Eat and drink · Charlbury
The Rose and Crown
A drinkers' pub on Market Street, Charlbury, which says it dates from 1688, with eight hand pumps of changing real ales, a guest cider, an events room and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Car-free
The real-ale pub in Charlbury: eight changing cask beers, a cider, and live music and quizzes in the events room. Its website shows no food, so eat at the Bull or the Bell.
- Good: Eight hand pumps of changing real ales
- Good: A traditional guest cider on tap
- Good: Dogs welcome
- Good: Live music and quiz nights in the events room
- Worth knowing: No food listed on its website
- Worth knowing: Opens at 2pm on weekdays
About
The Rose and Crown is the drinkers' pub on Market Street in Charlbury. Its origins are unknown, but Charlbury Museum, citing Lois Hey's History of Charlbury, finds it first recorded in 1688, in the deeds of the old Barclays Bank, now the Deli. It belongs to Oak Taverns, a pub company based in Thame that says it runs 19 pubs.
Beer is the point. It keeps eight hand pumps of real ale that change all the time, from breweries across the country and close by, beside the regular draught beers and a traditional guest cider, and it sells limited-edition beers from the Dead Brewers Society, which revives recipes that have not been brewed for years. The events room is used for live music and quiz nights, and its diary lists a book club on the second Monday of the month, folk sessions on the second Thursday, the Charlbury branch of the Royal British Legion's beer call on the third Thursday and live music from 3pm to 5pm on the last Sunday. Dogs are welcome.
Its website lists drinks and no food, so for a meal go to the Bull or the Bell. It opens from 2pm to 11.30pm on weekdays and from noon to 11.30pm at weekends, which makes it a stop at the end of a walk on the Oxfordshire Way, with the station a walk down Dyers Hill.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 14:00 to 23:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 14:00 to 23:30 |
| Wednesday | 14:00 to 23:30 |
| Thursday | 14:00 to 23:30 |
| Friday | 14:00 to 23:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:30 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 23:30 |
The details
- Features
- Bar · Real ale · Live music · Dogs inside · Events and meetings
- History
- First recorded in 1688 (Charlbury Museum); an Oak Taverns pub
- Without a car
- Charlbury station, on the line from London Paddington, is a walk up Dyers Hill to Market Street.
Photos
The bar 
The back room 
Armchairs by the window 
The courtyard
Location
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