Live Sport

Live screenings in The Hertford Bar.

Premier League London derbies, Six Nations rugby, Test cricket from Lord's, the Championships at Wimbledon. Audio kept low; conversation possible.

§ The Hertford Bar

One large screen above the bar; two smaller at each end.

The Hertford Bar is the front room — opening straight onto Chiltern Street through the bay window. The mahogany counter runs the full length of the south wall; sixteen seats at the counter, eight more at small tables-of-two against the inside wall. The screens are above-bar and at the two ends of the counter; the audio is kept low. A small handbell at the bar marks goals if the room missed them.

Counter seats: 16
Tables-of-two: 8
Screens: One overhead · two end-of-bar
Audio: Kept low — conversation always possible

§ What we screen

What we screen.

FOOTBALL

Premier League London derbies

Mid-August to late May · weekend fixtures

Arsenal v Tottenham, Arsenal v Chelsea, Tottenham v Chelsea, plus Arsenal / Tottenham / Chelsea against West Ham, Crystal Palace, Brentford. Match-Day Plate (pickled-walnut, Stilton, sourdough, smoked-eel toast) at £18.

Bar table-of-four deposit £15

RUGBY

Six Nations — England matches

Saturdays in February & March

England fixtures plus the occasional Sunday match. The bar room books out four weeks ahead for England matches; reservations strongly recommended. Six Nations Plate (Welsh-mutton portion, Brixham hake bites, mash, greens) at £20.

Reservation recommended

CRICKET

Test cricket from Lord's

Test summer days · first three days of each Test

Lord's is twelve minutes' walk from the salon via the Nursery End; the Test crowd thins from one o'clock and the bar fills with walk-up traffic at lunch and at tea. Lord's Lunch (pork pie, Stilton, sourdough, half-pint of Verdant Pilsner) at £25, with a 10% discount on full match days for half-an-MCC ticket-holders.

Reservation not required

TENNIS

The Championships, Wimbledon

Last week of June & first two weeks of July

The all-England fortnight, screened in genteel silence. The bar fills on Centre Court days. Wimbledon Plate (strawberries-and-cream, scones, Cornish ice-cream) at £18. Pimm's Cup served in the classic recipe at £14 throughout the fortnight.

Reservation advised for finals weekend

§ Lord's

Twelve minutes' walk from the Nursery End.

The salon is twelve minutes' walk from Lord's Cricket Ground via the Nursery End on St John's Wood Road. We host a small post-Test celebration on certain match days; the bar receives walk-up traffic from the ground at lunch and at tea. We are not affiliated with the MCC and do not take ticket bookings; the 10% Lord's-Lunch discount on full match days requires production of a half-an-MCC ticket at reception, no other proof.

§ Members and guests

Voices from the bar.

'Lord's-then-Saspherton on a summer Test day is a shape of an evening I had given up on finding in London. The walk from the Nursery End is twelve minutes; the Test crowd thins; the bar is set. The second day of last year's England-India was perfect.'

Saoirse D. · Member · Bloomsbury · since 2026

'The Six Nations Saturdays here are quieter than at any pub in W1. The audio is low; you can hear the conversation. The screen is exactly the right size — generous, not enormous.'

Otis F. · Guest · Fitzrovia · February 2026

'Wimbledon Centre Court on the bar's screen, a glass of Wiston, two old friends. We arrived for Murray's match and left at last orders. Worth the membership for that fortnight alone.'

Verity S. · Member · Hampstead · founding member

§ Reserve

Reserve at the bar.

Bar reservations on derby weekends, Six Nations Saturdays, and Wimbledon finals are recommended. Test cricket days do not require a reservation; tables turn over throughout the day.

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