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Eat and drink · Cirencester
Black Horse
A Marston's pub on Castle Street, Cirencester, with cask ale, a beer garden, three en suite rooms and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
A town-centre pub with cask ale, a beer garden and food served all day.
- Good: Food all day, from 10am at weekends
- Good: Beer garden and a fireplace
- Good: Dog friendly
- Good: Three en suite rooms upstairs
- Worth knowing: No car park; the Brewery car park is nearby
About
The Black Horse on Castle Street, Cirencester, is a Marston's pub a few minutes' walk from the Market Place and the Corinium Museum. The building is late 17th century and Grade II listed. It has cask ales on the bar, a fireplace, a beer garden and a dartboard, and dogs are welcome.
Food runs all day: pub classics, lighter bites and puddings from 11.30am on weekdays and from 10am at weekends, until 9pm, with a roast on Sundays. The menus can be filtered for vegetarian and vegan dishes, and there are children's meals. Ask staff about allergens before ordering.
Upstairs are three en suite rooms. It suits a pint and a plate between sights in the town centre, families who want food outside the usual hours, and anyone with a dog in tow. Live music and quiz nights are advertised through the Marston's pub app.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 11:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 11:30 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 11:30 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 11:30 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 11:30 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 to 00:00 | 11:30 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00 to 00:00 | 10:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 10:00 to 21:00 |
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Children's menu
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Open fire · Real ale · Bar · Wi-Fi
- Parking
- No car park of its own; the pub points drivers to the Brewery car park nearby.
Photos
The bar 
The pub on Castle Street Photo: SLR Jester, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- New Brewery Arts 0.0 km away
- Igloo 0.1 km away
- Gilbertine Deli 0.1 km away
- Sam & Jak 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Cirencester Park
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The Bathurst family's landscape park on the western edge of Cirencester, planted from 1714 by the first Earl Bathurst with Alexander Pope: 8km of rides and woods along the Broad Ride, with Pope's Seat and Alfred's Hall. Grade I registered; a day pass is needed.
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Pope's Seat, Cirencester Park
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A small stone pavilion of the early eighteenth century at Seven Rides in Cirencester Park, with a Doric portico and POPE'S SEAT cut in its pediment, named after the poet who helped Lord Bathurst lay out the park. Grade II*; a park day pass is needed.
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St John the Baptist, Cirencester
Sight · Church · Cirencester
Cirencester's great wool church on the Market Place, free to visit: a fifteenth-century tower you can climb on set Saturdays, a three-storey porch of about 1490 that served as the town hall, fan vaults, medieval glass and the Boleyn Cup. Grade I.