Brunswick

You'll find yourself in that sweet spot between the quieter residential streets and the slightly livelier bits of BH8, where the Brunswick sits doing exactly what a neighbourhood pub should do. It's the kind of place where people proper settle in with a pint rather than taking photos for Instagram—though the ale selection is genuinely good, with Greene King's usual suspects backed up by guest taps that actually rotate. The food is standard pub fare but done without pretence: decent pies, the kind of Sunday roasts that don't overcomplicate things, burgers that won't disappoint. The room itself has that comfortable, lived-in feeling—worn wooden floors, a long bar, proper lighting that doesn't make everyone look jaundiced. It's exactly the pub you'd want within walking distance of home.