The title compound, [Fe(C(5)H(5))(C(14)H(11)O)], exists as the E isomer, and the substituent is fully conjugated with the attached five-membered ring. In the ferrocene unit, the substituted cyclo-penta-dienyl ring (Cps) plane and unsubstituted cyclo-penta-dienyl ring (Cp) plane are almost parallel, and the C atoms in Cp and Cps are in an eclipsed conformation. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are linked into C(5) chains via inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and neighbouring chains are assembled into sheets by inter-molecular C-H⋯π(arene) hydrogen bonds along the c axis.