Inn · Chipping Sodbury
The Bell at Old Sodbury
A family-run 18th-century pub with four B&B rooms on Badminton Road, Old Sodbury, near Chipping Sodbury, on the edge of the Cotswold Way.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
A family-run village pub with rooms on the edge of the Cotswold Way, serving food all day from 9am on Fridays and at weekends. No food on Mondays.
- Good: Children’s menu; dogs listed as welcome on its booking profile
- Good: Ample free parking
- Good: Four en-suite B&B rooms
- Good: Food all day from 9am on Fridays and weekends
- Worth knowing: No food on Mondays
About
The Bell at Old Sodbury is a family-run pub with rooms on Badminton Road, Old Sodbury, a short drive from Chipping Sodbury. It describes itself as an 18th-century country pub at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment, and has four individually designed en-suite bed and breakfast rooms with free wifi, tea and coffee making and smart TVs. In summer they are often full with walkers on the Cotswold Way. Breakfast is served from 7.30am on weekdays and 8am at weekends, and the pub says its best room rates are booked direct on its own website.
The food is British pub cooking: breakfasts, brunch and bottomless brunches, a weekday set menu, afternoon tea, Sunday lunch and a children’s menu; its booking profile lists vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free choices. Food is served from noon to 2pm and 5.30pm to 8.30pm Tuesday to Thursday, 9am to 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 9am to 8pm on Sundays, with Sunday lunch until 5pm. There is no food on Mondays. Tables and rooms are booked on its website, or by phone on 01454 325582, and gift vouchers are sold through its booking provider.
There is a log fire in winter, a pub garden in summer and ample parking, free on the premises by the pub's Airbnb room listing. Its Dish Cult booking profile lists dogs and children as welcome and disabled access without details, so ask when you book.
The Cotswold Way runs through Old Sodbury, and the Old Sodbury, the hill fort and the church walk starts in the village, passing St John the Baptist.
Opening hours and season
Food served
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| 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 | 09:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 to 20:00 |
No food on Mondays. Sunday lunch until 5pm. Breakfast for B&B guests from 7.30am on weekdays and 8am at weekends.
No food on Mondays; the pub publishes food times only, so ring to check bar hours and whether it opens on Mondays.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics · European
- Serving
- Breakfast · Brunch · Afternoon tea · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes
- Rooms
- 4
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Bar · Parking · Wi-Fi
- History
- 18th-century country pub
- Parking
- Ample parking at the pub, by its own account, and free, as its Airbnb room listing says.
Photos
The Bell 
The garden 
A table by the window 
From the menu
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Squire 3.7 km away
- The Horseshoe, Chipping Sodbury 3.9 km away
- The Hamptons Deli Café, Chipping Sodbury 3.9 km away
- Hobbs House Bakery, Chipping Sodbury 3.9 km away
Sights nearby
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Horton Camp hill fort
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Chipping Sodbury
A small Iron Age hill fort on a spur of the Cotswold edge above Horton, north of Old Sodbury: one rampart 3m high on the plateau side and steep natural slopes on the rest, never excavated. A scheduled monument beside the Cotswold Way.
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Sodbury Camp hill fort
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Chipping Sodbury
An Iron Age hill fort with two wide-spaced ramparts on the Cotswold edge above Old Sodbury, where Edward IV camped on his way to the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. A scheduled monument, crossed by the Cotswold Way and our stile-free circuit from the village.
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St John the Baptist, Chipping Sodbury
Sight · Church · Chipping Sodbury
Chipping Sodbury's Grade I parish church off Wickwar Road, dedicated in 1284 and rebuilt larger in the fifteenth century, with a tower over 30m tall holding eight bells, a fan-vaulted pulpit built into the arcade, St Katherine's chapel and a thirteenth-century font.
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St John the Baptist, Old Sodbury
Sight · Church · Chipping Sodbury
Old Sodbury's hilltop church of Norman origin, on the Cotswold Way above the village, with a fifteenth-century tower and two rare knights' effigies: one carved in wood in the fourteenth century, one in stone about 1240. Grade II*.