7a Coffee Shop, Fairford
Cafes and tearooms · Fairford
An independent coffee shop on London Street, Fairford, since 2004, known for brownies baked on site, with a walled garden behind where dogs are welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Places to eat in Fairford
5 places · every place verified by us
Fairford eats in the daytime: a High Street café open from 8am every day and an independent coffee shop with a walled garden, both a few minutes from St Mary's and its medieval glass. Two Arkell's pubs and a cake maker on the Market Place fill out the town, but ring the pubs before you plan a meal round them.
5 places
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Lynwood & Co, Fairford
Cafes and tearooms · Fairford
An Australian-style café at 2 High Street, Fairford, a few minutes from St Mary's and its medieval glass, open from 8am every day for breakfast, coffee and lunch.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Coffee Post, Fairford
Cafes and tearooms · Fairford
A small coffee shop and custom cake maker on Fairford's Market Place, open weekday mornings and Saturday mornings, that also sends boxes of its cakes by post.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Eight Bells, Fairford
Pubs · Fairford
An Arkell's pub on East End in Fairford, reputed to be about 300 years old, with a garden, a dining room, a Thursday quiz and live music on Friday nights.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Plough Inn, Fairford
Pubs · Fairford
An old stone Arkell's local on London Street, Fairford, just off the Market Place, refurbished in 2024 with two bar areas, a function room and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Where to eat in Fairford
Fairford is a daytime town for food. Its two cafés are a few minutes from the Market Place and from St Mary's church and its glass: Lynwood & Co at 2 High Street, open from 8am every day, and 7a Coffee Shop on London Street, with a walled garden behind it. Coffee first and the church after works well.
Lynwood & Co belongs to a group of Australian-style cafés that began in Lechlade in 2015. Its bread is slow-fermented at the group's bakery in Carterton with organic flour from Shipton Mill, the coffee is from Extract, and the menu runs from granola in the morning to a Reuben melt at lunch. 7a, family-owned since 2004, is known for its brownies, baked on site each evening in more than 70 kinds, and serves panini, sandwiches, jacket potatoes and salads at lunch.
Cake and the pubs
The Coffee Post on the Market Place makes celebration cakes to order and posts boxes of its bakes, and its website gives its hours as 9am to 2pm from Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays. Arkell's, the Swindon brewery, has two pubs in the town. The Eight Bells on East End has a dining room, a garden and a car park, a quiz on Thursdays and live music on Friday nights. The Plough Inn on London Street, refurbished in 2024, is a pub for a pint: Arkell's lists no food there. Neither pub publishes its hours, so ring before you go.
Days, Sundays and evenings
Plan meals round the clock. 7a opens from Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, with the kitchen closing at 2.30pm, and on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm, and is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Lynwood & Co opens from 8am to 4pm from Monday to Saturday and from 8am to 2pm on Sundays, which makes it the town's Sunday breakfast. For an evening meal or a Sunday roast, ring the Eight Bells, or look along the valley in places to eat in the Coln Valley.
Prices, dogs and parking
At 7a a panini cost £6.95 or £8.95 in 2026; the others publish no prices we could check. Dogs are always welcome at 7a, where the walled garden is the easiest place to sit with one, and Arkell's lists both its pubs as dog-friendly. Parking in the Market Place is free, and the 77 bus links Fairford with Cirencester and Lechlade from Monday to Saturday. For the rest of the day, see things to do in Cirencester and the Coln Valley.
Our picks in Fairford
Lynwood & Co for breakfast every day, Sundays included, and 7a Coffee Shop for a brownie in the walled garden with a dog. The Coffee Post and the two Arkell's pubs join them once we have confirmed their hours.
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Lynwood & Co, Fairford
Cafes and tearooms · Fairford
An Australian-style café at 2 High Street, Fairford, a few minutes from St Mary's and its medieval glass, open from 8am every day for breakfast, coffee and lunch.
Verified Nov 2026
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7a Coffee Shop, Fairford
Cafes and tearooms · Fairford
An independent coffee shop on London Street, Fairford, since 2004, known for brownies baked on site, with a walled garden behind where dogs are welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Before you go
- Parking
- Free in the Market Place, a few minutes from both cafés and St Mary's.
- Booking ahead
- Ring 7a on 01285 712918 to ask about a table, and ring the Eight Bells before planning a meal: neither pub publishes its hours.
- Prices
- Panini at 7a cost £6.95 or £8.95 in 2026. We could not check prices elsewhere.
- Dogs
- Always welcome at 7a, best in its walled garden. Arkell's lists the Eight Bells and the Plough as dog-friendly.
- Sundays
- Lynwood & Co opens from 8am to 2pm. 7a and the Coffee Post are closed.
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Questions
Where can I get breakfast in Fairford?
At Lynwood & Co, 2 High Street, which opens from 8am every day and serves breakfast and brunch, with bread from its own bakery and Extract coffee. 7a Coffee Shop on London Street opens at 9am from Tuesday to Saturday, and the Coffee Post on the Market Place at 9am from Monday to Saturday.
Is anywhere to eat open in Fairford on a Sunday?
Lynwood & Co on the High Street opens on Sundays from 8am to 2pm, so come before lunch. 7a Coffee Shop and the Coffee Post are closed on Sundays. The Eight Bells and the Plough Inn publish no hours, so ring them, and remember that the 77 bus does not run on Sundays.
Where can I eat in Fairford with a dog?
At 7a Coffee Shop on London Street, which says dogs are always welcome and has an enclosed garden behind the shop. Arkell's lists the Eight Bells on East End as dog-friendly in both the bar and the restaurant, and the Plough Inn as dog-friendly too, though the Plough is a pub for a drink rather than a meal.
Where can I eat in Fairford in the evening?
The Eight Bells on East End is the town's dining pub, with pub food and a dining room, but neither it nor Arkell's publishes kitchen hours, so ring 01285 711321 first. Both cafés close by 4pm, and the Plough lists no food. Friday is music night at the Eight Bells, so choose another evening for a quiet meal.
About Fairford
A small town on the River Coln with the only complete set of late medieval glass in an English parish church, and the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo.