Strike: Boutique Bowling Alley (December 20th)

For decades, going bowling has meant wallowing in visual kitsch: candy-coloured neon lights, cartoons of grinning pins, bleeping arcade machines and Americana galore. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. But there's definitely room for a rather more... aesthetic bowling experience, and new Wandsworth boutique alley Strike is here to provide just that.
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Strike has just opened up inside a Grade II-listed building in Wandsworth, which is one of the UK's oldest breweries. From the outside, it's all brick industrial glamour, with a revamped public square backing on to the river. Inside, the house style is all gleaming brown wood with accents of copper, creating an atmosphere of retro austerity reminiscent of something between a grand hunting lodge and a Victorian dentist's parlour.