Riverside Feasts

Tuck into a five-star banquet on London's longest picnic table next to the Thames at this series of alfresco dinners. Part of Turning Tides Festival, London’s free art, music and wellness festival on Greenwich Peninsula, the special meals include a Mediterranean barbeque with guest chefs from Berber & Q (Sat Jul 6) and an Italian supper from chef Stevie Parle with burrata, fresh pasta, Tiramisu and Limoncello (Sun Jul 7). The weekend after you can join a  picnic from Disappearing Dining Club with white port and tonic on arrival, a picnic basket filled with smoked salmon, potted meats and pickles and a DIY Eton Mess for dessert (Sat Jul 13), or get gorging at Matt Williamson's seafood feast with oysters, whole sides of trout and smoked eel (Sun Jul 14).