Guidebook for London

Charlie & Lou
Guidebook for London

Drinks & Nightlife

A local pub with a quirky, English interior and good food. Must book in advance!
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Balham Bowls Club
7-9 Ramsden Rd
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A local pub with a quirky, English interior and good food. Must book in advance!
Your nearest pub!
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The Regent Pub- Islington
201-203 Liverpool Rd
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Your nearest pub!
The Sunday roasts here are really good, and the decor is beautiful and cosy.
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Das Rookery
Streatham Common South
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The Sunday roasts here are really good, and the decor is beautiful and cosy.
Large pub on the common - gets very busy, so we don't often go here. However, if you're after a real British pub - they don't get more typical than this!
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The Windmill
22 Blenheim Gardens
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Large pub on the common - gets very busy, so we don't often go here. However, if you're after a real British pub - they don't get more typical than this!

Everything Else

Comedy club & sizeable pub - check the website calendar for upcoming shows!
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The Bedford
77 Bedford Hill
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Comedy club & sizeable pub - check the website calendar for upcoming shows!
A very large and substantial supermarket! Better value than Waitrose, but often long queues - try to avoid rush hour if you can (after 5pm).
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Sainsbury's
2 Tulse Hill
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A very large and substantial supermarket! Better value than Waitrose, but often long queues - try to avoid rush hour if you can (after 5pm).
GOOD food, but pricey-ish! A supermarket that we save for special occasions.
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Waitrose & Partners
134-152 Balham High Road
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GOOD food, but pricey-ish! A supermarket that we save for special occasions.

Food Scene

Owned by the Soho House group, this is a handy local restaurant that serves (you guessed it) an array of chicken and egg meals. Quite tasty and good value.
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Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger Balham
7A Chestnut Grove
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Owned by the Soho House group, this is a handy local restaurant that serves (you guessed it) an array of chicken and egg meals. Quite tasty and good value.
Charlie's favourite brunch in Balham. Get the Cinnamon French Toast and the Sister Special. Arrive before 10am on weekends to guarantee a spot.
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Brother Marcus - Balham
9 Chestnut Grove
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Charlie's favourite brunch in Balham. Get the Cinnamon French Toast and the Sister Special. Arrive before 10am on weekends to guarantee a spot.
Go for dinner and order the fried chicken sandwich!
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Foxlow Balham
15-19 Bedford Hill
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Go for dinner and order the fried chicken sandwich!
Cheap and cheerful pizzas. They also do take-out!
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Franco Manca
21 Lordship Ln
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Cheap and cheerful pizzas. They also do take-out!
Go for brunch (try to get there before 10am, or the queue can go on for miles!), order a specialty cold coffee and the Convict: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/the-best-places-to-go-for-brunch-in-london/
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Milk
18-20 Bedford Hill
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Go for brunch (try to get there before 10am, or the queue can go on for miles!), order a specialty cold coffee and the Convict: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/the-best-places-to-go-for-brunch-in-london/

Parks & Nature

Nice to walk around on a sunny Sunday - our nearest green space! There's a duck pond and lots of trees, not much else - but you could enjoy a pub lunch and a walk on the common, which is a favourite pastime for many locals!
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Wandsworth Common
Trinity Road
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Nice to walk around on a sunny Sunday - our nearest green space! There's a duck pond and lots of trees, not much else - but you could enjoy a pub lunch and a walk on the common, which is a favourite pastime for many locals!

Arts & Culture

An iconic cinema! Eat at one of the MANY good food spots in Brixton Market then enjoy a film in this beautiful building.
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Ritzy Cinema and Cafe
26 Coldharbour Ln
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An iconic cinema! Eat at one of the MANY good food spots in Brixton Market then enjoy a film in this beautiful building.
Our closest cinema! You can get a bus (the 155) from the end of Balham Park Road or a tube to Clapham Common. It is near to lots of nice restaurants including Honest Burger, which is really good.
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Clapham Picturehouse
76 Venn St
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Our closest cinema! You can get a bus (the 155) from the end of Balham Park Road or a tube to Clapham Common. It is near to lots of nice restaurants including Honest Burger, which is really good.

Shopping

Obviously, Oxford Street has everything! It's almost always busy. Favourite stores; Liberty, Selfridges, &OtherStories and COS.
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Oxford Circus Underground Station
Oxford Street
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Obviously, Oxford Street has everything! It's almost always busy. Favourite stores; Liberty, Selfridges, &OtherStories and COS.