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A refuge for the beer connoisseur deep in the remote (for many) territories of Harringay. The inventive products of Cambridge's Milton Brewery are the main...
Harringay: 283 Hermitage Road, N4 1NP
Distance: 2 mls
Harringay’s most imposing building, this Victorian beer palace has been spruced up rather than made over, the better to show off the vast, high-ceilinged rooms,...
Harringay: 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX
Distance: 2 mls
A likeable marriage of modern (the usual soft leather sofas) and unfussy, old-fashioned boozer styles, the Compasses is a laid-back spot that caters well to all and...
Crouch End: 62 High Street, N8 7NX
Distance: 2.5 mls
The Anchor & Hope is wedged on the bottom of a hill, between a housing estate and the River Lea. The lack of impressive decor is more than made up for by the hearty...
Clapton: 15 High Hill Ferry, E5 9HG
Distance: 2.5 mls
This 'world music bar and restaurant' packs an amazing range of stuff and events into a tiny space. Decor is a bit 'fantasy night in old Beirut', with fairy lights,...
Crouch End: 18 High Street, N8 7PB
Distance: 2.5 mls
In an E17 enclave at the top end of the Victoria Line dubbed ‘Walthamstow Village’ – and by more than just hoodwinking estate agents – you’ll find the...
Walthamstow: 9 Orford Road, E17 9LP
Distance: 2.8 mls
A grand Victorian dame, the Queens has survived years of neglect (and plans to knock it down) with its stained glass, ornate ceilings and massive wood panelling...
Crouch End: 26 Broadway Parade, N8 9DE
Distance: 2.8 mls
Long and narrow 'like a canal boat' (according to Shane McGowan), this low-frills local appears tiny on the outside, but the front bar area extends back unexpectedly...
Stoke Newington: 105 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0UD
Distance: 2.9 mls
It might be the studied boho atmosphere and beach diner decor, or it might be the huge, something-for-everyone menus; either way, this Crouch End fixture is never...
Crouch End: 21 Park Road, N8 8TE
Distance: 2.9 mls
This cosy bistro has been a fixture on Church Street in one form or another since 1981, along with its proprietors Robbie and Carol Richards. Patrons are ushered in by...
Stoke Newington: 176 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0JL
Distance: 2.9 mls
Tucked away down a side street off busy Stroud Green Road, this is a dream of a pub. Consequently, it's always busy, for all its hidden location. The secret of its...
Stroud Green: 19 Perth Road, N4 3HB
Distance: 3 mls
There are local pubs, and then there are local pubs. This wee treat of a boozer falls into the latter category, thanks to its pre-gentrification crowd who no doubt...
Crouch End: 153 Crouch Hill, N8 9QH
Distance: 3 mls
Under the management of an amiable brother and sister team since August last year, the emphasis at this corner pub is on good eating. On an average weekday night...
Stoke Newington: 59 Kynaston Road, N16 0EB
Distance: 3 mls
This Young's pub isn't exactly brimming with character but it has a wonderful lockside location on the River Lea to compensate. Sit at one of the many picnic tables...
Clapton: 146 Lea Bridge Road, E5 9RB
Distance: 3 mls
Poised between Crouch End and Muswell Hill, this superior gastropub is a popular spot with a modish local crowd, especially at weekends. The upstairs dining room is an...
Muswell Hill: 1 Muswell Hill, N10 3TH
Distance: 3.1 mls
Noble has a warm welcome, a bedraggled vibe and a fine drinks selection: Deuchars IPA, Leffe Blonde and Addlestones cider on tap, plus strawberry Früli in bottles. A...
Stroud Green: 29 Crouch Hill, N4 4AP
Distance: 3.1 mls
Slightly adrift from the main hubs of Stokey and Newington Green, this corner pub still capably serves the more affluent folk of those zones. A stripped wood panelled...
Stoke Newington: 36 Barbauld Road, N16 0SS
Distance: 3.2 mls
Milton and Chaucer also get name checks in the streets around this unreconstructed old boozer tucked away off Shakspeare (sic) Walk. Decor veers from a Boudicca-like...
Stoke Newington: 57 Allen Road, N16 8RY
Distance: 3.4 mls
One time builders' merchant Biddle Bros now has art on the walls where tools used to be stacked, and students drinking Beck's instead of brickies buying shovels. Don't...
Clapton: 88 Lower Clapton Road, E5 0QR
Distance: 3.5 mls
Formerly the Eclipse, the Elderfield lies on the cusp of a council estate and some of Clapton's more gentrified housing. A friendly vibe prevails, with board games...
Hackney: 57 Elderfield Road, E5 0LF
Distance: 3.5 mls
Just an empty Special Brew can's throw from the Holloway Road, this spruced-up boozer is all pine, adventurous colour clashes and swirly flock wallpaper. There's St...
Archway: 194-196 Sussex Way, N19 4HZ
Distance: 3.5 mls
Walk down the steep stairs at Bardens and you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd accidentally crashed a house party. This lovely basement club is tiny - 300 at a...
Dalston: 38-44 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XJ
Distance: 3.6 mls
High red ceilings, pale walls and huge windows give Landseer a fresh, spacious feel. The style is classic gastropub: plain wood tables, leather sofas, and a smarter...
Archway: 37 Landseer Road, N19 4JU
Distance: 3.7 mls
Cool and camp super bar
Dalston: 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB
Distance: 3569.4 mls
The jukebox is excellent, and the regular DJs and live sessions are a draw; but this music-themed boozer has built its reputation on the B-list indie celebs who favour...
Highgate: 312 Archway Road, N6 5AT
Distance: 3.7 mls
Ah, makeovers. Walk into the Swimmer and you can think you’ve found a genuine historic artefact, with battered wooden floors, panelling and pew seating. A while...
Archway: 13 Eburne Road, N7 6AR
Distance: 3.8 mls
This vast, brightly lit bar room feels disappointingly like a youth hostel canteen, but 16 handpumps - mostly fine real ale from Cambridge's Milton Brewery (Pegasus,...
Hackney: 90 Amhurst Road, E8 1JH
Distance: 3.8 mls
This well established late, late night haunt is reminiscent of a 1960s, purpose-built library. Plonked in the middle of what looks like a municipal car park, it's...
Hackney: 4 Bradbury Street, N16 8JN
Distance: 3.8 mls
Now with its own grocer featuring dishes from the pub's shiny open-plan kitchen, the Clissold Arms' days as a stand-up-and-drink pub are long gone. Still, the front...
Muswell Hill: 105 Fortis Green , N2 9HR
Distance: 3.9 mls
Stunning bay windows dominate the front bar of this relaxed and friendly foodie pub. On hazy afternoons, light pours through them on to the mismatched leather sofas,...
Stoke Newington: 59 Newington Green Road, N1 4QU
Distance: 3.9 mls
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