Hotels in Hertford

Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, yet it feels more like a well-kept market town than an administrative centre. Its compact core of timber-framed and Georgian buildings sits where several rivers, including the Lea, Beane and Rib, meet. The Norman castle survives mainly as a gatehouse set in pleasant public gardens, and the towpaths along the Lee Navigation make for easy riverside walks.

McMullen's brewery, a long-standing local name, keeps the town's pubs supplied with a distinctly Hertfordshire pint. Hertford is quiet, especially in the evenings, it has a small hotel stock, and many visitors are here for business or weddings rather than a holiday. London is reachable by rail from either of its two stations. Stay in the town centre around Fore Street and the castle so restaurants, the river and the stations are all within walking distance.