Inn · Burford
The Three Horseshoes, Asthall
An eighteenth-century pub with six rooms at Asthall, near Burford, where innkeepers have been recorded since 1726.
A Daylesford Stays pub with six rooms in a small village above the Windrush, open all day, with wood-fired pizza in the garden in summer.
- Good: Open every day from 10am
- Good: Large garden with views over the Windrush valley
- Good: Wood-fired pizza in the garden in warmer months
- Good: Fruit and vegetables from Daylesford Organic
About
The Three Horseshoes is an eighteenth-century pub with six rooms at Asthall, a village in the Windrush valley about three miles east of Burford. From 1726 its innkeepers were also farriers, shoeing travellers' horses; it was renamed the Maytime in 1977 and has since gone back to its old name. It is now part of Daylesford Stays.
The pub opens every day from 10am to 11pm. The kitchen serves pub classics and seasonal specials, with fruit and vegetables from Daylesford Organic, at lunch and dinner, and a Sunday lunch from noon to 3pm. Wood-fired pizzas are cooked in the garden in warmer months. The bar keeps local cask ales, cider and craft beer.
The large garden looks across the valley, and the Garden Room seats up to 20 for private dining. The six rooms take their names from the stable and the forge (Groom, Farriers, Tack, Hunting, Smithy and Saddlers). Smithy is part of the original eighteenth-century pub and Groom is in an eighteenth-century cottage next door; the others are round the courtyard and garden. Each has a king or super-king bed and is listed on the pub's booking engine as sleeping two. Its listing on Sawday's gives parking on the premises, check-out by 11am, and says pets and children are welcome, with a cot, high chair and stair gates. The River Windrush runs below the village.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 10:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Thursday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Saturday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 20:00 |
Food served: Sunday lunch from noon to 3pm
The details
- Food
- Pub classics · Pizza
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Rooms
- 6
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Views · Real ale · Bar · Private dining · Parking
- History
- Eighteenth-century inn, with innkeepers recorded since 1726
Photos
The dining room 
The garden 
A bedroom 
From the kitchen
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Asthall Manor
- The Swan Inn, Swinbrook 1.1 km away
- The Farmer's Dog 1.2 km away
- Crocodiles of the World 2.5 km away
Sights nearby
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St Mary's Church, Swinbrook
Sight · Church · Burford
St Mary's in Swinbrook, near Burford, is a medieval church by the Windrush with the stacked Fettiplace effigies in its chancel and, in the churchyard, the graves of four Mitford sisters, Nancy, Pamela, Diana and Unity; their parents lie there too. Open daily. Grade II*.
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St Oswald's Church, Widford
Sight · Church · Burford
St Oswald's is a small thirteenth-century church alone in a field above the Windrush at Widford, between Burford and Swinbrook: built on a Roman villa, the last trace of a lost village, with medieval wall paintings and box pews. Grade II*; reached on foot only.
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St Kenelm's Church, Minster Lovell
Sight · Church · The Oxfordshire Cotswolds
St Kenelm's is the church beside the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall on the Windrush: rebuilt in the mid fifteenth century, probably by William, Lord Lovell, with a vaulted crossing under its central tower and an alabaster tomb thought to be his. Grade I; open daily.
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St John the Baptist, Burford
Sight · Church · Burford
St John the Baptist is Burford's great wool church by the Windrush: Norman at its core, with a fan-vaulted porch, the Tanfield and Harman monuments, and the font where a Leveller carved his name before three were shot in 1649. Grade I; open daily, free.