BURNSY / THE BLOKE BEHIND THE MAP / EST. 2026
I’M BURNSY.
THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND.
I’ve set myself a perfectly sensible little challenge: visit every proper pub and micropub in Greater London.
All 32 boroughs, plus the City of London. Thousands of pubs. One enormous map. What could possibly go wrong?
01 / WHY ON EARTH?
GOOD PUBS DESERVE TO BE FOUND.
I’m Burnsy. Not a professional beer snob. Not a bloke wandering about with a clipboard looking for something to complain about. Just someone who thinks a proper pub is one of the best things we’ve got.
It’s not only what’s in the glass. It’s the worn-in bar, the welcome, the characters, the daft conversations and that feeling when you walk through the door and think: yes, this’ll do nicely.
So I’m going to visit them. All of them, if they’ll bloody let me. Some will be absolute belters. Some won’t be for me. And sadly, some may close along the way. I want to capture the lot — not just a score, but a little piece of each pub’s story.
ONE MAP.
EVERY BLOODY PUB.
02 / HOW THE MADNESS WORKS
THE MAP.
Every proper pub and micropub I can find in Greater London goes on the atlas. It’s a working list, not a claim that every pin has been independently verified.
THE PUB.
I turn up, get a feel for the place and see what it’s actually like. No pretending I’ve visited a pub because I’ve looked at its website.
THE SCORE.
The Pint. The Place. The Price. One final Burnsy Score out of ten, a written verdict and, where I’ve filmed one, a video of the visit.
03 / WHAT COUNTS?
PROPER PUBS. NO SHORTCUTS.
Traditional boozers, local pubs, independent gems, micropubs, old favourites and places you’ve probably walked past a hundred times. Not every cocktail bar, restaurant or shiny venue with the word “pub” stuck on the sign.
The original list comes from public mapping data and is being checked as I go. If something’s shut, changed hands or isn’t really a pub, I’ll mark it accordingly. If a proper pub is missing, I want to hear about it.
NO FAKE VISITS.
JUST MY BLOODY OPINION.
04 / AND THEN?
FOLLOW THE RIDICULOUS JOURNEY.
Every visit adds another pub to the story. I’ll share the best finds, the questionable discoveries, the history, the characters and the scores. The map becomes more useful every time I walk into another pub.
And if a pub closes after I’ve reviewed it? Its page stays. London changes, but those stories shouldn’t simply disappear.