There's not much point in having a "local", if it takes you more than a couple of minutes to get there.
“Oh, this beer here is cold, cold and hop-bitter, no point coming up for air, gulp, till it's all - hahhhh.” (Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow)
The ideal, of course, is to have a choice of watering holes, all within a 500 metre radius of one's home. This happy situation is pretty much guaranteed if you live in the centre of the city. But if you want to live somewhere a bit greener (and/or less pricey), which parts of town will afford you the same level of bibulous conviviality?
You can use the map above to examine the geographical distribution of London's pubs and bars. Use the filter to choose a borough and the map will automatically zoom into that part of town. Then, hover your cursor over any of the dots and a lightbox will appear, displaying the name of the venue, its street location and its postcode.