Where are London's best beer gardens?

The first ones that spring to mind are good because they’re quite big, although not massively green (and also one’s north and one’s south) – the Garden Gate in South End Green, and the Duke of Devonshire in Balham.

Posted over 2 years ago by archie

the white hart in stoke newington has a massive beer garden with benches and and grass and trees – they do bbqs too. its marvellous…

Posted over 2 years ago by Mellie

Queen’s Head in Brook Green has a fairly sizeable one. The Eagle on Askew Road also has a huge one which is wonderful in summer.

Posted over 2 years ago by leguape

The Freemason’s Arms in Hampstead has a really nice garden, although the pub itself is a little too sedate for me. (I’m not rough or anything, I just don’t want to feel like I’m in church when I go for a drink.)

Posted over 2 years ago by HouseMouse

The Leather Bottle in Earlsfield has a HUGE beer garden and it is grassy and leafy too. I only just discovered it but look forwards to many a night drinking myself stupid there. Hurrah.

You wouldn’t know it from the outside as the pub looks like a giant white box but inside it is fabulous.

Posted over 2 years ago by Beagleskin

The Vanburgh in Greenwich is handy for the park, near to Maze Hill station for the return journey and serves pleasing grub and lovely Leffe. Definitely concrete but worth a shot is the beer garden at Proud Camden. Next to The Roundhouse. Photo gallery inside and themed in the top bar with lifesize stuffed horses on my last visit, the beer vista is seriously spacious and allows fine sunset views of t’ railway adn Camden environs.

Posted over 2 years ago by inkyfingers

The Canonbury Tavern in Islington has a pretty decent, green and leafy one…

Posted over 2 years ago by Kaliova

The Drayton Court in west ealing has a great garden

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aseverson/380701734/

Posted over 2 years ago by hiccup

there’s a really lovely one, the windsor castle, in notting hill.

Posted over 2 years ago by probablestars

I seem to remember this on in Clapham North having lots of greenery, and being absolutely huge.

http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub1628.html

Posted over 2 years ago by Holydrum

I used to love sitting in the garden of the Phene Arms under tree in the sun, occasionally staggering for another beer from the bar and wondering who this bloke in the corner was who everyone made such a fuss of…

(George Best)

Posted over 2 years ago by Ricolas

Not green… and not strictly speaking a garden either, but the Tattershall Castle is a pub boat moored between Westminster and Embankment. It’s a fantastic place to waste an afternoon. Gets busy though…. actually, it gets really busy. In fact, it’s rubbish… you won’t like it. I’d go to Camden or Hampstead or somewhere (anywhere) else if I were you.

Posted over 2 years ago by Ian

The Tattershall Castle has fab views and is nice outside.

Inside though it is smoky as hell (roll on july), and the club below decks is pretty freakish.

So stay outside, I guess. :)

Posted over 2 years ago by Beagleskin

Yep, outside good, inside bad. Save me a seat though. ;o)

Posted over 2 years ago by Ian

There’s also a place hidden in The City known to the locals as “The Jampot”, better known as “The Jamaica Wine House”. It’s in St. Michaels Alley, Off Corn Hill, London, EC3V 9DS. It’s a very old pub with the gardens of a church next door. Very busy in the summer, mainly with City types but it’s a bit of an oasis if you work round there and – as I said – it’s well hidden.

Posted over 2 years ago by pottytime

Hope & Anchor, Acre Lane. Lots of nooks and crannies, a fab little play area for minature drinkers and a fountain.

Posted over 2 years ago by Mamfer

Oh, and The Spaniards.

Posted over 2 years ago by Mamfer

Simple find. Walk around barefoot in the garden at the Green Man in Wembley. You can not only hear, but also smell the crowds at the new stadium, however it is just out-of-the-way enough, so they don’t mob the pub.

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/60/6056/Green_Man/Wembley

Posted over 2 years ago by MikeWembley

I second the Duke of Edinburgh in Clapham North and the White Hart in Stokey, although they make you come inside at 9pm there (or at least that’s what they did last summer – although that might’ve been more to do with the fact that it was my boyfriend’s birthday and he was running around with a pair of London Underground boxer shorts on and no trousers…and yes, I’m still with him…)

There’s also the pub next to the Aquarium on Old Street which has a roof garden – that’s quite unusual although not very green I don’t think. But you can peer over the top and look at all the ‘art’ on top of the bus shelters.

(for ‘art’ read ‘dead pigeon’) (probably)

Posted over 2 years ago by freedapeople

Our local, Herne Tavern on the E Dulwich border, SW corner of Peckham Rye Park (it might seem a long way out but actually it’s a swift train ride out from London Bridge to Peckham Rye if you’re coming down for lunch), has been done up lately and they have a superb, huge, landscaped back garden and fantastic food and beer. I think it might be best to book if you want to come for weekend lunch.

Posted over 2 years ago by Knid