Guidebook for London

Lucy
Guidebook for London

Drinks & Nightlife

Real Ale Tour! Open for drinking the craft beer brewed on site, and for eating the wood-fired pizzas made in a double decker bus in the yard on Friday evenings 5-9pm and Saturdays 12pm - 9pm only.
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Brick Brewery
209 Blenheim Grove
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Real Ale Tour! Open for drinking the craft beer brewed on site, and for eating the wood-fired pizzas made in a double decker bus in the yard on Friday evenings 5-9pm and Saturdays 12pm - 9pm only.
Real Ale Tour! Get yourself on a beer tasting frenzy through the guest and cask ales, and accompany your drinks with pints of chips and delicious burgers.
Beer Rebellion
126 Gipsy Hill
Real Ale Tour! Get yourself on a beer tasting frenzy through the guest and cask ales, and accompany your drinks with pints of chips and delicious burgers.
Real Ale Tour! A small craft-beer brewery that opens its tap room Saturdays 12-5pm only. Head down to drink the beautiful beer on site amongst the kegs and vats.
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Brew by Numbers
79 Enid St
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Real Ale Tour! A small craft-beer brewery that opens its tap room Saturdays 12-5pm only. Head down to drink the beautiful beer on site amongst the kegs and vats.
Second-hand record and book store, with coffee and beer! Can't really argue with that for a winning combo. Open till 5pm on weekdays and 11pm at weekends with live music every week.
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The Book and Record Bar
20 Norwood High St
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Second-hand record and book store, with coffee and beer! Can't really argue with that for a winning combo. Open till 5pm on weekdays and 11pm at weekends with live music every week.
Real Ale Tour! Gastro-pub with posh food but also a small selection of good craft beers/real ales. Has a cosy beer garden with heaters so good for a nice Sunday afternoon, or evening drinks.
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The Great North Wood
3 Knights Hill
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Real Ale Tour! Gastro-pub with posh food but also a small selection of good craft beers/real ales. Has a cosy beer garden with heaters so good for a nice Sunday afternoon, or evening drinks.
Real Ale Tour! A great independent local with real ales on tap, reasonably priced food and a tiny cinema screening art house films in the back. Brilliant on a warm night when you can sit outside.
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The Montpelier
43 Choumert Rd
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Real Ale Tour! A great independent local with real ales on tap, reasonably priced food and a tiny cinema screening art house films in the back. Brilliant on a warm night when you can sit outside.
Real Ale Tour! London's first co-operatively run pub and the venue for Lucy's Thursday morning yoga class (7am) and home to many many real ales and craft beers. Plus good food.
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The Ivy House
40 Stuart Rd
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Real Ale Tour! London's first co-operatively run pub and the venue for Lucy's Thursday morning yoga class (7am) and home to many many real ales and craft beers. Plus good food.
Real Ale Tour! Another brilliant tap room to try out on a Saturday 9am - 2pm only. Kernel is Stu's favourite beer, so go drink it where it is brewed.
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The Kernel Brewery
Dockley Road
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Real Ale Tour! Another brilliant tap room to try out on a Saturday 9am - 2pm only. Kernel is Stu's favourite beer, so go drink it where it is brewed.
Real Ale Tour! A great little pub that serves lots of fantastic real ale. On a warm evening you will see everyone from the pub spilling out onto the street. Busy with a good atmosphere.
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The Harp
47 Chandos Pl
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Real Ale Tour! A great little pub that serves lots of fantastic real ale. On a warm evening you will see everyone from the pub spilling out onto the street. Busy with a good atmosphere.
Real Ale Tour! A Samuel Smith's pub bringing a taste of Yorkshire to London. Nice traditional pub with Yorkshire beer.
The Glasshouse Stores
55 Brewer St
Real Ale Tour! A Samuel Smith's pub bringing a taste of Yorkshire to London. Nice traditional pub with Yorkshire beer.
Real Ale Tour! Really interesting beer in this tiny pub in Whitechapel. Good to stop after looking round the art galleries or shopping on Brick Lane.
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Indo
133 Whitechapel Rd
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Real Ale Tour! Really interesting beer in this tiny pub in Whitechapel. Good to stop after looking round the art galleries or shopping on Brick Lane.
Real Ale Tour! Nice real ale pub in the heart of Camberwell. A few good food options nearby like Fish and Chips, Chinese and Galettes.
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Stormbird
25 Camberwell Church St
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Real Ale Tour! Nice real ale pub in the heart of Camberwell. A few good food options nearby like Fish and Chips, Chinese and Galettes.

