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The ruined walls of Berkhamsted Castle

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Berkhamsted

Castle, canal and a serious high street

A Chiltern market town in the Bulbourne valley, known for Berkhamsted Castle, the Grand Union Canal and one of Hertfordshire’s strongest independent high streets.

GAIL’s, Fred & Ginger, Epicure and Copper House describe the town’s current appetite. The Gatsby is the night out. The Boat is the walk-in after the towpath. You can eat poorly here, but you have to try.

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Featured listings

restaurants

The Gatsby

Art Deco cinema turned piano bar and modern European dining room on Berkhamsted High Street.

restaurants

Copper House

Independent bar and brasserie in a Grade II listed High Street building.

pubs

The Boat

Fuller’s canalside pub at Gravel Path: dogs, families, lock-side tables.

cafes

GAIL’s Bakery Berkhamsted

Sourdough, pastries and the Saturday queue on the High Street.

coffee

Fred & Ginger Coffee

Independent coffee shop at 125 High Street: espresso with a point of view.

cafes

Cafe Epicure

Artisan coffee, cakes and early weekday hours at the top of the High Street.

family days out

Berkhamsted Castle

Norman motte-and-bailey beside the station: free, ruined, endlessly climbable.

walks

Ashridge Estate

5,000 acres of National Trust Chiltern woodland, monument and deer.

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