London Inn

The London Inn overlooks the Green in Shaldon, the fishing village across the River Teign from Teignmouth, and for anyone staying on the Teignmouth side, the easiest way in is the foot ferry across the water rather than the road bridge upstream. It's open all day, every day, which is unusual for a village pub this size.

Food runs alongside a proper drinks list - real ales, hand-pulled, and a wine list wider than the average village local - and the pub keeps a covered outdoor seating area at the front for watching the Green in the evening. Live music is a regular fixture rather than an occasional event, which gives it more atmosphere on weekend nights than its quiet daytime pace suggests. There's also a single luxury en-suite double room above the pub, for anyone who wants to stay rather than catch the last ferry back. Between the setting - directly on one of the prettiest village greens on this stretch of coast - and the ferry crossing to reach it, it's as much a small outing as a straightforward pub visit.