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Accounts differ: the Peterborough Telegraph dates the Old Barn’s opening to December 1980, while CAMRA gives 1983. It served its final meals on 10 September 2026, after more than forty years at Orton Meadows. Its leasehold was offered for sale at £750,000. Peterborough Today ↗
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History of this pub
According to CAMRA, The Granary was built in 1983 as a Beefeater steakhouse beside Orton Meadows golf course in Nene Park, a short walk from Ferry Meadows Country Park and Overton station on the Nene Valley Railway. Its site was let on a 125-year lease by the Peterborough Development Corporation from September 1983, and a Travel Lodge hotel, later a Premier Inn, was added about ten years on. Inside it had a roomy bar and lounge and a split-level restaurant with a mezzanine, and it was refurbished in September 2009. It closed on 10 September 2026, and the restaurant was put up for sale as a going concern.
The Peterborough Telegraph’s 10 September 2026 account gives a different origin: December 1980 as The Old Barn. That conflicts with CAMRA’s 1983 Beefeater account above, so the opening year remains uncertain. The paper reported the leasehold for sale through Christie & Co at £750,000, with 82 years remaining and a sale subject to TUPE. Its longer-term future was uncertain.
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Opening hours and facilities
Historical Beefeater hours and facilities.
Restaurant and bar hours
- Mon-Thur 11.30am - 10pm
- Fri-Sat 11.30am - 11pm
- Sun 12pm - 10pm
Breakfast service
- Mon-Fri 6:30am - 10:30am
- Sat-Sun 7am - 11am
Facilities recorded
- Outdoor dining
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