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Royal Automobile Club, London (RAC)

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Operator: Royal Automobile Club
89-91 Pall Mall, St James's, London, SW1Y 5HS (View on Google Map)

This is a club, which means that the bar may be only open to members.

The Royal Automobile Club was founded in 1897 for the "Protection, Encouragement and Development of Automobilism". The present flamboyant French-facade building is on the site of the old War Office and was completed in 1911 by the architects of the Ritz, Mewes and Davis; a small army of French craftsmen were employed in its construction. The royal accolade was awarded by Edward VII, a keen early motorist and of course the prime mover in the Entente Cordiale with France.

Clubhouse facilities include Turkish baths renovated in 2003/4, a spectacular Byzantine-style indoor swimming pool, various lounges, bars, restaurants and function rooms as well as numerous bedrooms. Whilst the Cocktail Bar on the ground floor specialises in gins, the Long Bar in the basement offers an extensive range of whiskeys along with four cask ales and a lunch counter. The various other dining rooms provide waiter-served meals to a high standard of food and service.

The traitors Burgess and Maclean chose this as the venue for their last lunch together before defecting to Moscow! Nowadays, the club has a wide membership of many thousands. It should not be confused with the RAC automotive services company it formerly owned.

Historic Interest

Grade II* listed, Historic England entry 1065860.

Information for this venue is provided by the West London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Westminster
Last updated
22/04/2024
Last surveyed
14/09/2023
Pub ID
WLD/17137
Asset of Community Value
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This Club serves 1 changing beer and 3 regular beers.

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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Accommodation Accommodation
Function Room Function Room
Restaurant Restaurant
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (425m)
various
Nearby Station (750m)
London Charing Cross
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (525m)
Piccadilly Circus
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