The Woodman Inn, Hatfield

Lovely to find a pub open at 11:40am on a Sunday morning. We fully expected to have to wait for 20 minutes. A promise on the outside of good food and real ale - a touch disappointed to find the only real ales on were Greene King IPA and Abbotts. Still, it was a continental lager sort of day and the San Miguel hit the spot in their outside garden. Still see the ghost of the Old Maypole next door. Now a private house.

Whilst studying at what was Hatfield Poly back in the late 70’s a drive from the halls of residence out to the Woodman and the now sadly closed Old Maypole on the North Mimms road was frequently preferred to a Sunday afternoon spent in the computer lab trying to get some coursework done. So when re-visiting the old stomping ground last week it was great to find the Woodman still functioning and seemingly doing OK. Still essentially a traditional two bar pub of some character, either side of a large stone double sided fireplace the lounge side to the right seems to have been extended from my remembrances and now supports a larger dining area with carvery. The public side is still small and cosy but now with large flat screen tele on the opposite wall. It’s a GK house and only IPA and Abbott are available on the ale front, but at least the IPA was in good nick. We also tried the carvery and it was very good. So I certainly will not hesitate to look up again when interested in something to eat.

The Woodman Inn official website - thewoodmaninn.com

The Woodman Inn official website - thewoodmaninn.com