Crown and Anchor, Strand

Its rooms were large and able to accommodate 2,500 people, leading to its use as a venue for political meetings, particularly by the Radicals, including John Cam Hobhouse and Charles James Fox.

[2] One meeting was addressed by the Irish leader and MP in the United Kingdom Parliament, Daniel O'Connell.

[1][4] On 11 November 1823, George Birkbeck made a speech at the Crown and Anchor, attended by over 2000 people including Jeremy Bentham, Hobhouse and Henry Brougham, at which he proposed the foundation of an institution dedicated to educating the working-class inhabitants of London.

[2] During the late 20th century, the site housed offices and a branch of HSBC Bank.

It is today a residential development, 190 Strand, incorporating groundfloor retail units.