16 places · every place verified by us
The Cotswold Edge feeds walkers rather than diners: country pubs below the hills, a fruit farm café on the Cotswold Way and a real-ale pub at the foot of Stinchcombe Hill. Most are close to the Way, and several close on Mondays.
16 places
Cafes and tearooms · Winchcombe
A small café on Bull Lane, off North Street in Winchcombe, serving breakfast baps, homemade Homity pies, salads and daily specials to eat in or take away, open from 8am most days.
Walker-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Cafes and tearooms · The Cotswold Edge
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's café by the top car park at Crickley Hill Country Park, near Birdlip, on the Cotswold Way: breakfast, lunch and cakes, dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Farm shops and delis · Winchcombe
A fruit farm at Hailes, about 3 miles by road from Winchcombe, with a farm shop, the Orchard Kitchen tearoom, pick your own and its own Hayles cider.
Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Restaurants · Dursley
An Indian restaurant with a licensed bar on Long Street, Dursley, open from 5pm Tuesday to Sunday, with a vegan menu and collection orders.
Verified Nov 2026
Cafes and tearooms · Dursley
A café, deli, garden shop and ice cream hut in 20 acres of grounds on Dursley Road, open every day, with dinner on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Farm shops and delis · Wotton-under-Edge
An independent deli and bakery on Long Street, Wotton-under-Edge, baking bread every morning and cooking meals, quiches and cakes to take away.
Verified Oct 2026
Cafes and tearooms · The Cotswold Edge
The restaurant at National Star college in Ullenwood, above Cheltenham, where students with disabilities serve breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea on weekdays, on the line of the Cotswold Way's 2026 diversion.
Walker-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Restaurants · Wotton-under-Edge
A steakhouse in a town pub of 1659 on Church Street, Wotton-under-Edge, serving locally reared beef at lunch and every evening, with a Sunday roast.
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · The Cotswold Edge
A country pub and restaurant on the A40 at Lower Dowdeswell, opened in July 2026 near the reservoir where the Cotswold Way crosses the road, with food at lunch and in the evening every day.
Walker-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · Dursley
A traditional pub at the foot of Stinchcombe Hill in Dursley, on the Cotswold Way, a CAMRA National Pub of the Year, with cask ales, a garden and lunch every day.
Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Winchcombe
A traditional Cotswold inn at Toddington, about 3 miles north of Winchcombe, with homemade food, Donnington ales and a beer garden.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · The Cotswold Edge
An eighteenth-century inn in Birdlip, run by Greene King Inns, with a bar and restaurant of pub classics, a large beer garden and 34 bedrooms, where the Cotswold Way sections from Leckhampton Hill and to Painswick meet.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · Winchcombe
An eighteenth-century country pub in Gretton, near Winchcombe, with log burners, seasonal pub food, views over the Vale of Evesham, a play area and tennis court, and steam trains passing the foot of the garden.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Wotton-under-Edge
A neighbourhood pub and kitchen on Haw Street, Wotton-under-Edge, serving pub classics from South West producers, open Tuesday to Sunday from midday.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · Wotton-under-Edge
A town pub on Market Street, Wotton-under-Edge, which says it has served ale since at least 1572, with Wickwar beers, lunches from Monday to Saturday, a Sunday roast and live sport.
Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · The Cotswold Edge
A family-run Wadworth pub on Old Bath Road in Leckhampton, below Leckhampton Hill, which Wadworth lists with a large garden, a heated patio, Sunday roasts and jazz and blues nights.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Places to eat on the Cotswold Edge gather at its two ends: round Winchcombe in the north, and round Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge in the south. Three of the five are on or near the Cotswold Way, and none is a restaurant in the formal sense: these are pub and café menus.
North of Winchcombe, the Royal Oak at Gretton is an eighteenth-century pub with log burners, views over the Vale of Evesham and steam trains passing the foot of its garden. Children, dogs and muddy boots are all welcome, and there is a play area and a tennis court. The Pheasant Inn at Toddington, about 3 miles north of Winchcombe, pours Donnington ales beside the railway's Toddington station, with separate gluten-free and vegan menus.
Hayles Fruit Farm at Hailes, about 2 miles from Winchcombe, has a farm shop, the Orchard Kitchen tearoom and its own cider and apple juice. Pick your own runs from June to October, from strawberries to apples and pears, with pumpkins in October. Brunch is served until 3pm, with vegan and gluten-free choices, and the farm has a campsite on the Cotswold Way. From November to March the shop and the Orchard Kitchen keep shorter hours, 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Sunday.
The Old Spot Inn in Dursley stands on the Cotswold Way at the foot of Stinchcombe Hill, opposite the May Lane car park: a 1776 building with low connecting rooms, many cask ales and a garden, and CAMRA's National Pub of the Year in 2007/8. It serves lunch every day, until 3pm or 4pm on Sundays, and no evening food. In Wotton-under-Edge, the Royal Oak on Haw Street is the town's neighbourhood pub and kitchen, open Tuesday to Sunday from midday, with a children's menu and a Sunday menu.
