The Travellers Club: the oldest surviving Pall Mall club, founded 1819

Founded in 1819, the Travellers Club at 106 Pall Mall is the oldest of the surviving Pall Mall clubs, conceived after the Napoleonic Wars as a place for well-travelled gentlemen to host distinguished foreign visitors. Its original rules required members to have travelled at least 500 miles from London in a direct line. The clubhouse was designed by Sir Charles Barry and completed in 1832.