With wifi and easy power access...shaded outside space nice but not essential. Suggestion of other spaces welcome too. Quiet good but not essential as can use headphones...
― anvil, Friday, 4 July 2014 05:03 (nine years ago) link
i would like to know this also! shade + wifi ( + power socket) = holy grail
― lex pretend, Friday, 4 July 2014 07:29 (nine years ago) link
I've used the Pavilion in Highgate woods recently, which has wifi, outdoor indoor and shade. Not sure about power tho. I have 10 hour battery but sometimes forget to charge. Highgate not always convenient though
― anvil, Friday, 4 July 2014 07:49 (nine years ago) link
london cafes s/d
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 July 2014 09:29 (nine years ago) link
I've been using Canvas & Cream in Forest Hill a lot recently, which is big and airy and has wi-fi and sofas and good coffee, also nicely buzzing but not intrusive because there's lots of space. That may be completely inconvenient for you though, it does depend on your area of London.
My favourite place to do work is probably the top floor of the Royal Festival Hall though, it has wifi, the atmosphere feels conducive to work and you can look out over the view in your idle moments. Unless there's a children's concert about to start, then it's a nightmare.
― Matt DC, Friday, 4 July 2014 09:40 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, all of my suggestions would be South London, which is not very helpful for you. Zora and I were trying for ages to find a decent space to work in. Streatham is good, Putney is OK, but Clapham is the absolute worst and impossible. It is going to be highly localised, because it's not the sort of space that kind survive in a central London rent climate.
(That said, plus one on the Royal Festival Hall, in fact all of the Southbank Centre; I've had great luck in the National Theatre of all places.)
― Branwell with an N, Friday, 4 July 2014 10:29 (nine years ago) link
i wondered about the biicycle place in clerkenwell
― anvil, Friday, 4 July 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Look mum no hands, thats the one, might try this one today or tomorrow
also been recommended the fleet bakery in holborn
― anvil, Saturday, 5 July 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link
Used the british library yesterday. Ticks all the boxes, particularly if working on a project with someone else
In the riverfleetbakery today. I'm not that keen so far, cant see any power either
― anvil, Sunday, 13 July 2014 09:26 (nine years ago) link
Tried a couple this week
Lazy Social in stoke newington looked promising but its too hot!, there's another one nearby called etc which is more like a bar but surprisingly quite good
of course the problem is music, i have headphones but still
― anvil, Friday, 12 September 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
have you tried esters on kynaston rd anvil? it's pretty peaceful during the week
― sktsh, Saturday, 13 September 2014 11:57 (nine years ago) link
I havent, but I will try that one out next week - old standby of the british library today
― anvil, Saturday, 13 September 2014 13:09 (nine years ago) link
In esters today but its kind of crowded, - and with it being hot everywhere i might fall back to lazy social
Saturdays can be surprisingly quiet in cafes luckily, but of course sunday is a non-starter
― anvil, Friday, 19 September 2014 10:37 (nine years ago) link