Takeaway pints: save your Saturday and support your local at the same time!
As bad as lockdown is, consider the fact that it could be worse with miserable weather. As it is, the weather gods are smiling on us, and some crafty London pubs have been able to start serving takeaway pints in the past couple of weeks. Throw in a beautiful London park, and you’ve got the recipe for a glorious day out – at least until the beer gardens return. Here are all the pubs we know to be serving takeaway pints and bottles, that are also a reasonable walking distance (pint in hand) to the major London parks.
Do remember to follow the latest social distancing guidelines, including seeing only one person from outside your household (until Monday, at least, when you can see five other people) and keeping two-metres apart at all times. Oh, since London’s parks are a precious community space, remember to clean up your rubbish when you’re done!
EAST LONDON
Bethnal Green Garden
The Sun Tavern (although their Frozen Irish Coffee is proving equally tempting)
Coupette
Fugitive Motel
Clissold Park
The Rose & Crown
Clissold Park Tavern
Hackney Downs
The Star
Haggerston Park
Stingray Cafe
London Fields
Pub on the Park
Off Broadway
The Cat & Mutton
The Dove
The Prince Arthur
Forest Road Brewery (if you’re in Hackney, why not dial up their roving pint mobile?)
Mile End Park
The Palm Tree
The Greedy Cow
The Angel & Crown
Olympic Park
The Breakfast Club
Randy’s Wing Bar
Print House Bar & Kitchen
Victoria Park
People’s Park Tavern
Eleanor Arms
Hector & Noble
The Lauriston
The Hemingway
WEST LONDON
Eel Brook Common
Brook House
Holland Park
The Abingdon
Hyde Park
The Mall Tavern
Parsons Green
Aragon House
Ravenscourt Park
The Duchess
The Anglesea Arms
NORTH LONDON
Finsbury Park
The White Lion
Hampstead Heath
The Wells Tavern
The Southampton Arms
The Duke of Hamilton
The Red Lion & Sun (if only for their frankly genius social media game)
The Gatehouse
The Stag
Primrose Hill
The Princess of Wales
SOUTH LONDON
Brockwell Park
Bullfinch Brewery
The Sympathetic Ear
Clapham Common
Brewdog, Battersea Rise
The King & Co
Joe Public (who win bonus points for also serving takeaway pizza)
Crystal Palace Park
Brown and Green Life (which also includes Pimms and takeaway brunch options)
The Alma
Hilly Fields
Joyce
Brickfields
Peckham Rye Park
The Herne Tavern
The Ivy House
Streatham Common
The Railway
Telegraph Hill Park
Skehan’s
Tooting Common
The Rose and Crown (takeaway service begins June 3)
Wandsworth Common
Belleville Brewing Co
The Althorp
Check out the very useful Takeaway Pints website to find even more to-go pints near you.