Inn · Chipping Campden
The Eight Bells Inn
A pub with six rooms on Church Street, Chipping Campden, serving lunch and dinner, on Church Street.
Six rooms above a fourteenth-century pub by the church, with fires, real ale and dogs welcome in the bar. Not for children under six, and two nights at weekends.
- Good: Open fires and real ales
- Good: Dogs welcome in the main bar
- Good: A la carte breakfast included
- Worth knowing: Two-night minimum at weekends
- Worth knowing: Rooms not suitable for children under six
- Worth knowing: On-street parking only
About
The Eight Bells is a pub with six rooms on Church Street in Chipping Campden, just off the High Street near St James's Church. It was built in the fourteenth century to house the masons working on the church, rebuilt in the seventeenth century from most of the old stone and timber, and extended in Georgian times.
The bar opens from noon every day, with open fires, a garden and courtyard, and a range of real ales. The kitchen cooks homemade food from seasonal, local produce where it can: lunch from noon to 2pm and dinner from 5.30pm to 8.30pm on weekdays, and food through the day at weekends until 8.30pm on Saturdays and 8pm on Sundays, with a Sunday menu.
Rates for the six rooms are per room and include an a la carte breakfast, with no discount for one person. Most are on the first floor; the Small Double is on the ground floor. There is Wi-Fi throughout and luggage can be left at reception. The rooms are listed on Booking.com with check-in from 3pm and check-out by 11am. Weekends need two nights, and the rooms do not suit children under six. Dogs are welcome with you if you eat in the main bar, but not in the suites. Parking is on the street. The Cotswold Way starts in the town.
Opening hours and season
Food served
| Monday | 12:00 to 14:00, 17:30 to 20:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 14:00, 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 14:00, 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 14:00, 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 14:00, 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 20:30 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
Closing times are last food orders
The bar opens daily from noon. Children under 11 can be in the bar until 6pm and in the dining room until closing.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Rooms
- 6
- Minimum stay
- Two nights at weekends
- Features
- Real ale · Open fire · Garden or terrace · Bar · Restaurant · Dogs inside · Wi-Fi
- History
- 14th century; rebuilt in the 17th century
- Parking
- On-street parking in the town; no car park mentioned.
- Without a car
- Moreton-in-Marsh is the nearest station, with trains from London Paddington.
Photos
The dining room 
From the kitchen 
The bar 
A bedroom
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Court Barn Museum 0.1 km away
- The Lygon Arms, Chipping Campden 0.1 km away
- Bantam Tea Rooms 0.2 km away
- Michael's Mediterranean 0.2 km away
Sights nearby
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Almshouses, Chipping Campden
Sight · Historic building · Chipping Campden
Twelve almshouses on Church Street in Chipping Campden, built in 1612 for Sir Baptist Hicks at a cost of £1,000 on an I-shaped plan said to honour James I, and still homes for older people. Grade I; seen from the street.
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Grevel's House, Chipping Campden
Sight · Historic building · Chipping Campden
A medieval house on Chipping Campden's High Street with a two-storey Perpendicular bay window under gargoyles, named after William Grevel, perhaps the richest Cotswold wool merchant of his day, who died in 1401. Grade I; a private house seen from the street.
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Old Campden House, Chipping Campden
Sight · Historic building · Chipping Campden
The lodges, gateway and two banqueting houses that survive of Sir Baptist Hicks's great house beside St James's in Chipping Campden, burned by its own Royalist garrison in 1645. The banqueting houses are Landmark Trust holiday lets; the grounds open only on occasional open days.
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St James's Church, Chipping Campden
Sight · Church · Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden's wool church at the end of Church Street: a soaring fifteenth-century tower, William Grevel's brass of 1401, Sir Baptist Hicks's marble tomb and a medieval cope and altar hangings. Grade I, open to visitors most days.