Hobbs House Bakery, Nailsworth
Cafes and tearooms · Nailsworth
The Nailsworth shop and café of Hobbs House, the fifth-generation family bakery, on George Street, selling bread, cakes and Extract coffee from Monday to Saturday.
Verified Nov 2026
Places to eat and drink in Stroud and the Five Valleys
21 places · every place verified by us
The Five Valleys eat better than their size suggests: Stroud's Saturday farmers' market, a seafood restaurant and a tasting-menu kitchen in Nailsworth, and village pubs, one with an award-winning chef. Most welcome dogs, and the best tables need booking.
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Jolly Nice
Farm shops and delis · Sapperton and Frampton Mansell
A family-run farm shop, café, bar and drive-through in an old filling station on the A419 at Frampton Mansell, open every day but Christmas Day, with produce from more than 70 small local suppliers.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Lavender Bakehouse and Coffee Shop
Cafes and tearooms · Chalford
A café and bakery on London Road, Chalford, by the Thames and Severn canal, open every day from 10am to 4pm for breakfast, lunch, cakes baked on the premises and afternoon tea.
Verified Oct 2026
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Painswick Golf Club Bar and Café
Cafes and tearooms · Painswick
The clubhouse bar and café of Painswick Golf Club on Painswick Beacon, open to non-golfers and dogs, with a sun terrace, breakfasts, lunches and a monthly carvery.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Salt Bakehouse
Farm shops and delis · Stroud
A bakery on Slad Road, Stroud, Baker of the Year 2016 at the BIA awards, selling from a kiosk on Union Street and at the Saturday farmers' market.
Verified Nov 2026
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Stroud Farmers' Market
Farm shops and delis · Stroud
A farmers' market on Cornhill Market Place and the streets round it in Stroud every Saturday from 9am to 2pm, run by Made in Stroud and nominated for the FRA's Best Farmers' Market of the Year.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Bell at Sapperton
Pubs · Sapperton and Frampton Mansell
A village inn at Sapperton, above the Golden Valley, known for its food and its Wine Wall of bottles at shop prices, with rooms, horse parking and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · EV charging
Verified Oct 2026
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The Black Horse, Amberley
Pubs · Amberley
A traditional pub at Littleworth on the edge of Minchinhampton Common, with a conservatory looking across the valley, over 70 whiskies and food every day; children, dogs and muddy boots welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Butchers Arms
Pubs · Painswick
A free house in the Sheepscombe valley, about two miles by road from Painswick, in Laurie Lee country, with dogs on a lead welcome in the garden and bar.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly · EV charging
Verified Oct 2026
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The Crown Inn, Frampton Mansell
Pubs · Sapperton and Frampton Mansell
An old village inn at Frampton Mansell, by its own account a seventeenth-century cider house, with log fires, local ales, a big garden and views over the Golden Valley, open every day.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Crown Inn, Minchinhampton
Pubs · Minchinhampton
A Young's pub in the old coaching inn on Minchinhampton's High Street, opposite the Market House, with a hidden garden, Sunday roasts and a monthly quiz.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Olive Tree, Nailsworth
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A family-run Mediterranean restaurant and coffee house on George Street, Nailsworth, since 2004, serving breakfast, pizzas, afternoon tea and dinner on Fridays and Saturdays.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Prince Albert
Pubs · Stroud
A pub and music venue at the top of Rodborough Hill, Stroud, serving pizzas and burgers, where dogs on a short lead are welcome in the day.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Stirrup Cup, Bisley
Pubs · Bisley
A village pub on Cheltenham Road, Bisley, the old New Inn, reopened under new hands with a grill menu, Cornish oysters and Sunday roasts; open Wednesday to Sunday.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Vine Tree Inn
Pubs · Stroud
A pub at Randwick, about 2.5 miles by road from Stroud, whose chef was Cotswold Life's chef of the year in 2025, with dogs welcome and a tiered garden looking over the valleys.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Woolpack, Slad
Pubs · Slad
A small dog-friendly pub on the Slad road across from the church, Laurie Lee's local in his later years, with a fireside bar, a snug, vine-covered terraces and a dining room that cooks from its own kitchen garden.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Waterloo House
Pubs · Nailsworth
An independent bar and kitchen on George Street, Nailsworth, open Thursday to Sunday from 9am for brunch, with burgers and pizza Thursday to Saturday.
Verified Nov 2026
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Wilder
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A tasting-menu restaurant on Market Street, Nailsworth: eight courses at one 7pm sitting, Wednesday to Saturday, with no menu.
