 In the comic book "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", Mina Harker pauses in front of the public house and says it brings back memories.She is referring to the beaching of the "Demeter" at Whitby in the novel "Dracula".<ref></ref><ref></ref>

This pub is also featured in "Vercors"'s novel "Les Animaux dénaturés" (translated variously into English as "You Shall Know Them, Borderline, and The Murder of the Missing Link").The pub also appears in "Whitechapel", Series 4, Episode 4, where the body of a victim is discovered on the Thames shoreline.