Eat and drink · Amberley
The Black Horse, Amberley
A traditional pub at Littleworth on the edge of Minchinhampton Common, with a conservatory looking across the valley, over 70 whiskies and food every day; children, dogs and muddy boots welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
The walkers' pub on Minchinhampton Common: muddy boots, children and dogs all welcome, a conservatory with the view and food every day. There is no car park, so come on foot across the common if you can.
- Good: Conservatory with views across the valley
- Good: Children, dogs and muddy boots welcome
- Good: Food every day; over 70 whiskies
- Good: On the edge of Minchinhampton Common
- Worth knowing: No car park of its own
- Worth knowing: No roasts after 2pm on Sundays
About
The Black Horse is at Littleworth, on the western edge of Minchinhampton Common just above Amberley. It is a traditional, unfussy Cotswold pub: classic pub food, real ales, more than 70 whiskies, and a conservatory that looks across the valley in any weather. CAMRA lists two changing cask ales, often from Gloucester and Stroud breweries, and a terraced garden facing west over the valley.
It opens every day from noon, to 10pm from Monday to Saturday and to 8pm on Sundays. Food is served from noon to 2.45pm and 6pm to 8.45pm from Monday to Saturday, and from noon to 3.45pm on Sundays, when the roasts stop at 2pm. Book online or by phone; the pub has no reception staff, so on busy days the phone may ring for a while.
Children, dogs and muddy boots are all welcome, which is the point on a common walked every day. The pub has no car park of its own, so leave the car in one of the National Trust's car parks on the common and walk.
Our Minchinhampton Common and Amberley walk is a 5-mile (8km) stile-free circuit from the Market House in Minchinhampton, across the common beside the Bulwarks and through Amberley, about two and a half hours. The volunteer-run shop and café inside Holy Trinity, the parish church in the village, open daily from 8am to 4pm, is the place for coffee earlier in the day.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:45, 18:00 to 20:45 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:45, 18:00 to 20:45 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:45, 18:00 to 20:45 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:45, 18:00 to 20:45 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:45, 18:00 to 20:45 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:45, 18:00 to 20:45 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 15:45 |
Food served: Sunday roasts until 2pm
Book online or by phone; the email address is for enquiries only.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Views · Real ale · Bar · Restaurant · Dogs inside · Garden or terrace
- Parking
- No car park; park with care in the lanes or in the small car parks on the common. CAMRA advises coming in by the road across the common, as Culver Hill is narrow.
Photos
The pub and its garden 
Sunset from the terrace 
The bar 
A pie from the kitchen
Location
Places to stay nearby
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The Amberley Inn
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The Old Lodge
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The Bear of Rodborough
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Amberley Inn 0.3 km away
- The Old Lodge 1.0 km away
- The Bear of Rodborough 1.1 km away
- Woodchester Valley Vineyard stays 1.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Whitfield's Tump, Minchinhampton Common
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Minchinhampton
Whitfield's Tump is a Neolithic long barrow on Minchinhampton Common, a low mound 26m long where early farmers buried their dead, named from the tradition that the preacher George Whitefield spoke from it in 1743. A scheduled monument on free National Trust land.
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Minchinhampton Common
Sight · Common or park · Minchinhampton
Minchinhampton Common is a wide sweep of limestone grassland above Stroud and Nailsworth, in the care of the National Trust since 1913, where commoners' cattle graze and an Iron Age bank, a long barrow, pillow mounds and wartime trenches lie in the turf. Free to wander.
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The Bulwarks, Minchinhampton
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Minchinhampton
The Bulwarks is a Late Iron Age bank and ditch that sweeps across Minchinhampton Common north and north-west of the town: a bank 10m to 12m wide with a stone face, dated by pottery found in the 1937 excavation. It lies on free National Trust common land.
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Rodborough Common
Sight · Common or park · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Open limestone grassland on the hill between Stroud and the Golden Valley, owned by the National Trust, known for rare pasqueflowers in spring, early purple orchids in May and over 30 kinds of butterfly, grazed by commoners’ cattle, with Rodborough Fort on its brow.