Our personal pick of the best outdoor drinking spaces in south London.
Used to be our local, so we re prejudiced but it really deserves its spot on the list. The quite cramped inside space is dwarfed by the sprawling beer garden nearly always rammed (or as rammed as Covid-safety allows), with Brixton locals coming for the shack bars serving wine and cocktails, and outdoor screens for major sports events like the Euros.
As you re leaving the station, East Croydon looks immensely urban, scattered with (very good) street food and (mixed bag of) high rises and skyscrapers. But just a few minutes walk away you re in a different world: neighbourhoody, terraced and tree-lined, occasional splash of wisteria and blossom trees and a solid local, in the shape of the Oval Tavern.
Length: 6.6 miles
An enchanting walk for when nothing but the winding wonders of the woods will do. It has a range of flowers and wildlife along the way and is a great location for those who enjoy birdwatching. See if you can spot a kingfisher on the River Test, which is part of the Test Walk which makes up part of the route. It’s a well-paved route and has reasonable inclines which make for comfortable walking, apart from the odd muddy stretch. The Abbots Mitre is also a lovely pub to relax at after such a long walk.
Pubs with outside areas that were permitted to trade on Monday 12 April saw drinks sales up on 2019 figures.
According to the
CGA Drinks Recovery Tracker April 2021, which covered 1,687 outlets, like-for-like drinks sales were up by 113.8% on the equivalent day in 2019 while food sales were down by 11.7%.
This meant total like-for-like sales increased by more than half (58.6%) when compared to 12 April two years ago.
Fairly solid performance
CGA managing director for UK and Ireland Jonny Jones said: “The first day of trading after England’s lockdown showed a fairly solid performance and demonstrates how consumers were keen to enjoy their first drink out – with like-for-like drinks sales up nearly 115% for outlets that were open compared with the equivalent day in 2019.
It is with great sadness that the family of Mr Nigel Howe announces his passing from COVID-19, on January 19, at the age of 77. Nigel passed away peacefully in Royal Bournemouth Hospital and will be lovingly remembered by his son James and his stepchildren Sam and Simon. Nigel was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1943 to William Weatherstone Howe, a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, and Dora. He trained as a pub manager with Watney’s Brewery and managed the Leather Bottle in Edgeware and then worked in The Plough in Ruislip. In 1970 he moved to Bournemouth having begun a 22-year career with Post Office Telecoms (later to become BT). He was part of a team of people erecting and maintain telegraph poles across Dorset, and even spent a spell erecting poles in Libya.
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