Bars & Pubs

Crown

The Crown has been serving regulars and travellers alike since the 1740s; previous incarnations would have seen stagecoaches roll up for business where now there are...

Blackheath: 47-49 Tranquil Vale, SE3 0BS

Distance: 1.4 mls

Hare & Billet

This perfectly located watering hole on the edge of the heath has been providing well-earned sustenance for the best part of 400 years. The crowd lean towards...

Blackheath: 1A Elliot Cottages, Hare & Billet Road, SE3 0QJ

Distance: 1.4 mls

Zerodegrees

Food, or more accurately drink, miles are non-existent at this popular Blackheath bar and restaurant serving beers brewed on the premises. The microbrewery produces...

Blackheath: 29-31 Montpelier Vale, SE3 0TJ

Distance: 1.5 mls

Perry Hill

The people behind the Perry Hill have avoided the classic gastropub mistake of giving great gastro but piss-poor pub: this pub keeps very good ale (a hoppy Shepherd...

Sydenham: 78-80 Perry Hill, SE6 4EY

Distance: 1.5 mls

Princess of Wales

A revamped pub that's kept its integrity, not only is the Princess of Wales pleasingly heath-side, it's got its own heated beer garden too. The premises look out...

Blackheath: 1A Montpelier Row, SE3 0RL

Distance: 1.6 mls

Ashburnham Arms

Cricket, well-chosen ales and a children's selection on the dining menu - this could easily be a pub on the village green. Instead, it's tucked down a quiet Greenwich...

Greenwich: 25 Ashburnham Grove, SE10 8UH

Distance: 2 mls

Greenwich Union

Alistair Hook's laudable Meantime Brewery flagship is based on the training and recipes he gleaned at age-old institutions in Germany. In-house Meantime produces...

Greenwich: 56 Royal Hill, SE10 8RT

Distance: 2 mls

Richard I

Adjoining the Greenwich Union, this cosy, two-bar Youngs pub hasnt felt the need to trendify. In fact, its very old-school approach has encouraged loyalty in a...

Greenwich: 52-54 Royal Hill, SE10 8RT

Distance: 2 mls

Royal Hill

One might assume that this traditional Young's pub would suffer from standing next door to one of the most successful outlets in south London, the Greenwich Union (see...

Greenwich: 52-54 Royal Hill, SE10 8RT

Distance: 2 mls

Bar Sonic

A cross between a West Indian diner and DJ bar, this friendly venture at the anchor end of Deptford High Street serves up pan-fried snapper and jerk chicken, along...

Deptford: 1 Deptford Broadway, SE8 4PA

Distance: 2 mls

Royal Albert

This successful makeover of a notorious late-night dive has positive indications for the area and where it's going. Goldsmiths' students, young professionals and...

Camberwell: 460 New Cross Road, SE14 6TJ

Distance: 2 mls

Davy's Wine Vaults

Greenwich: 161-163 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8JA

Distance: 2.1 mls

North Pole

In place for nearly a decade, this bar-club-restaurant still does a roaring trade. There's a downstairs club (South Pole) and upstairs restaurant but the street-level...

Greenwich: 131 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8JA

Distance: 2.1 mls

Dartmouth Arms

An erstwhile community boozer, the Dartmouth Arms' recent refurbishment stripped away years of aesthetic apathy and created a gastropub on a street formerly famous for...

Forest Hill: 7 Dartmouth Road, SE23 3HN

Distance: 2.2 mls

Greenwich Park Bar & Grill

Busy with people seeking refreshment after afternoon lazing in neighbouring Greenwich Park, the GPB&G has yet to find its feet where a regular after-dark clientele...

Greenwich: 1 King William Walk, SE10 9JH

Distance: 2.2 mls

Bar du Musée

Once an intimate late-night and often louche drinking hole, the BDM is now a serious operation with a huge dining area at the back and a more limited selection of the...

Greenwich: 17 Nelson Road, SE10 9JB

Distance: 2.3 mls

Coach & Horses

This super-professional gastrobar is located in a corner of the covered area of Greenwich Market. Little of the old pub feel remains but the Coach offers as good a...

Greenwich: 13 Greenwich Market, SE10 9HZ

Distance: 2.3 mls

Gipsy Moth

The Mitchell Brothers' funky makeover of this formerly traditional boozer - just a gangplank away from another famous ship, the Cutty Sark - has proved a great...

Greenwich: 60 Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BL

Distance: 2.3 mls

Hobgoblin

Opposite New Cross Gate station and close to Goldsmiths College, this hangout for students and locals who haven't grown up yet is an obvious spot for a rendezvous. A...

New Cross: 272 New Cross Road, SE14 6AA

Distance: 2.3 mls

New Cross Inn

'For the dreaming, the drowning and the drunk' says the mural on the back wall behind a shin-level stage whose activities have pushed this former workaday Irish pub...

New Cross: 323 New Cross Road, SE14 6AS

Distance: 2.3 mls

The Dolphin

'And ye shall know them by their trails of peppered tuna, endive, radish and duck egg salad with mustard dressing and croûtons, by their trout pâté with toasted...

Sydenham: 121 Sydenham Rd, SE26 5HB

Distance: 2.3 mls

Inc Bar

Inc is more than this rather smart, two-level cocktail and DJ lounge bar in Greenwich's covered market - it's also a dozen-strong empire of drinks outlets (Bar du...

Greenwich: 7A College Approach, SE10 9HY

Distance: 2.3 mls

Plume of Feathers

Sue and her popular staff run a lovely locals' favourite here, the longest established pub in Greenwich, some three centuries old. Tucked behind Greenwich Park, the...

Greenwich: 19 Park Vista, SE10 9LZ

Distance: 2.4 mls

Herne Tavern

'A proper family pub!' exclaims the chalked billboard outside this dark pub on a busy main road, which looks anything but. However, the Herne's sensitive gastro...

East Dulwich: 2 Forest Hill Road, SE22 0RR

Distance: 2.4 mls

Trafalgar Tavern

This landmark boozer lapped by the Thames is not as historic as it seems - its impressive Georgian appearance is actually down to a 1968 makeover - but the TT still...

Greenwich: Park Row, SE10 9NW

Distance: 2.5 mls

Old Nun's Head

Standing on the site of a nun's decapitation, this place is now home to rather more civilised goings on. A good selection of beers matches the well thought out wine...

Peckham: 15 Nunhead Green, SE15 3QQ

Distance: 2.5 mls

Dog & Bell

The much-loved Dog & Bell is Deptford's best bar. That it's dark, foreboding and located in no man's land matters not a jot. Regulars beat a path to its door for a...

Deptford: 116 Prince Street, SE8 3JD

Distance: 2.6 mls

Ferry House

'The oldest pub on the island' - a mile from the bright lights of Docklands and across the river from Greenwich - is old school in the extreme. Push open the door and...

Docklands: 26 Ferry Street, E14 3DT

Distance: 2.7 mls

Cutty Sark Tavern

A decorative discrepancy over dates - the façade says 1795, the glazed front-door windows insist on 1695 - can't hide the historic nature of this riverside hostelry....

Greenwich: 4-6 Ballast Quay, SE10 9PD

Distance: 2.7 mls