Book Sunday lunch at the Pheasant, which fills, and a table at either Royal Oak. Hayles takes no table bookings at weekends. Mondays are the hard day: the Pheasant (except in December), Hayles and the Royal Oak in Wotton all close, which leaves Gretton and the Old Spot. Dogs are welcome at Gretton. Ask before bringing one elsewhere.
For a bed in Winchcombe, see places to stay in Winchcombe, and for the castles and long barrows, things to do on the Cotswold Edge.
For Sudeley, the steam railway and the town's museum, see things to do in Winchcombe.
A family pub with steam trains at the end of the garden, Donnington ales by Toddington station, a fruit farm café on the Way, a CAMRA-winning real-ale pub in Dursley and Wotton's neighbourhood kitchen.
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Pubs · Winchcombe
An eighteenth-century country pub in Gretton, near Winchcombe, with log burners, seasonal pub food, views over the Vale of Evesham, a play area and tennis court, and steam trains passing the foot of the garden.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Winchcombe
A traditional Cotswold inn at Toddington, about 3 miles north of Winchcombe, with homemade food, Donnington ales and a beer garden.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Farm shops and delis · Winchcombe
A fruit farm at Hailes, about 3 miles by road from Winchcombe, with a farm shop, the Orchard Kitchen tearoom, pick your own and its own Hayles cider.
Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Dursley
A traditional pub at the foot of Stinchcombe Hill in Dursley, on the Cotswold Way, a CAMRA National Pub of the Year, with cask ales, a garden and lunch every day.
Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Wotton-under-Edge
A neighbourhood pub and kitchen on Haw Street, Wotton-under-Edge, serving pub classics from South West producers, open Tuesday to Sunday from midday.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
The Cotswold Way from the Old Spot to Wotton, Hailes and Beckbury Camp past the fruit farm, Stanway to Winchcombe, and Wotton's hill.
All walks starting here
Walk · Starts in Dursley · 4 hrs, 30 mins · Dog-friendly
A 7.5-mile (12km) one-way walk on the eleventh section of the Cotswold Way, moderate and about four and a half hours: from Dursley round the rim of Stinchcombe Hill, down to North Nibley, up to the Tyndale Monument and along the ridge to Wotton-under-Edge.
Walk · Starts in Winchcombe · 2 hrs, 15 mins · Circular
A 3.5-mile (5.6km) circular walk from Hayles Fruit Farm, moderate and about two and a quarter hours: up the monks' track to Beckbury Camp, down the edge of a wood over three stiles towards Wood Stanway, and back past Hailes church and the abbey ruins.
Walk · Starts in Stanway · 3 hrs, 15 mins · Dog-friendly
A 5.4-mile (8.8km) one-way walk on the third section of the Cotswold Way, from Wood Stanway to Winchcombe, moderate and about three and a quarter hours: a steep climb to the top, Beckbury Camp, the old track down to Hailes Abbey, then lanes into the town.
Walk · Starts in Wotton-under-Edge · 1 hr, 15 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 3.5-mile (5.8km) easy ridge walk of an hour to an hour and a half from Old London Road above Wotton-under-Edge: out to the walled Jubilee Clump on Wotton Hill, through Westridge Wood past Brackenbury Ditches to the Tyndale Monument on Nibley Knoll, and back through the woods.
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Yes, two. The Pheasant Inn at Toddington is next to the railway's Toddington station, with Donnington ales and a beer garden. It is closed on Mondays apart from December. The Royal Oak at Gretton, near Winchcombe, has steam trains passing the foot of its garden, with a play area and room for dogs. Both are popular with families, so book at weekends.
At Hayles Fruit Farm at Hailes, about 2 miles from Winchcombe on the Cotswold Way. Strawberries run from June to September, plums in August and September, apples from August to October and pears in September and October, with pumpkins in October. The farm shop sells its own cider and apple juice, and the Orchard Kitchen serves brunch until 3pm. It is closed on Mondays.
The Old Spot Inn, on the Way at the foot of Stinchcombe Hill in Dursley, opposite the May Lane car park, serves lunch every day until 3pm, or 4pm on Sundays, with many cask ales and a garden. Walk over Stinchcombe Hill in the morning and come down to eat. There is no evening food. Further south, the Royal Oak in Wotton-under-Edge serves from midday, Tuesday to Sunday.
The Royal Oak at Gretton is the family pub, with a play area, a tennis court and steam trains at the bottom of the garden. The Royal Oak in Wotton-under-Edge has a children's menu and a Sunday menu, and the Pheasant at Toddington, next to the steam railway, is popular with families. Hayles Fruit Farm suits children too, with pick your own in season.
The western escarpment, where the wolds end in a wooded edge above the Severn vale: Winchcombe and Sudeley, Belas Knap, Cleeve Hill and the Cotswold Way along the top.
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