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The Hand & Heart, Millfield, Peterborough

Pub added by elizabeth mcgraw
12 Highbury Street
Peterborough
PE1 3BE

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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Hand & Heart

Sound side-street pub with a plain but unspoilt bar at the front, a (temporarily disused?) Smoke Room at the back and a small off-sales counter in-between. The former is simply but tidily furnished, with the original 1938 light-wood counter, a dartboard above the fireplace at one end and (very unusually) a war memorial at the other. Five local(ish) real ales in various styles from small brewers, including 'Hooty, the Wise Bird' from Tydd Steam Brewery. Well worth the walk.

On 2nd March 2019 - rating: 8
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Mark Davey left this review about The Hand & Heart

Less than impressed with the Hand & Heart. 6 of us turned up to drink beer, but got the distinct feeling that we were not welcome. After 2 minutes, a local slammed his laptop shut, downed his pint and stormed out!! No idea why? The beer was average, however, the fire was roaring and it was very warm. As with Real Ale Ray, we left and jumped on the No.1 to the Palmerston Arms.

On 30th January 2017 - rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Hand & Heart

Intact small inter-war community pub built in 1938. The pub is the only pub in Cambridgeshire to be listed by Camra as a pub interior of Outstanding National Historic Importance.
It took a good 20 min walk to get here from the train station and we arrived just on opening at 12noon. This is a two roomed pub with the main bar in the front and a smoke room at the rear. The corridor on the left retains the original off sales cum drinking lobby with a bell push and a hinged pane in the glazed screen over the counter. The bar has the original bar counter with Art Deco front, back bar and fixed seating.
There were five ales on handpump and one from the cask in the cellar on our visit. The landlord, Bram, is renowned for keeping good ales and this is well known around Peterborough. We went for the Woodfordes Norada, Hawkshead and Tydd Steam Off the Rails, which is brewed for the pub and brought up from the cellar. We found the landlady and locals very friendly and chatty and stayed here longer than anticipated. The bus back into town was the No 1 on the high street which took us to the Palmerston Arms, just over the river. Note the pub opens at 3 Mon - Fri and 12 Sat and Sun.

On 13th July 2016 - rating: 9
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Krispy Brown left this review about The Hand and Heart

can't give this cracking local a 10 because it doesn't do food, and sometimes you do need something warm.

BUT: for the best kept beer in Peterborough, you need to find this real back street gem.

The pub has a real small community, and it's not unusual to drink with local brewers, who come here to drink their own (and others) beer.

Beers contantly rotating, there's not 'house ale' - hundreds of different ales are served every year.

New website too: http://thehandandheart.com/

On 10th April 2015 - rating: 9
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Gill Smith left this review about The Hand and Heart

Community pub a short bus ride from the centre, and walkable about a mile out. 2 rooms and a tiled corridor with a serving hatch. Background music. Beers well kept and we enjoyed Elland Privilege and Tydd Steam Scoundrel.

Above visit was April 2010, and we called twice this week as there is a beer festival on which starts officially today. A large shed has been built in the back, and there are stillages with plenty of beers racked up in there, and all the beers we tried from both the bar and the shed were in tip top condition. We had beers from breweries new to us - Nene Valley, Navigation and Medieavale - as well as from more familiar - Brewsters, Tring, Elland, Wandsworth, St George's, Houston, Coach House, Kent, Blackwater and Great Newsome. A couple of good days with great beer.

On 26th April 2012 - rating: 7
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JOE MIDDLEMASS left this review about The Hand and Heart

The only proper local pub in the area, top set of locals.

On 16th August 2009 - rating: 8
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