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The Devonshire

The Devonshire

Balham's grand old Young's pub has had a major refurb, without losing its character (too much)

Clissold Arms

Clissold Arms

The Kinks played their first gig here, but recently it's had all its kinks ironed out and is now a good, well-run gastropub

Palm Tree

Palm Tree

A proper East End boozer, surrounded by council estates

North Nineteen

North Nineteen

A spruced-up boozer that's a mere Special Brew can's throw from the Holloway Road

The Barnsbury Free House & Dining Room

The Barnsbury Free House & Dining Room

The Barnsbury is fairly darn fancy pants for a pub, but then this is Barnsbury, after all

The Punch Bowl

The Punch Bowl

Madonna's pub. Or it is? We polled the locals to find out (hint: the material girl's like a virgin at pulling pints behind...

Tooting Tram and Social

Tooting Tram and Social

Tooting's finest bar, in a converted tramshed, looks like a Salvation Army hall made over for a 'Rocky Horror Picture...

Havelock Tavern

Havelock Tavern

A classic gastropub in the no-name land between Olympia, Brook Green and Shepherd's Bush.

The White Horse

The White Horse

The Sloaney Pony in Parsons Green is still one of London's finest pubs


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