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11-13 April 2025
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Large, family-friendly community local offering a wide selection of good value pub food. The interior is divided into a number of different areas, featuring a mixture of comfy bar seating and tables for dining. The pub also boasts a garden area and large car park, plus good disabled access and facilities. The pub hosts regular events including a Monday evening quiz and Wednesday evening open mic. A 10% discount on cask ales is available for card-carrying CAMRA members.
Historic Interest
Following various other developments nearby, London brewer Whitbread received a public house licence to serve the Oaklands area in 1948. It chose a unique name among English pubs: the Bunch of Cherries, after the cherry orchard which was behind the plot and lined Winches Farm Drive. However, building licences were not available in 1948, which prompted Whitbread to purchase a pair of timber building site huts, which were remodelled into two inter-connected bars albeit with a proper cellar having been excavated first. The current building was erected behind the temporary pub in 1963 (on what was originally its car park) and the huts were removed for further use as local Scout headquarters huts. In 2005, the pub was sold to Suffolk brewer Greene King which, following a refurbishment, rebranded the pub The Speckled Hen - a name with no particular local connotations. Credit: stalbansowneastend.org.uk
Limited Offer: Bonus 20% Real Ale Discount
This Greene King Pub is currently offering a bonus 20% off select pints of real ale to CAMRA members. Simply show your membership card to the bar tender to redeem the offer. This offer is valid from 19th September 2024.
This offer is valid until 29th September 2024.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.
Speckled Hen, St. Albans
Source: National
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Live Music
Garden
Family Friendly
Disabled Access
Parking
Dog Friendly
Accommodation
Games
Restaurant
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Cask Marque
Member Discount Scheme
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