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.

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).