The Hand & Heart in Peterborough

It’s shut down, like most real pubs in the area.

Intresting one this..all ok good lot of bear on .

Probably the best down to earth pub I have visited this year. Great conversation and great beer.

You step back in time when you visit. We were made very welcome and had a refreshing beer 🍺

Bad attitude from very tall old bar man as went in the pub on 6/8/24 and my husband got told basically to shut up and let me speak for myself which I was doing and then told to sit down and not stand at the bar so basically wasted £6.20 on drinks and left 2 lonely old men in a empty pub which I won't be visiting again 😐

amazing little pub filled with genuine people please visit if you are in peterborough such a lovely place

Fantastic traditional pub at the heart of the community.The handpull ales (8 available at the time of our visit)all in superb form.Will be sure to return when in the area again.

A real old style pub, a step back into recent history, I love it, well behaved dog friendly.

To discover that this pub is at imminent risk of closure due to lack of customers is criminal. This place must be saved at all costs. A true timewarp historical pub like nothing you will experience anywhere else, ever, as of 2024. I travel to a shed load of great old boozers across this country. I have never experienced such an atmosphere in any pub I have ever visited. One thing I will never forget is how every single person in the entire room said "goodbye" politely when I got up to leave, I had barely said a word yet was treated with courtesy. For goodness sake Peterborough, keep this place alive.

A hidden gem. Great beer, constantly changing, beautifully kept real ales, friendly staff, original 1930's bar, beer garden in the summer. We really need to keep using these places before they go.

If you have any interest at all in beautifully kept and interesting English beers then you really must visit this gem.

Visited on a Monday evening. Very reasonable pint and two local darts teams battling it out. Friendly, chatty locals who were accommodating. The landlord on the other hand was not. Rude, condescending and ignorant. We had walked past at first as no lights on to show it was there, and had to retrace our steps. In hindsight we shouldn't have bothered.

I had no idea there was such a decent PROPER PUB so close to my parents house... I lived in Norwich for seven years, and this place feels on par with The Eaton Cottage or The Rose Tavern...

Great choice of ales in a historically important pub

Excellent back street boozer, great beer 😀

Always a good selection of real ales that are well kept.

Lovely, friendly, back street local. Great beers. Not a young person's pub.

Fantastic pub that hasn't lost its character

Awful. Never been treated with such contempt when trying to buy a drink

Contemptible treatment from the landlord who preferred drinking his own IPA than any of the drinks proffered by his establishment. Unwelcoming environment where our trade was clearly an intrusion on their private affairs.

This is great real ale pub, one of those use it or lose it pubs that we will all miss if they are gone. Friendly locals and a fine and ever changing real ale selection. On my even though not massively busy conversation was free flowing and enjoyable. Bram and Sue the owners were both very welcoming He is also a great supporter of local independent pubs and makes visits to them regularly to update his personal beer log.

A nice local pub with a great selection of real ales.

Fabulous traditional local with superbly kept real ales and beer garden. Landlord is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about real ales. It is a delight to find a real local where you can meet people and have a proper conversation.

Amazing ales & beers at the hand & heart. Proper brewery!

Excellent real ale best in town

First visit, great beer, will definitely be back

Excellent back street local with an excellent range of quality real ales.

Really do love this place. This is what you call and old school pub. Staff really great and in enjoyed talking about old and current pubs around Peterborough. I am yet to taste the bar as I have always been driving but looking forward to having a good drink there soon. All the best .

Tasty beer. private beer garden in the heart of Peterborough. Very pleasant.

Lovely pints. Good rules re covid and lovely beer garden. Well spaced out.

A bit rough around the edges, but it's good for Pokémon Go players - WiFi and charger cables available to use. No parking, nearest carpark is behind Iceland.

Great selection of beers & all perfectly served. Lovely laid back ambience.

Nice place to sit and have few paints of beer. We had good time with my girlfriend.

I'm giving this 5 stars. Not for the furnishings. Not for the comfort of the seats. Not even for the lack of parking.. but because I cant think of a more friendly place with a solid selection of beer and lovely people. I grew up coming in here with my dad and I can say hardly anything has changed and nothing needs changing.

Horrible customer service. I agree with another post on here... i.e. The consensus is, some locals have been encouraged to write reviews to combat the recent downward slide. The landlord and landlady are rude, arrogant and hopeless. Please note: By giving this pub positive reviews, newcomers that arrive unprepared will be exposed to the erratic behaviour of the couple that supposedly manage it.

Don't waste your time or money. Dreadful

The 10th annual St George's Day Beer Festival is on until Sunday 28th April. This us a lovely back street pub with an historic 1930s interior.

Lovely pub, great beer, only a small walk from the city centre or the number 1 bus stop on Lincoln road

Lovely old style back street pub

Nice community pub tucked away serving some very decent ales

A great little back street boozer, a wonderful selection of real ale. Extremely knowledgeable landlord. Well worth a visit.

