Pub
The White Hart
A fourteenth-century pub named after the emblem of Richard II, with a big fireplace in the dining room and a large beer garden with a children’s play area.
- Braughing Road, Puckeridge, SG11 1RR
- 01920 821309
Around the village
Puckeridge’s pubs and café, the shops on the High Street, the community centre, and where to borrow a book.
Pubs
Two historic coaching inns, both still pouring.
Pub
The Crown & Falcon
A public house since 1530 — Samuel Pepys stopped at the Falcon in 1662. Today it’s one big open-plan bar with a pool table and a separate restaurant.
- 33 High Street, Puckeridge, SG11 1RN
- 01920 821561
Shops & services
On and around the High Street.
Café
The Pantry of Puckeridge
also known as Ox’s Café
The village café, serving cooked breakfasts all day.
Hair salon
The Hairdressers
A long-established unisex salon on the High Street, offering cuts, colour, styling and treatments.
- 100 High Street, Puckeridge, SG11 1RX
- 01920 821767
Estate agent
Oliver Minton
Village and rural property specialists, selling and letting homes along the East Hertfordshire A10 corridor since 1999.
- 28 High Street, Puckeridge, SG11 1RN
- 01920 822999
- oliverminton.com
Community
Halls for hire and the parish council.
Community centre
Standon & Puckeridge Community Centre
The village’s halls for hire, and where Standon Parish Council usually meets. Bookings go through the parish clerk.
- Station Road, Puckeridge, SG11 1TF
- 07854 916404
- clerk@standonparishcouncil.gov.uk
- Booking details
Libraries
Books in the village, in Ware, and delivered to your door.
Book exchange
Puckeridge Little Library
Standon Parish Council turned the old red phone box on Station Road into a book-swap library. It runs on donated books and is open at any time — take a book, leave a book, free of charge.
- The red phone box, Station Road, Puckeridge
- About the Little Library
Public library
Ware Library
The nearest county library, in its new home on Ware High Street since October 2024. Free Wi-Fi, computers (two hours free for members), printing, and help with computers and tablets.
- 41–45 High Street, Ware, SG12 9BA
- Ware Library
Opening hours
- Monday
- 10am – 5.30pm
- Tuesday
- 10am – 5.30pm
- Wednesday
- 2pm – 5.30pm
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- 10am – 5.30pm
- Saturday
- 10am – 5pm
- Sunday
- Closed
Free delivery
Hertfordshire Home Library Service
If you, or someone you care for, can’t get to a library because of health, age, frailty or a disability, volunteers will deliver books, audiobooks and other items to your door for free.
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