Eat and drink · Bourton-on-the-Water
The Duke of Wellington
A village inn with rooms on Sherborne Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, serving food from noon to 9pm every day, with deal nights in the week, a Sunday carvery and live sport.
Family-friendly
A straightforward village pub a few minutes from the river, feeding people from noon to 9pm every day at prices that suit a family. Not a gastropub. A good bet when the riverside places are full.
- Good: Food from noon to 9pm every day
- Good: Sunday carvery: £15.75 an adult, £10.25 a child (2026)
- Good: Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes marked, and a children's menu
- Good: Rooms from £75 a night (2026)
- Worth knowing: Live sport on the screens: not the quiet pub in Bourton
About
The Duke of Wellington is a village inn on Sherborne Street in Bourton-on-the-Water, a short walk from the river and the green. It describes itself as an Elizabethan inn, and has en-suite bedrooms upstairs, from £75 a night for one person and £95 for two in 2026. It opens from 11am, or noon on Sundays, until 11pm, and the kitchen serves from noon to 9pm every day.
The summer 2026 menu is pub food with a few wider flavours: beer-battered fish and chips, sausages with bubble and squeak, bao buns and rice bowls, a vegetable Penang curry and salads, with most mains between £15 and £18. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes are marked, and there is a children's menu. A specials board runs all day and an evening grill board from 6pm. On Sundays the carvery starts at noon, with three meats or a vegetarian choice, £15.75 for an adult and £10.25 for a child.
In the week there are deals: two meals from the lighter-appetite menu for £17.50 from noon to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and 20% off pizzas on Tuesdays, steaks on Wednesdays, burgers on Thursdays and fish and fizz on Fridays, each from 6pm to 9pm. Sport is shown on Sky Sports and TNT. Residents get breakfast from 8am to 10am, check in from 2pm and leave by 10.30am, and the inn will make a breakfast bag or a picnic hamper to order. Expedia and Hotels.com list free parking for guests and say pets are not allowed in the rooms. The 2026 menu even has a short list for dogs: sausages, ice cream and chews.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 11:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
Breakfast for residents, 8am to 10am. Evening grill board from 6pm.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes · Children's menu
- Check-in
- From 2pm
- Check-out
- By 10.30am
- Features
- Bar · Restaurant
- Parking
- Free self parking for guests, according to its Expedia listing; the inn does not say where.
Photos
The riverside garden 
Tables by the Windrush 
The dining room 
A bedroom
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Old Manse Hotel 0.1 km away
- Cotswold Motoring Museum 0.1 km away
- Chester House Hotel 0.1 km away
- Cotswold Perfumery 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Bourton-on-the-Water war memorial
Sight · Monument · Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water's war memorial is a tall stone cross of 1920 on the green beside the Windrush, raised by the village for its 27 men who died in the First World War, with 12 names added after the Second. Listed Grade II; open at all times.
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Narrow Bridge, Bourton-on-the-Water
Sight · Bridge · Bourton-on-the-Water
Narrow Bridge is the oldest dated of the low stone footbridges over the Windrush in Bourton-on-the-Water, built in 1756 with three rusticated arches and low parapets. Listed Grade II with three of its neighbours, it is crossed free at any time.
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St Lawrence's Church, Bourton-on-the-Water
Sight · Church · Bourton-on-the-Water
St Lawrence's is Bourton-on-the-Water's parish church on the High Street: a chancel of 1328, a Georgian tower of 1784 under a lead dome and a nave taken back to the Gothic style in 1891. Grade II*, open daily from about 10am to 4pm, step-free and dog friendly.
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Salmonsbury Camp
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Bourton-on-the-Water
Salmonsbury Camp is an Iron Age fortified enclosure of about 23 hectares just east of Bourton-on-the-Water, its double banks still up to 2m high on three sides, with Roman and Saxon finds and a charter of AD 779. A scheduled monument on Greystones Farm reserve.