Riverside Bar

You're walking down to the water's edge in Beeston, past the marina's working boats, and suddenly you've got a proper reason to be here beyond the retail park next door. Riverside Bar sits right where it says on the tin—overlooking the water with a decent outdoor terrace that catches the light when it's not raining (this is Nottingham, after all). It's the kind of place that feels like a genuine escape from the city centre without actually being that far away, popular with locals who've cottoned on to it rather than tourists accidentally wandering in.