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Take Greenwich. "Where's that?" you ask. "Just left of Timbuktu?" (at which point it's only polite to apologise for any offense caused to residents of Greenwich. Or indeed Timbuktu.) More than merely a pleasant, riverside slice of just-about suburbia and a docking station for mash-ups at Matter, Greenwich is also host to the new Meantime Brewery bar/restaurant/microbrewery at the £6m Old Royal Naval College which opens this month.
"What's so unique about a brewery?" you jest. How's a batch of limited edition concoctions like the Mojito Pilsner they're brewing up for the launch? Now that nabbed your taste-buds by the short and proverbials.
Still a smidge too been-there-done-that? Then how's a Victorian Fancy Fair tucked beneath the River Thames in Isambard Kingdom Brunel's infamous, long-forgotten tunnel? Or an event/party space in Battersea Power Station? Or an indoor summer picnic replete with cartwheel masterclasses and wasp piñatas, hidden right behind Covent Garden?
Our point is this: It's a big ol' city out there — a city full of twists and turns, nooks and crannies full of secret treasures and hidden joys aplenty. And they're just waiting to be discovered.
Info
The Old Brewery
Old Royal Naval College, SE10 9LW
Fancy Fair
March 12-13, 6-10pm
£5
Railway Avenue, SE16 4LF
The Boiler House
Battersea Power Station, 188 Kirtling Street, SW8 5BN
Café du Pique Nique
March 13-20, 12pm-12am
Free
Future Gallery, 5 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7HY
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