City, and the Temple Bar in the Covent Garden area. Both have a lot going for them and are worth knowing about, particularly for locals. Two casualties also. The Duke of...
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