The Watermans Arms, 1 Glenaffric Avenue, Isle of Dogs

The walk east from Island Gardens offers some fine views across the Thames to the attractions of Greenwich. After five minutes you stumble across this fine hostelry. Being set back from the river frontage, it lays between the riverside apartments inhabited by the wealthy and the council estates that occupy the hinterland of this part of “The Island”. Despite the massive changes to the area since the eighties, this friendly family run pub has remained true to its locals and yet simultaneously manages to attract newcomers. The traditionally decorated bar offers a cosy environment for a drink and some football viewing. The range of beers available is enough to please most punters and the home-cooked English pub fayre, including the kind of delicious traditional puddings that stick to your ribs, is a cut above the average pub grub found elsewhere. If pub games are your bag; they have a pool table, an unusual London Fives dartboard and a host of games machines that twinkle at you from across the bar. There is a sun terrace to the rear of the pub which probably draws the crowds on balmy summer evenings, however it did not look an enticing prospect on this particular chilly November afternoon. Definitely worth seeking out.

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