Pints al fresco!

What better way to while away a summer afternoon than in a pub garden? We bring you our top ten across the capital with terraces, pavements and lush green gardens. Cheers!

The Bridge, 204 Castlenau, Barnes

A huge gastropub with a large bar, large lounge area, large dining room and large garden. It won the Gastro Champagne award of the year — so you can bet there's a tasty wine list too!

The Duke's Head, 8 Lower Richmond Road, SW15

A huge bay window overlooking the Thames is one of the prime features of this impressive, panelled Victorian Young's pub, one of the most spacious and civilised traditional boozers in town.

The Hollywood, 45 Hollywood Road, Chelsea

A cunning mix of clubby and pubby, the cooking at The Hollywood puts many snootier restaurants to shame. A great place for summer lunch

The Sun, Old Town, Clapham

A brilliantly busy pub with a garden brimming with punters — there’s even a separate bar out there to cater for demand in the summer months and punters spill out onto the pavement

The Engineer, 65 Gloucester Ave, Primrose Hill

This legendary Primrose Hill establishment can claim to have helped found the gastropub revolution and - with its stylish but earthy approach, cool bar, atmospheric restaurant and dependable cooking - it continues to draw a glamorous and trendy crowd from far and wide.

The Westbourne Tavern, 101 Westbourne Park Villas W2

A great outside terrace (fight for a space), helps maintain this trendy Bayswater boozer as one of the top posing spots for Portobello trendies, especially in summer.

25 Canonbury Lane, 25 Canonbury Lane, Islington

25 Canonbury Lane is that rarest of things, a bar that feels inherently female without ever touching on flounciness. The walls are turquoise, the mirrors are flattering, the loos are lovely. Cocktails are a fiver a pop.

Anglesea Arms, 15 Selwood Terrace, Kensington

This early 19th-century free house must be one of the most successful pubs in inner south west London -- it certainly has one of the most pukka positions (in the middle of a row of white stucco houses in the heart of a South Kensington residential

Bar Room Bar, 269 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush

Bar Room Bar @ The Askew serves a variety of drinks as well as wood-fired pizzas with tempting toppings, garlic bread and salads.