Verified Nov 2026
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William's
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A seafood restaurant, fishmonger and deli on Fountain Street, Nailsworth, set up by William Beeston in 1975, with a terrace over the stream.
Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Winstones Ice Cream, Rodborough Common
Cafes and tearooms · Minchinhampton
A family ice cream maker on the edge of Rodborough Common since 1925, whose parlour is open every day with 18 flavours, waffles, coffee and ice cream for dogs.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Woodruffs
Cafes and tearooms · Stroud
A café on Stroud's High Street for brunch, lunch, coffee and cake, open every day, with dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Car-free
Verified Oct 2026
Stroud and its market
The food of Stroud and the Five Valleys starts at Stroud Farmers' Market, on Cornhill Market Place and the streets round it every Saturday from 9am to 2pm, where traders sell food they produce locally.
In the town, the Prince Albert at the top of Rodborough Hill is a pub and music venue serving pizzas and burgers, with family-friendly matinee gigs. Out at Randwick, the Vine Tree has a chef who was Cotswold Life's chef of the year in 2025, a tiered garden over the valleys and dogs welcome. Food runs Wednesday to Sunday.
Nailsworth
Nailsworth has the two most serious kitchens in the valleys. Wilder serves eight courses at one 7pm sitting, Wednesday to Saturday, with no menu, at about £145 to £160 a head with drinks. Its Friday lunch and Saturday brunch are a cheaper way in. William's, a fishmonger and seafood restaurant since 1975, has a terrace over the stream and a two-course lunch for £27, Tuesday to Thursday (2026). Hobbs House, the family bakery, has a café on George Street for coffee and lunch until 2pm.
Village pubs and the Golden Valley
Above Painswick, the Butchers Arms at Sheepscombe is a free house with dogs welcome in the bar and garden, and a leaflet of walks from the door. The Woolpack at Slad, Laurie Lee's local, is small and busy, so book its dining room at weekends.
Along the Golden Valley, Jolly Nice, a farm shop, café and bar on the A419, opens 364 days a year and welcomes every dog, though it takes no bookings. At Chalford, the Lavender Bakehouse on London Road bakes its own cakes and opens from 10am to 4pm every day.
At Sapperton, above the Golden Valley, the Bell is known for its food and its Wine Wall, a wine shop in the front bar, where a bottle costs £10 to £20 more to drink with your meal than to take away, and takeaway prices apply on Wednesdays. At Frampton Mansell the Crown Inn, a seventeenth-century cider house in a building dated 1633, has log fires and a big garden over the Golden Valley. On the edge of Minchinhampton Common, the Black Horse at Littleworth has a conservatory looking across the valley and food every day.
Booking, buses and dogs
Book Wilder online, the Butchers Arms by phone or email, and the Lavender Bakehouse for breakfast or lunch, as tables are few. William's serves dinner on Fridays and Saturdays only, and keeps dogs to its outside tables. The last 63 bus from Nailsworth to Stroud leaves at about 8.50pm from Monday to Saturday and about 5.10pm on Sundays (Stagecoach West, October 2026), so book a taxi home after dinner. For more in the town, see places to eat in Stroud, and for the gardens and the canal, things to do in the Five Valleys.
Town by town: places to eat in Nailsworth.
Our picks in the Five Valleys
Stroud's Saturday market, a tasting menu and a seafood lunch in Nailsworth, an award-winning chef at Randwick, a free house near Painswick, a farm shop open nearly every day, a family bakery and a bakehouse café at Chalford.
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Stroud Farmers' Market
Farm shops and delis · Stroud
A farmers' market on Cornhill Market Place and the streets round it in Stroud every Saturday from 9am to 2pm, run by Made in Stroud and nominated for the FRA's Best Farmers' Market of the Year.
Verified Nov 2026
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Wilder
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A tasting-menu restaurant on Market Street, Nailsworth: eight courses at one 7pm sitting, Wednesday to Saturday, with no menu.
Verified Nov 2026
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William's
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A seafood restaurant, fishmonger and deli on Fountain Street, Nailsworth, set up by William Beeston in 1975, with a terrace over the stream.
Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Vine Tree Inn
Pubs · Stroud
A pub at Randwick, about 2.5 miles by road from Stroud, whose chef was Cotswold Life's chef of the year in 2025, with dogs welcome and a tiered garden looking over the valleys.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Butchers Arms
Pubs · Painswick
A free house in the Sheepscombe valley, about two miles by road from Painswick, in Laurie Lee country, with dogs on a lead welcome in the garden and bar.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly · EV charging
Verified Oct 2026
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Jolly Nice
Farm shops and delis · Sapperton and Frampton Mansell
A family-run farm shop, café, bar and drive-through in an old filling station on the A419 at Frampton Mansell, open every day but Christmas Day, with produce from more than 70 small local suppliers.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Hobbs House Bakery, Nailsworth
Cafes and tearooms · Nailsworth
The Nailsworth shop and café of Hobbs House, the fifth-generation family bakery, on George Street, selling bread, cakes and Extract coffee from Monday to Saturday.
