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The list, compiled by writers and editors for the Financial Times, included the picturesque Elephant & Castle in Wheathampstead. It was the only Hertfordshire pub to make the list, and earned rave reviews FT graphic artist Ian Bott. "Tucked away down a rural Hertfordshire lane, the 18th-century, Grade II-listed Elephant & Castle offers wood-burning stoves, local beers and low doorways to mind your head on.
"A delightfully welcome stop for cold and thirsty ramblers, cyclists and dog-walkers on a winter afternoon." Elephant & Castle has long earned praise from pub experts, winning the UK's Best Rural Craft Beer Pub award from The Society of Independent Brewers. It was also shortlisted in the Best Country/Rural Pub category at the Great British Pub Awards in 2022 and 2023.
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