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The Champion of the Thames

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before moving to Cambridge in 1860. He required that all mail to him be addressed to "The Champion of the River Thames, King Street, Cambridge". The rowing connection continues, the Champion of the Thames rowing club being sponsored by the pub.
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with the object of consuming one pint of beer in each pub in King Street in the quickest time. Since 1992, a team from the pub has played an annual cricket match against a team from the
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building, and its late-19th-century interior is unaltered. It is on the Regional Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors for East Anglia.
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declared it their City Pub of the Year and overall Pub of the Year award winners.
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Champion of the Thames

pub
King Street, Cambridge
Thames
Grade II listed
Tom Sharpe
Porterhouse Blue
Skullion
King Street Run
pub crawl
St Radegund
Campaign for Real Ale
"Club History - Champion of the Thames Rowing Club"
Historic England
"The Champion of the Thames Inn (1100277)"
National Heritage List for England


"Real Heritage Pubs Online Guide"
the original
"1992"
the original
"Pub of the Year 2024"
Archived
52°12′26″N 0°07′28″E / 52.20731°N 0.12445°E / 52.20731; 0.12445
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pub
stub
expanding it

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