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Eat and drink · Bisley
The Stirrup Cup, Bisley
A village pub on Cheltenham Road, Bisley, the old New Inn, reopened under new hands with a grill menu, Cornish oysters and Sunday roasts; open Wednesday to Sunday.
Bisley's second pub, back in business with a short grill menu and a proper Sunday roast. It is open only from Wednesday evening to Sunday, and food is dinner from Wednesday to Saturday and lunch on Sunday. Book by email.
- Good: Steaks, fish and chops from the grill
- Good: Sunday roasts, with a roast for the dog
- Good: Timothy Taylor's Landlord and Stroud Brewery ales
- Worth knowing: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
- Worth knowing: No lunch except on Sundays
- Worth knowing: Bookings by email only
About
The Stirrup Cup is the other pub in Bisley, on Cheltenham Road at the north end of the village. It was recorded as the New Inn from 1774 and became the Stirrup Cup in the mid twentieth century. CAMRA recorded it closed long term from June 2026, but by October 2026 it was trading again under a new company, Stirrup Ltd, registered in August 2026: its own website gives hours and menus, and the village website listed its hours that month. The village website says it is run by Jason Linehan, who also runs the Great Western Arms at Blockley.
The kitchen is built round a grill: ribeye, T-bone, bavette and rump steaks, lamb chops, whole plaice and half chicken, with a cauliflower steak for vegetarians and small plates such as Cornish oysters, devilled eggs and beef tartare to start. A ribeye was £32 and a bavette £22 in 2026. Sunday lunch, from noon to 4pm, is roast beef, lamb, pork belly or chicken with the trimmings, and there is a roast for the dog too. Behind the bar are Timothy Taylor's Landlord and Stroud Brewery's Tom Long.
It is open from 5pm to 11pm from Wednesday to Friday, from noon to 11pm on Saturday and from noon to 9pm on Sunday, and closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Dinner is served from 6pm to 9pm, Wednesday to Saturday. Book by email with the day, time and number of people, and the pub replies to confirm.
Bisley sits high and exposed, so bring a coat. The Toadsmoor valley walk from Eastcombe starts about 2 miles away by road.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Wed 11, 17:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Closed | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed | Closed |
| Wednesday | 17:00 to 23:00 | 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 17:00 to 23:00 | 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 17:00 to 23:00 | 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 21:00 | 12:00 to 16:00 |
Food served: Sunday lunch only on Sundays; no food on Monday or Tuesday
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Hours may change on bank holidays; the pub suggests an email first if you are coming a long way.
The details
- Food
- Grill and steak · Modern British · Pub classics
- Serving
- Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Open fire · Real ale · Bar · Restaurant
- History
- Recorded as the New Inn from 1774
Photos
Sunday roast
Location
Places to stay nearby
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The Crown Inn, Frampton Mansell
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Westley Farm
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A 70-acre hill farm at the head of the Golden Valley above Chalford, with six off-grid yurts and cabins in its ancient woodland and three stone cottages, all dog-friendly.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
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Miserden Estate holiday lets
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Two holiday lets on the Miserden estate: a one-bedroom flat in the Grade II* house at Miserden Park, with free entry to the garden, and the Old Rectory in the village, sleeping 13.
Walker-friendly
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Woolpack, Slad 3.4 km away
- The Crown Inn, Frampton Mansell 3.7 km away
- Lavender Bakehouse and Coffee Shop 3.7 km away
- Westley Farm 3.8 km away
Sights nearby
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Swift's Hill
Sight · Nature reserve · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Swift's Hill is a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve of 10 hectares of steep limestone grassland above the Slad valley, an SSSI with more than 130 kinds of wildflower, 13 orchids and 29 butterflies, on a hill that appears in Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie.
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Snows Farm Nature Reserve
Sight · Nature reserve · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Snows Farm is a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve of 21 hectares at the head of the Slad valley: old limestone grassland, ancient beech wood and the Dillay Brook, with more than 300 kinds of plant, grazed by cattle and Dartmoor ponies, on the Laurie Lee Wildlife Way.
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Holy Trinity Church, Slad
Sight · Church · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Holy Trinity is Slad's small village church, built in 1831 to designs by Charles Baker of Painswick and reconstructed by Benjamin Bucknall in 1869, with a stone spirelet. Laurie Lee, who grew up in the valley, is buried in its churchyard, opposite a memorial window. Open by day.
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Toadsmoor Mill
Sight · Historic building · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Toadsmoor Mill is an early nineteenth-century mill of dressed limestone in the wooded Toadsmoor valley east of Stroud, once a cloth mill known as Upper Toadsmoor Mill, its upper door reached by a timber bridge from the bank. Grade II; now partly a house, seen from the footpath.