Inn · Cirencester
The Village Pub
A pub with six bedrooms in the eaves at Barnsley, about four miles from Cirencester, part of THE PIG group, with gravity-fed ales and steak night on Thursdays.
Dog-friendly
A village pub with rooms, close to Rosemary Verey's Barnsley House.
- Good: Full English breakfast included
- Good: Free car park behind the pub
- Good: Dogs welcome in the pub and garden
- Worth knowing: No dogs in the bedrooms
- Worth knowing: Bedrooms have no disabled access
- Worth knowing: Only bar snacks on Sunday evenings
About
The Village Pub is in Barnsley, about four miles from Cirencester and within reach of Bibury and Burford. It belongs to THE PIG group, which takes the bookings for its tables and rooms.
It is an old-fashioned pub inside, with oak beams and open fireplaces. The bar serves local ales drawn by gravity from the barrel, alongside IPAs, Guinness and a wine list, and the kitchen does pub food and bar snacks: lunch every day, dinner Monday to Saturday, and a Sunday lunch that runs until 6pm. Thursday is steak night, with cuts from Jesse Smith, the family butcher. There is a children's menu.
Six en suite bedrooms are tucked into the eaves, each with a monsoon shower and air conditioning, and a cooked breakfast is included. Some take a cot free of charge and one has a small sofa bed for anyone up to 16. Room bookings carry a 72-hour cancellation policy. Dogs are welcome in the pub and the beer garden but not in the bedrooms, and the rooms have no disabled access.
There is free parking behind the pub for guests eating or staying, but no EV charging. It suits couples after a night or two in a village with a proper pub downstairs, and anyone stopping for lunch or a Thursday steak.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Tue 10, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 18:00 |
Food served: Sunday lunch 12 to 6pm, then bar snacks until 8pm.
The bar opens daily from midday until about 11pm.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Children's menu
- Rooms
- 6
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Open fire · Real ale · Bar · Parking
- Parking
- Free parking at the back of the building for guests who are eating or staying. No EV charging.
Photos
The dining room 
A bedroom 
A bedroom 
From the kitchen
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- THE PIG-in the Cotswolds 0.2 km away
- The Crown at Ampney Brook 3.6 km away
- Cotteswold House 3.6 km away
- The Organic Farm Shop 3.7 km away
Sights nearby
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Ablington Manor
Sight · Historic building · Bibury
Ablington Manor is an Elizabethan house in the hamlet of Ablington near Bibury, dated 1590 for John Coxwell, with five carved royal heads over its porch. Listed Grade I and a private home, it is seen from the lane through the hamlet.
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Arlington Row, Bibury
Sight · Historic building · Bibury
Arlington Row is a terrace of stone cottages above the mill stream in Bibury, built as a wool store in the late fourteenth century and turned into weavers' homes in the seventeenth. Grade I and owned by the National Trust, the cottages are lived in and seen from the path.
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River Coln
Sight · River · Cirencester and the Coln Valley
The limestone river of the south Cotswolds, rising near Sevenhampton and running south-east past Chedworth, Bibury and Arlington Row, Coln St Aldwyns, Quenington and Fairford to join the Thames at Inglesham above Lechlade. Five of our walks follow or cross it.
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St Mary's Church, Bibury
Sight · Church · Bibury
St Mary's in Bibury is a Saxon church grown over five centuries, with eleventh-century walling, Saxon stones in the chancel, carved capitals of the Oseney canons, the county's earliest stained glass and a Karl Parsons window of 1927. Grade I and open daily.