Food Scene

All the restaurants you could ever want in one place! A buzzing and friendly market hall full of pop-up and boutique restaurants for all tastes and diets.
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Suq tal-Brixton Village
Unit 74 Coldharbour Ln
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All the restaurants you could ever want in one place! A buzzing and friendly market hall full of pop-up and boutique restaurants for all tastes and diets.
Superb coffee roasted on the premises and served in a very lovely cafe. Sadly seem to be bit funny about serving non-dairy option, but if that doesn't bother you, head down here for a cracking coffee
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Volcano Coffee Works
244 Ferndale Rd
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Superb coffee roasted on the premises and served in a very lovely cafe. Sadly seem to be bit funny about serving non-dairy option, but if that doesn't bother you, head down here for a cracking coffee
Breakfast and other quick meals. We've not been but hear great things about it. Won a Time Out London award recently.
Sorrento
376 Norwood Rd
Breakfast and other quick meals. We've not been but hear great things about it. Won a Time Out London award recently.
Local curry house for a decent and not too pricey meal. Does special offers on Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings. Also does take away.
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LAL BAAG
8 Knights Hill
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Local curry house for a decent and not too pricey meal. Does special offers on Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings. Also does take away.
Good coffee and amazing bread and cakes. Also do a lovely gluten free chocolate cake. Have a few branches around the area so worth checking out.
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Blackbird Bakery
378 Norwood Rd
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Good coffee and amazing bread and cakes. Also do a lovely gluten free chocolate cake. Have a few branches around the area so worth checking out.
Our favourite cafe ever! The BEST COFFEE IN LONDON! No joke. This place is amazing. And they do great food too. Brilliant for vegan/veg/gluten free as well. Win win win.
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small white elephant
28 Choumert Rd
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Our favourite cafe ever! The BEST COFFEE IN LONDON! No joke. This place is amazing. And they do great food too. Brilliant for vegan/veg/gluten free as well. Win win win.
Amazing Gujarati Indian food. Quite pricey in the evening (but lovely) so why not try the lunch time menu where everything is around £6?
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Ganapati
38 Holly Grove
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Amazing Gujarati Indian food. Quite pricey in the evening (but lovely) so why not try the lunch time menu where everything is around £6?
Popular and good Indian restaurant in Whitechapel. DON'T get a curry on Brick Lane, go here instead. Expect to queue but it shouldn't take too long.
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Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate St
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Popular and good Indian restaurant in Whitechapel. DON'T get a curry on Brick Lane, go here instead. Expect to queue but it shouldn't take too long.
Great coffee and an incredible selection of tea. Have iPads on the tables for you to use so if you need to check information online this is a great place to visit.
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Seven Dials
Seven Dials
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Great coffee and an incredible selection of tea. Have iPads on the tables for you to use so if you need to check information online this is a great place to visit.
Great coffee and also nice cake. In the evenings they have burgers.
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Anderson & Co
139 Bellenden Rd
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Great coffee and also nice cake. In the evenings they have burgers.

