A pub is a great place to spend your evenings in most seasons but a pub in winter is extra special - there's something remarkable about nesting in a sofa beside an open fire and digging into the best roast dinner you've ever had in your life, all the while the wind continues to whistle outdoors.

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Parlour, Brent

Ape & Bird, Camden

Smokehouse

The Crown, Richmond Upon Thames

The Camberwell Arms, Southwark

The Earl Spencer, Wandsworth

Truscott Arms, Maida Vale

Bull & Last, Highgate

The Empress, Hackney

Harwood Arms, Fulham

The Drapers Arms, Islington

The Garrison, Southwark

St John's Tavern, Holloway

Canton Arms, Lambeth

The Anchor & Hope, Southwark

The Grazing Goat, Westminster

The Thomas Cubitt, Belgravia

Your checklist for the pubs to visit this winter.

The greatest gastropubs in London