Great beer and whisky selection, a friendly crowd, and top quality music programming upstairs, you can't go wrong with The Lexington

Epping Forest is a 2,400 hectares area of ancient woodland between Epping in the north and Wanstead in the south, straddling the border between Greater London and Essex. I tend to get off at Loughton Tube Station (Central Line), which is about 10–12min walk to the forest.

A beautiful old school bookshop, floor to ceiling photo books. Heaven.

Home to all the toys you'd probably forgotten about.

This is a great place to eat. Love the burger....especially the fries they are sooo good!