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Farmer's Boy, St. Albans

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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
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.

Regular and recently seen

Tiny Rebel - Sin Bin TasteMatch Prediction

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Tiny Rebel - Sin Bin
Tiny Rebel - Sin Bin Session Pale Ale • 4.1% Spotted 4 times
Tiny Rebel - Sin Bin
Tiny Rebel - Sin Bin

Spotted 4 times recently. Last spotted 6 days ago at Farmer's Boy, St. Albans.

ABV 4.1%
Style Session Pale Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Source: National

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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
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
Cask Marque Beer and Cellar Hygiene rating
Cask Marque: Beer and Cellar Hygiene rating 4 out of 5
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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The Charter Market Quarter

The Charter Market Quarter

15 minutes 6 curated stops

The Charter Market Quarter has many historical links. One of the only free-standing medieval civic clock towers, the site of the First Battle of St. Albans in 1455, during the Wars of the Roses. Allegedly the Boot Inn played host to soldiers fighting in the battle. There used to be 23 pubs around the Market area!

St Peter’s Quarter

St Peter’s Quarter

25 minutes 5 curated stops

The northern end of the Market is dominated by St. Peter’s church, one of the three churches originally built by the Saxon’s on the main pilgrim routes into St. Albans. Soak up the history and architecture of the area, as well as music history! 

Medieval St. Albans East

Medieval St. Albans East

15 minutes 6 curated stops

This area is packed with history and interesting pubs, some open, and some no longer with us. 

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