Prince of Wales

Status: Open
Address: 777 High Road Leyton, E10 5AB (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Waltham Forest
Former name(s): Pepper's Ghost
Escape Bar
Pepper's Ghost
Shoe Laces
Prince of Wales
Former address: [also listed as 1-2 Leyton Green, High Road (1906), and as High Street (1891/1871)]
Historical parish: Leyton
Dates open: by 1869-
Owner: Star Pubs and Bars
Punch Taverns (former)
Charrington (former)
Notes: Renamed as "Shoe Laces" in 1999, as "Pepper's Ghost" in 2016, as "Escape Bar" in 2021, as "Pepper's Ghost" in 2023, and as the "Prince of Wales" in 2024.
Photo taken in December 2025
Sources: Open date: Behind the Bar
Renaming: Behind the Bar/CAMRA
Owner: CAMRA
Census 1871 [H Richardson]/1891 [J Pudney]/1901 [P Gelley] (unnamed)/1911 [P Gelley] (all as "Prince of Wales")
London Drinker WP17/WP35/WP47
OS 1896/1950s
PO 1871/1874/1876/1880/1884/1888/1892/1896/1898/1900/1901/1902/1903/1906/1914/1917/1922 (all as "Prince of Wales")
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