Eat and drink · Eastleach and Southrop
The Swan, Southrop
The village pub of Southrop, part of the Thyme estate, with roaring fires and low ceilings in a building recorded from 1606, serving lunch and dinner from its kitchen garden and farm.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
A village pub run by the Thyme estate, with an estate's kitchen garden behind the menu and prices to match. Families and dogs are welcome. Book for weekends; the kitchen stops at 5pm on Sundays.
- Good: Menus from Thyme's kitchen garden and farm
- Good: Fires, low ceilings and old wooden furniture
- Good: Families, dogs and groups welcome
- Good: Private Garden Room for up to 16
- Worth knowing: Kitchen closes at 5pm on Sundays
- Worth knowing: The expensive choice locally
About
The Swan is the pub in Southrop, a village a mile south of Eastleach, and it belongs to Thyme, the Hibbert family's estate of rooms, restaurant and spa round Southrop Manor. Its recorded history goes back to 1606, when it was the Bakehouse and served bread and ale to the farm workers.
Inside it is fires, low ceilings and mismatched wooden furniture. The menus change with what comes from Thyme's kitchen garden and farm and from its suppliers; bar bites such as olives, anchovies and whitebait run alongside the main menu, and olives were £7.50 in 2026. The kitchen serves lunch from noon to 2.30pm and dinner from 5.30pm to 9pm from Monday to Saturday, and from noon to 5pm on Sundays. Tuesday is steak night, with rare-breed beef butchered on site. The bar opens from noon until 11pm, or 8pm on Sundays.
Families, dogs and groups are welcome, and children have their own cygnets menu. Groups of eight or more book by phone, a table of ten in the main pub gets a shorter menu, and the Garden Room behind takes up to 16 for a private meal, and larger groups choose from the Swan Feasting menu. Book online through the Thyme website, or ring if it shows nothing free.
Southrop sits on the quiet lane from Eastleach, close enough to walk there and back, and our Eastleach walk is a short drive away. The Victoria Inn at Eastleach Turville is the plainer, cheaper pub.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 17:00 |
Food served: Nibbles from noon to 9pm, Monday to Saturday
The details
- Food
- Modern British · Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Open fire · Bar · Restaurant · Private dining · Dogs inside
- History
- Recorded from 1606, when it was the Bakehouse
Photos
Inside the Swan 
The dining room 
Roast poussin 
Cheese soufflé
Location
Places to stay nearby
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Thyme
Hotel · Eastleach and Southrop
The Hibbert family's estate round Southrop Manor, a mile from Eastleach: 31 bedrooms in restored farm buildings and cottages, the Ox Barn restaurant, a spa and pool, and a cookery school.
EV charging
Verified Oct 2026
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The Five Alls, Filkins
Pubs · Filkins and Broughton Poggs
A restored eighteenth-century stone coaching inn in Filkins, near Lechlade, with two dining rooms, a country bar serving Brakspear ales, seasonal menus from local suppliers, nine bedrooms and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Hideaway
Glamping · Filkins and Broughton Poggs
A shepherd's hut for two in an enclosed garden in Filkins, with a wood-fired hot tub, a log burner and room for one dog, a walk from the Five Alls.
Dog-friendly · Hot tubs
Verified Oct 2026
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Thyme 0.2 km away
- The Victoria Inn, Eastleach 1.8 km away
- The Five Alls, Filkins 3.5 km away
- Mulberry and Thyme, Hillier Garden Centre, Lechlade 3.7 km away
Sights nearby
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Keble's Bridge, Eastleach
Sight · Bridge · Cirencester and the Coln Valley
A clapper bridge of flat limestone slabs on rubble piers across the River Leach, the old footbridge between Eastleach Turville and Eastleach Martin, with medieval origins and the name of the Keble family. Grade II; free on a public footpath.
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St Michael and St Martin, Eastleach Martin
Sight · Church · Cirencester and the Coln Valley
The Norman church of Eastleach Martin, on the east bank of the River Leach facing St Andrew's across the water. Granted to Great Malvern Priory about 1120, it keeps a fine Decorated transept window and medieval pews. Grade I; Churches Conservation Trust; open daily.
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St Andrew's Church, Eastleach Turville
Sight · Church · Cirencester and the Coln Valley
St Andrew's is Eastleach Turville's parish church, by the River Leach and facing its twin across the water. Grade I, it has a carved Norman Christ in Majesty over the south door, a medieval saddleback tower and a lectern shaft from Tewkesbury Abbey.
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St Lawrence's Church, Lechlade
Sight · Church · Lechlade-on-Thames
Lechlade's wool church on the Market Place, rebuilt in Taynton stone in the 1470s, with a spire seen across the Thames meadows and a churchyard that moved Shelley to verse in 1815. Grade I; closed for restoration through 2026, with reopening expected by Christmas.