Eat and drink · The Cotswold Edge
The Wheatsheaf, Leckhampton
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
A pub close to the top of Leckhampton Hill, about 1.2km north of it in the suburb below, with a big garden for a summer evening after the walk. It publishes no food times, so ring before you plan a meal around it.
- Good: Large garden behind the pub and a heated patio
- Good: Dog friendly, families welcome
- Good: Sunday roasts
- Good: Jazz and blues nights, by Wadworth's listing
- Worth knowing: No food times published: ring ahead
About
The Wheatsheaf is a family-run pub at 283 Old Bath Road in Leckhampton, the suburb at the foot of Leckhampton Hill on the south side of Cheltenham. The Wadworth brewery owns it. It is about 1.2km north of the top of the hill as the crow flies, close to where two Cotswold Way sections meet, though not on the trail itself.
Wadworth describes a traditional pub in a residential street with a large garden at the back, a heated patio for cooler evenings, Sunday roasts and free parking, and says dogs and families are welcome. Wadworth also lists regular jazz and blues evenings, though neither page gives dates. It names Howlers Comedy Club as a regular too, but in 2026 Howlers holds its monthly nights at Cheltenham Playhouse. A self-contained function room, The Venue, can be hired.
The pub opens daily from 10am, until 11.30pm from Monday to Saturday and 10.30pm on Sunday, but publishes no food times, so ring before you come down off the hill at the end of the section from Dowdeswell, or before setting out on the section to Birdlip.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 10:00 to 23:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00 to 23:30 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 to 23:30 |
| Thursday | 10:00 to 23:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 to 23:30 |
| Saturday | 10:00 to 23:30 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 22:30 |
Food times are not published, so ring before you plan a meal around it.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Sunday lunch
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Live music · Parking · Wi-Fi
- Parking
- Free parking at the pub, according to Wadworth.
Photos
The Wheatsheaf from the road Photo: Terry Jacombs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- StarBistro 3.0 km away
- The Fox, Dowdeswell 3.4 km away
- Crickley Hill café 4.0 km away
- Cheltenham Racecourse 4.9 km away
Sights nearby
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Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common
Sight · Nature reserve · The Cotswold Edge
Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common: 60 hectares of old quarries, limestone grassland on the Cotswold Edge above Cheltenham, with an Iron Age hillfort and the Devil's Chimney. Opened to the public in 1929 after the riots of 1902; a National Nature Reserve from 2026.
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The Devil's Chimney, Leckhampton
Sight · Monument · The Cotswold Edge
The Devil's Chimney is a pillar of limestone standing below the scarp edge of Leckhampton Hill above Cheltenham, most likely left isolated when quarrymen cut an incline to the top and shaped by the weather since. Folklore says the Devil built it. Climbing it is forbidden.
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Leckhampton Camp
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · The Cotswold Edge
Leckhampton Camp is the Iron Age hillfort on the summit of Leckhampton Hill above Cheltenham: one rampart and a rock-cut ditch, an inturned entrance with two guard chambers and, to the east, a rare round barrow inside a square enclosure. Scheduled; the trig point is on its bank.
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Crickley Hill
Sight · Common or park · The Cotswold Edge
Crickley Hill is a Cotswold Edge promontory near Birdlip, cared for by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and the National Trust, where 25 years of digging found a Neolithic settlement destroyed in battle and an Iron Age hillfort. Grassland, beech wood, a café and views to Wales.