The Claremont Pub and Garden

You'll find yourself on Grove Hill Road heading towards the Common, and The Claremont feels like the kind of place that's been holding the community together for years without making a fuss about it. The real magic is that garden—it's generous, well-kept, and genuinely pleasant whether you're nursing a pint in summer or huddling around a heater in autumn. Inside, it's proper pub: no pretence, decent ales on tap, and the sort of crowd that actually lives round here rather than just passing through.