Fenland Rides -- Cycling around Ely and Cambridge

Green Dragon

Posted by Jamie Brown

The Green Dragon, Chesterton

Pub: Green Dragon.

Location: Water Street, Chesterton.

Distance: 2 mile cycle ride from Cambridge.

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The Green Dragon is a beautiful Cambridge pub tucked away from the metropolis that is High Street Chesterton. Its beer garden, which sits just across the road from the pub, backs onto the river and is shaded by large, hanging trees. This combination makes it an idyllic location to while away lazy summer afternoons.

The pub can be reached easily alongside the river by bike or on foot. In fact, it would make an ideal stop on the Fenland Rides’ recommended journey of Cambridge to Waterbeach.

For the sportier amongst you, this popular establishment features bar billiards and darts. The pub interior is intimate, if even a little claustrophobic, with carpeted flooring and half-panelled walls. Pictures on the wall depict Victorian Chesterton.

The garden of The Green Dragon, Chesterton

All typical English country pub fare! Food is excellent and plentiful, and is served from 12pm to 2:30pm and 6pm until 9pm, and from 12pm to 2pm on Sundays. The menu includes starters and snacks (£2.50 - £5), sandwiches (~£3), salads (~£5), jacket potatoes (£3-£5), traditional main courses (£4-£8), of which locally produced hand-made sausages are a speciality, and desserts (~£3).


3 comments so far...

  1. Stuart Bell Says:

    Thanks very much to Jamie for kicking off with the pub reviews on this site! Pubs fit in very well with bike rides — it’s good to have somewhere to aim for at the end of all that cycling, and it’s always useful to know of new places outside of the city centre.

    If you’re reading this and fancy writing a short review of a pub within cycling distance of Cambridge or Ely, drop me a line via a comment on this or another post…

  2. Greg Says:

    I’ve eaten at the Green Dragon and can confirm that the food there is very good — though the place can get quite busy at times, especially in the summer. An ideal location from which to admire passing boat crews, of course ;-)

  3. Sam Holloway Says:

    Ho ho ho - Green Dragon.

    Ahem. I like the lunchtime food here; the burgers are tasty and decently-priced. It can get quite smoky inside, although it won’t be long before that comment is irrelevant. Outside is a lovely spot, although in the summer you’ll be fighting for those seats!

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