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Farmers Boy, St. Albans

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Opens Wed at 4:00pm
Operator: Private owner
134 London Road, St. Albans, AL1 1PQ (View on Google Map)
(01727) 860535
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Cosy, cottage style pub, close to St Albans City railway station, offering a friendly welcome and attracting a diverse mix of clientele. The recently-improved covered and heated outdoor seating area often hosts music events. As well as its regular range of cask ales and craft beers, the pub offers unusual canned and bottled beers and hosts occasional craft beer festivals utilising its outside bar. Major sports fixtures are shown indoors and outdoors (including games on BT Sport). Free juke box on Monday evenings. The pub has an extended licence and is usually the latest pub to admit customers in St Albans on Friday and Saturday nights.

Information for this venue is provided by the South Hertfordshire Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Wine & Ale Cafe - 1990s
Local Authority
St Albans District Council
Last updated
03/09/2025
Last surveyed
23/07/2025
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
SHE/685
Asset of Community Value
Monday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Tuesday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Wednesday
4:00pm - Midnight
Thursday
4:00pm - Midnight
Friday
4:00pm - 1:00am
Saturday
Noon - 1:00am
Sunday
Noon - 11:00pm
Monday
No Service
Tuesday
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 9:00pm
Sunday
No Service
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Current beers

This Pub serves 2 changing beers (Guest ales tend to be less common offerings from small, craft brewers) and 0 regular beers.

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
BT Sport
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Live Music Live Music
Thursdays, Sundays
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Events Events
Games Games
Real Fire Real Fire
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
free, password obtainable from the bar
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Cask Marque Cask Marque
Transport
Close to bus routes (150m)
34, 84, 301, 302, 304, 305, 357, 602, 653, S1, S6
All other buses to city centre stop within 800m
Nearby Station (600m)
St Albans City
Ordnance Survey Reference
TL152068

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