The Story
The Sportsman at 315 City Road was a Whitbread house with a handpump serving Whitbread Wethered — the last surviving City Road local of its type. Its frontage was being 'remodelled' when the 1991 guide was written; it didn't survive much longer.
Ghost Hunter mode reveals 500+ closed and demolished pubs on the PINtPOINT radar — each one a room that once poured pints on that exact street corner.
Closure and address verified against CAMRA’s pub database.