Proper traditional British Pub with great selection of beer .

No nonsense back street boozer. Good beer but no food except an amazing variety of Scotch Eggs.

Great little pub a nice selection of ales.

Great back street pub with lots of real ales , always something different.

Good selection of real ales and knowledgeable staff

Some of the best keeped ale in town

Traditional British pub a dying institution enjoy it before it's lost to themed pubs and restaurants.

best pub with best beer and best staff -make it your first choice

Old fashioned backstreet boozer with a pleasant beer garden. The main selling point is the constantly​ changing superb real ale.

Fantastic atmosphere, great and well kept cask ales. Even better now that it is a free house. A must have unique experience. Genuine 1950s decor completes the piece

A gem of a proper, increasingly rare, 'back street boozer'.

Back street local with well kept beers, a roaring fire and friendly locals. If you don't support real pubs like this, then they won't be around for long.

Lovely pub and the landlord is a good chap.

A true gem of a place fantastic real ales always on tap and at least two beer festivals a year with live music on the garden stage in front of the sheltered garden real ale bar. Add to that an original 30's interior and a wonderfully diverse clientelle makes this a must visit pub for both music and real ale fans alike

Why stay in and watch revellers in The Rovers in Corrie or boozers in The Vic in Eastenders when you can sample real life – and remarkable real ales – in the Hand? It’s so much better than a soap opera - there are top characters here, both behind the 1930s bar and propping it up! Good people from all walks of life drink the best beer in town here, enjoying the art of conversation and banter, music, darts, beer festivals (next one starts April 23), quiz nights, even a cheese club! It is a delight for ale-lovers of all ages. Keep your hand in and keep this heart pumping – make sure this old-fashioned boozer stays in business. See you there.

Excellent community Real Ale Public House and the beer quality is usually outstanding. There is a Quirky garden out back, with a fantastic outdoor designer "Beer Shed" which is used for wonderful Beer Festivals. There is also a outdoor stage for entertainment purposes, and some very well kept Flora. The first beer festival is always on St Georges day weekend. Definitely some of the best kept beer in Peterborough.

One of the best "back street boozers" in Peterborough. Located 2 miles out of the city centre, this 1930s pub is unspoilt. It retains its two room format, though most activity happens in the bar. A nice walk for those who fancy it (just don't do it at night), otherwise the pub is a short walk from the bus stop for the Citi 1 route . Taxi numbers are readily available behind the bar also, The bar sports 5 - 8 real ales at anyone one time and Landlord, Bram, is also an experienced cellarman. A large open garden is an unusual feature for a pub is such a populated area. The garden is used for beer festivals with live music twice a year, when the beer is served from an outdoor structure known as "Uncle Bram's Beer Shed"! Of course, the garden is always open when the pub is and to sit outside with a pint on a nice sunny day is a bonus. Aside from Bram and his wife Sue, there are two other regular members of staff who are nice and friendly and the outside bar is staffed by Bram's friends, who volunteer their time during the beer festivals. The main bar is also home to the pub's live entertainment, with local bands, a monthly open mic night and quiz on a Saturday. There's even a monthly cheese night! In conclusion, although this pub is 20 mins outside of the city centre (by bus), it should definitely be added to list for those organizing a pub trip / crawl to Peterborough. A hidden gem.

A hidden gem with an excellent selection of real ales served and kept exceedingly well. There's entertainment on several times a month inside the pub and a couple of beer festivals that take place in the garden throughout the warmer months. The outside stage is excellent and I've watched a lot of good bands there (and played myself). There's a big "beer shed" for the festivals and plenty of room to chill with your ale. Bram and Sue are excellent hosts...

I have found the Hand & Heart to be a fantastically friendly and welcoming Pub with an amazing selection of real ales that constantly change as local breweries offer their latest fare and the food on offer is always tasty and filling. Various events are put on almost every night ranging from open mic nights through to the traditional pub staples of quiz nights and darts competitions. I cannot recommend this pub highly enough and it is definitely one of Peterborough's hidden gems.

Great pub, great beer, great entertainment. A true British Alehouse with a fantastic selection of ales and a warm friendly atmosphere. The landlord certainly knows how to select and keep a good pint. If you like good beer in a traditional environment rather than the usual identikit pubs, get yourself down to the Hand & Heart.

Bram is an old school landlord who runs this pub with love (and few moans and groans). 'Proper' boozer this - with a good and always changing real ale selection, and some regular beer festivals with up to 60 ales on offer! Home cooked grub, traditional pub style with many features from when it was created - the tiled corridor with beer hatch to the bar is a classic, as is the outside (ish) toilets. A pub that has a darts board (important to me), and runs several darts teams. Hard to find, but a classic, when so many pubs with character are lost to us, or fake it with 'themes'.