Verified Nov 2026
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Lavender Bakehouse and Coffee Shop
Cafes and tearooms · Chalford
A café and bakery on London Road, Chalford, by the Thames and Severn canal, open every day from 10am to 4pm for breakfast, lunch, cakes baked on the premises and afternoon tea.
Verified Oct 2026
Before you go
- Booking ahead
- Book Wilder online, the Butchers Arms by phone or email and the Lavender Bakehouse for breakfast or lunch. Jolly Nice takes no bookings.
- Prices
- From a two-course lunch for £27 at William's, Tuesday to Thursday, to about £145 to £160 a head with drinks at Wilder (2026).
- Dogs
- Welcome at the Vine Tree, the Butchers Arms and Jolly Nice, and in the day at the Prince Albert. At William's, only at the outside tables.
- Market day
- Stroud Farmers' Market runs every Saturday, 9am to 2pm, on Cornhill Market Place and the streets round it.
- Getting home
- The last 63 bus from Nailsworth to Stroud leaves at about 8.50pm from Monday to Saturday and about 5.10pm on Sundays (October 2026). Book a taxi before dinner.
Walks with a pub
Haresfield Beacon and the Vine Tree, Rodborough Common and the Prince Albert, the Laurie Lee Wildlife Way at Slad, and the commons above Amberley.
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Haresfield Beacon and Standish Wood
Walk · Starts in Stroud and the Five Valleys · 2 hrs, 15 mins · Circular
A 4.5-mile (7.2km) circular walk from the National Trust's Shortwood car park, moderate and two to two and a half hours: south through the beeches of Standish Wood, down across the fields below the escarpment, and a long climb back to the hillfort on Haresfield Beacon.
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Rodborough Common and the fort
Walk · Starts in Stroud and the Five Valleys · 45 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 2-mile (3.4km) circular walk on Rodborough Common above Stroud, easy, nearly level and about 45 minutes: up to the battlemented folly of Rodborough Fort, down the open western edge, and back past the Bear and an ice-cream stop. Grassy, and grazed by cattle.
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The Laurie Lee Wildlife Way
Walk · Starts in Painswick · 2 hrs, 45 mins · Circular
A 5-mile (8.4km) circular walk from Bulls Cross round the Slad valley, moderate with steep climbs and three to five hours with stops: Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's loop by Longridge Wood, Snows Farm, Catswood and Swift's Hill, with ten posts carrying Laurie Lee's poems.
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Questions
Where can I get breakfast in the Five Valleys?
In Nailsworth, Hobbs House Bakery's café on George Street opens at 8.30am for coffee and lunch, Monday to Saturday. At Chalford, the Lavender Bakehouse opens at 10am and serves breakfast until noon every day. Book, as tables are few. Jolly Nice at Frampton Mansell runs a drive-through from 8am, and on Saturdays Stroud Farmers' Market opens at 9am.
Where is the best restaurant in Nailsworth?
For a special evening, Wilder: eight courses at one 7pm sitting, Wednesday to Saturday, with no menu, about £145 to £160 a head with drinks. For seafood, William's, a fishmonger and restaurant since 1975 with a terrace over the stream, where the two-course lunch costs £27, Tuesday to Thursday (2026). Book both.
Which pubs near Stroud welcome dogs?
The Vine Tree at Randwick welcomes dogs, as does the Butchers Arms at Sheepscombe in its bar and garden. Tell them about the dog when you book. The Prince Albert on Rodborough Hill takes dogs on a short lead in the day. Jolly Nice, the farm shop and bar at Frampton Mansell, welcomes every dog in the shop, café and bar.
Where can I eat near Painswick?
The Butchers Arms at Sheepscombe, about 1.5 miles away, is a free house with walks from the door and dogs welcome. On Sundays food stops at 4pm. The Woolpack at Slad, Laurie Lee's local, cooks from its walled garden. Book at weekends. Prinknash Abbey's café at Cranham serves daily from 10am to 4pm.
About Stroud and the Five Valleys
The steep valleys that meet at Stroud: old cloth-mill country, with Painswick's churchyard of yews, Nailsworth's mills and the commons above Minchinhampton.