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Eat and drink · Bourton-on-the-Hill
The Horse and Groom
A Grade II listed inn at the top of Bourton-on-the-Hill, owned by Donnington Brewery and run since June 2024 by the chefs Nathan Eades and Liam Goff, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a large garden and dog-friendly rooms.
Dog-friendly
Classic British cooking from two serious chefs, at prices that make a weekday supper easy: a dish of the day for £16 and £20 pie or burger nights (2026). Every booking needs a card, and late cancellations are charged.
- Good: Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2025, kept in 2026
- Good: Large garden with views over the Evenlode valley
- Good: Dogs welcome in the pub and the bedrooms
- Good: Weeknight deals with a drink for £20 (2026)
- Worth knowing: Card details needed to book, and £30 a head for cancelling within 24 hours (2026)
- Worth knowing: On a steep stretch of the A44
About
The Horse and Groom stands at the top of Bourton-on-the-Hill, on the A44 west of Moreton-in-Marsh, looking down over the Evenlode valley. Donnington Brewery owns the Grade II listed inn and reopened it on 28 June 2024 under Nathan Eades and Liam Goff, the chefs who run the Halfway at Kineton. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand in February 2025 and kept it in the 2026 guide.
The menu is classic British and changes with the day and the season, with local game. Weeknights have their own deals, each with a drink for £20 (2026): a grill on Mondays, pie on Tuesdays, pasta on Wednesdays and burgers on Thursdays. From Monday to Friday a dish of the day costs £16 at lunch and dinner, and from 5 October to 27 November 2026 an autumn lunch club offers one to three courses for £16 to £24.
Lunch runs from noon to 2.30pm from Monday to Saturday and to 4.15pm on Sundays, and dinner from 5.30pm to 8.45pm from Monday to Saturday, with Sunday dinner listed from 6pm to 8.30pm. Book online: every booking needs card details, bookings are reconfirmed the day before, cancelling within 24 hours costs £30 a head and not turning up £50 a head (2026).
The pub has rooms too: its rooms page lists four, each with a king-size bed, an en-suite bath with an overhead shower and breakfast included. Rooms are ready from 3pm and kept until 11am, guests park free, and dogs are welcome in the bedrooms at £15 each, up to two a room (2026). Dogs are welcome in the pub as well, and the garden is large. Below the village are Sezincote and Batsford Arboretum, and Bourton House Garden is in the village itself.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 11:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:45 |
| Tuesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:45 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:45 |
| Thursday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:45 |
| Friday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:45 |
| Saturday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:45 |
| Sunday | 11:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 16:15, 18:00 to 20:30 |
Sunday dinner, 6pm to 8.30pm, is listed as running from 7 June: ring to check it is still served before planning a Sunday evening in winter.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics · Modern British
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Views · Dogs inside · Dogs in rooms
- Awards
- Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025)
- History
- Grade II listed roadside inn, reopened by Donnington Brewery in 2024
- Without a car
- Moreton-in-Marsh station is 2.5 miles east, the pub says.
Photos
Hanging baskets at the front Photo: David Howard, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr 
The garden and its view 
The dining room 
Roast chicken from the kitchen
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Bourton House Garden 0.3 km away
- Batsford Arboretum 1.2 km away
- Cotswold Falconry Centre 1.2 km away
- Sezincote House and Garden 1.7 km away
Sights nearby
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St Mary's Church, Batsford
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Russell Spring, Blockley
Sight · Monument · Blockley
The Russell Spring is a small gabled niche on Blockley's High Street, inscribed "Water from the Living Rock God's Precious Gift to Man", built in the middle of the nineteenth century by men out of work in winter, in the wall below a raised walkway. Grade II; seen at any time.
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St Peter and St Paul, Blockley
Sight · Church · Blockley
St Peter and St Paul is Blockley's church by the square, founded about 800 by its own account: a late twelfth-century chancel, medieval brasses, Childe and Rushout monuments and a tower of 1725 to 1727 attributed to the Woodwards. Grade II*, open daily and Father Brown's church.
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Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh
Sight · Historic building · Moreton-in-Marsh
Redesdale Hall is Moreton-in-Marsh's market hall of 1887, standing in the middle of the High Street: designed by Sir Ernest George for Bertie Mitford of Batsford, later Lord Redesdale, with an arched ground floor, a clock turret and a tall chimney. Listed Grade II.