In 2023 it became the third London location with a rainbow plaque denoting a significant place in LGBTQI+ history, being the location of a key scene in the 1996 film Beautiful Thing.

[1] (Later sources record a debtors' prison in Greenwich in 1812, close to a Court of Requests[2] - this term may denote a law court associated with the nearby Greenwich royal Palace of Placentia, or a latter-day 'small claims court' instituted in the 18th and early 19th centuries).

[3][4] In June 2023, the Greenwich Tavern was announced as the third London location to be marked by a rainbow plaque - used to denote significant people, places and moments in LGBTQI+ history.

As the Gloucester Arms, then a well-known gay bar, it was the location of a key scene in the 1996 film Beautiful Thing which was set and filmed in Thamesmead and Greenwich.

[5][6][7] The plaque was unveiled at the Greenwich Tavern on 23 July 2023.