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Hare And Hounds Public House

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A historic Grade II listed public house on Sopwell Lane in St Albans, Hertfordshire, trading as the Hare and Hounds.

Last updated September 26, 2026

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Overview

The Hare and Hounds is a public house at 104 Sopwell Lane in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It operates as a traditional British pub, serving drinks and pub food to local residents and visitors in the Sopwell area of the city. The building itself is of architectural and historic interest: it is a timber-framed structure with a plastered exterior, listed Grade II by Historic England and dated to the seventeenth century or earlier. The pub is therefore both a commercial hospitality business and a piece of St Albans' built heritage. Its trading name, like that of many English pubs, derives from the traditional country pursuit of hare and hound hunting. The Hare and Hounds maintains a website at hareandhoundsstalbans.co.uk and is known locally as a neighbourhood pub in the Sopwell Lane area, close to St Albans city centre and its historic cathedral and Roman remains.

History

The Hare and Hounds is a public house at 104 Sopwell Lane in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The building is timber framed with a plastered exterior and is listed Grade II by Historic England, dated to the seventeenth century or earlier. This makes it one of the older surviving structures in the Sopwell area of St Albans. The pub takes its name from the traditional English country sport of hare and hound hunting, a common source of pub names across the United Kingdom. As a Grade II listed building, the Hare and Hounds is protected for its special architectural or historic interest, and any alterations to the structure are subject to listed building consent. The pub continues to trade as a public house and maintains a website at hareandhoundsstalbans.co.uk.

  • Building dated to the seventeenth century or earlier

  • Listed Grade II by Historic England

Products and positioning

A traditional neighbourhood public house occupying a Grade II listed timber-framed building in St Albans.

  • Beer and ale

  • Pub food

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