Arts & Culture

Local gallery, theatre, film venue, yoga classes... check it out for all sorts. Who knows what it'll have on! Yoga every morning 6:30am Monday to Friday, and women's yoga on Monday evenings.
The Portico Gallery
Local gallery, theatre, film venue, yoga classes... check it out for all sorts. Who knows what it'll have on! Yoga every morning 6:30am Monday to Friday, and women's yoga on Monday evenings.
A must see. Beautiful building with a huge, free national art collection. Free talks and events on most days, check out their website for details.
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Il-Gallerija Nazzjonali
Trafalgar Square
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A must see. Beautiful building with a huge, free national art collection. Free talks and events on most days, check out their website for details.
Contemporary and modern art gallery and an amazing building. Check out the website to find out about free talks and events and special exhibitions. Good cloakroom facilities for your bags too.
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Tate Modern
Bankside
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Contemporary and modern art gallery and an amazing building. Check out the website to find out about free talks and events and special exhibitions. Good cloakroom facilities for your bags too.
The historical collection of the Tate. Another incredible building, and a good cafe (the coffee is terrible though). Free events and talks, check out the website for details.
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Tate Britain
Millbank
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The historical collection of the Tate. Another incredible building, and a good cafe (the coffee is terrible though). Free events and talks, check out the website for details.
The history of the world in objects! Another of London's amazing free museums. Check out the website for details of free talks and events.
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Mużew Brittaniku
Great Russell Street
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The history of the world in objects! Another of London's amazing free museums. Check out the website for details of free talks and events.
Historical objects such as ceramics, jewellery, fashion and clothing and much more. Vast and varied collection, and most of it is free. Beautiful building too.
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Mużew Victoria u Albert
Cromwell Road
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Historical objects such as ceramics, jewellery, fashion and clothing and much more. Vast and varied collection, and most of it is free. Beautiful building too.
Fantastic museum of natural history, including the ever popular dinosaur exhibition. Free but very busy, especially at weekends and school holidays, so go early.
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Mużew tal-Istorja Naturali
Cromwell Road
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Fantastic museum of natural history, including the ever popular dinosaur exhibition. Free but very busy, especially at weekends and school holidays, so go early.
Great fun for adults and kids alike. Lots to learn and play with, interactive and museum-style exhibits. Free.
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Mużew tal-Ilma
Exhibition Road
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Great fun for adults and kids alike. Lots to learn and play with, interactive and museum-style exhibits. Free.
Small contemporary art gallery with changing exhibitions in the heart of east London. Good cafe and Stu works here!
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Gallerija tal-Whitechapel
77-82 Whitechapel High St
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Small contemporary art gallery with changing exhibitions in the heart of east London. Good cafe and Stu works here!
A commercial art gallery with a regular programme of changing exhibitions. Free.
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White Cube Bermondsey
Bermondsey Street
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A commercial art gallery with a regular programme of changing exhibitions. Free.
Experimental music venue with many unusual and intriguing gigs. Expect noisy, atonal and a bit weird. Also has a Japanese cafe in the daytime.
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Cafe OTO
18-22 Ashwin Street
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Experimental music venue with many unusual and intriguing gigs. Expect noisy, atonal and a bit weird. Also has a Japanese cafe in the daytime.

Everything Else

Brand-new leisure centre with swimming pool, gym and fitness classes. The pool is lovely as it is cleansed by UV and is chlorine-free.
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West Norwood Health and Leisure Centre
25 Devane Way
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Brand-new leisure centre with swimming pool, gym and fitness classes. The pool is lovely as it is cleansed by UV and is chlorine-free.
Outdoor swimming pool open all year; fantastic in summer. Also has a fab cafe overlooking the pool which is great whatever the weather. The adjacent park is lovely too.
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Brockwell Lido
Dulwich Road
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Outdoor swimming pool open all year; fantastic in summer. Also has a fab cafe overlooking the pool which is great whatever the weather. The adjacent park is lovely too.

Essentials

Serve good coffee (Volcano, roasted down the road) and cake but is also a wholefoods store and deli if you like healthier, finer food options. Great cheese counter and lots of more niche food items.
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Beamish & McGlue
461 Norwood Rd
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Serve good coffee (Volcano, roasted down the road) and cake but is also a wholefoods store and deli if you like healthier, finer food options. Great cheese counter and lots of more niche food items.