The Woodpecker

Walk into The Woodpecker and you'll find yourself in the kind of pub that actually feels like it belongs to the community rather than existing for Instagram. Battersea High Street has become a bit of a food destination lately, but this place sits happily outside all that fuss, doing the basics properly. You're getting honest pub grub, reliable drinks, and a crowd that's there because they live round the corner, not because they read about it online somewhere.