Simon and Sally Welcome you to the Old Barge website

Situated at the head of the river lee navigation in Hertford, The Old Barge pub makes an excellent destination for cyclists, walkers and river users.

A proper family pub in a riverside setting with a beer garden, small car park and sheltered, heated smoking area to the rear.

A delicious contemporary British menu, with daily chef's specials, complements an extensive range of real ales, lagers, ciders, perrys and wines.

There are quiz nights on Sundays, jazz nights on Thursdays and beer festivals twice a year.

News

MAYDAY! MAYDAY!

Monday 5^th April

As part of the Hertford music festival 2008

The Old Barge will be host to a number of live acts from 1.30pm

Surf and slurp at The Barge

We now have wireless broadband free to all our customers so You can hook up to our Wi-Fi network and surf the web whilst enjoying your pint.

The Old Barge wins Hertford in Bloom

The old Barge has won the the cup for for the pub with best floral decoration in the annual contest for businesses, residents and schools.

Rare gem of a pub serving up at least 7 real ales, and all sorts of long forgotton rareties new menu looks good too. This is a pub you can actually sit down and have a chat in as you watch the world go by...(extra thumbs up, it's on the river!) Bar staff were all really polite and friendly.
beerintheevening.com

Nice riverside setting with a great selection of real ales. Although I didn't eat, the food I saw being carried past looked good value. Certainly one of the top two pubs in town, but you have to know about it to go there - you definitely wouldn't just happen upon it by chance.
beerintheevening.com

Pleasantly situated canalside on Folly Island. Watch the narrowboats as you enjoy your pint.
CAMRA Real Ale in Hertford guide

Riverside on the Lea Navigation; moor your narrowboat outside.
An Enterprise Inn with 7 real ales, of which 3 or so are guests, the Barge is situated just over the bridge at the entrance to Folly Island with its homely lines of 19th century cottages.
The pub has gained a reputation for its fortnightly jazz evenings held on Thursdays and its well-attended Quizzes held on Sundays.
Sport is shown on TV, though not football.
Open all day. Small car park — otherwise use Bircherley Court Public Car park and walk across bridge.
A famous former landlord at the Barge was Harry Curtis Garner who at one time held all national walking records between 1 and 30 miles. In 1891, in New York, he established a new World Record for the 1/4 mile — at 1 minute 23 seconds.
South Herts CAMRA