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Lucky Saint
Soho and around W1
So you can take darts out of the pub, and you can’t take the pub out of darts, but can you have darts in a pub which is best known for low & no alcohol? Yes, of course you can. The Lucky Saint opened in 2023 in place of the Masons Arms which never made […]
The Gladstone Arms
London Bridge and Borough SE1
A fantastic pub where darts is a low priority, but that shouldn’t stop you going there. The function room upstairs has a (fairly tatty on 2024 visit) board, but there are many better reasons to visit the Glad.
Spots & Stripes
Waterloo SE1
This is, and always has been, a pool hall, with an interest in darts that seems to vary from year to year. In 2026 the darts area got another spruce up, and, on early weekday evenings, the six boards are regularly fully booked. If you are new to the venue, and it is dark, don’t […]
Thirsty Bear
Waterloo SE1
This is not a pub which majors on darts, but the board seems to always be in use when I visit, it is now reservable online, it has grown on me over the years, and my 2026 visit only confirmed darts seems to be heading in the right direction here. The roomy throw is towards […]
Rileys Victoria
Victoria and Pimlico SW1
Four well looked after dart boards on the ground floor and another in the more dingy downstairs make Rileys one of the very best places in central London to throw some darts. Having launched London’s first darts lanes here in 2010, the early 2020s saw Rileys toying with interactive darts – but on my 2025 […]
Libertine
London Bridge and Borough SE1
This remains my all round favourite central London pub with a dart board (as opposed to a pub which is primarily about darts). The board is on a dedicated raised oche in a corner with a piano and a serious piece of art, and it is used a lot, including by a bunch of locals […]