Tamesis Dock, formerly known as The English Maid, is one of the best bars on the Thames. It’s a converted 1930s Dutch barge permanently docked off Albert Embankment in West Kennington. They sometimes play host to cool gigs, sometimes private parties, and the atmosphere is always good. This Thursday, Friday and Saturday night it hosts a dinner where fifteen different street food vendors all prepare a course (five each night). We recommend going along on Friday when London’s premier waffle makers Waffle On will be preparing one of the courses. Time Out has more info.
Category Archives: West Kennington
The Black Dog
The Black Dog is the coolest pub between Brixton and Hoxton, and serves good food and a nice selection of beers including Brooklyn Lager. Weirdly it is closed on Saturdays but that does mean it can be hired for private parties on that day.
Morrissey
Morrissey used to drink in the Dog House pub*. His song Spring-Heeled Jim features dialogue from We Are The Lambeth Boys, an iconic documentary about a Kennington youth club in the late 1950s. And of course Morrissey’s album West Kennington & I was named after the area.
* according to someone we met in the Dog House pub
