Inn · Guiting Power
The Hollow Bottom
A racing pub with six bedrooms in Guiting Power, once Ye Olde Inn, bought in 1996 by Nigel Twiston-Davies and Raymond Mould, with dogs welcome throughout.
Dog-friendly
Six rooms, five of them above the village pub, all of them open to dogs. Breakfast is included, and the rates do not rise for Cheltenham race weeks.
- Good: Breakfast included in every room rate
- Good: Dogs in the rooms (£15 each, up to two) and all over the pub
- Good: Same room rates all year, race weeks included
- Good: No minimum stay
- Worth knowing: Roadside parking only
About
The Hollow Bottom is a pub with rooms in Guiting Power, in the upper Windrush valley. Once called Ye Olde Inn, it was bought in 1996 by the racehorse trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies and Raymond Mould, and racing runs through it: several trainers have yards nearby, the rooms are named after racecourses, and Cheltenham Racecourse is about 25 minutes away.
There are six en suite bedrooms, five of them above the pub, from Cheltenham and Aintree to Punchestown and Kempton. Rooms are ready from 3pm, checkout is by 11am, you can stay on in the pub after checking out, and breakfast is included. Every room takes dogs, at £15 each for up to two, and dogs are welcome all over the pub. The rates stay the same all year, even in race weeks, and there is no minimum stay. Next door, the pub also lets a self-contained cottage with three bedrooms and a garden, at £500 a night when we checked in October 2026, booked by email.
The kitchen cooks local meat, game and seasonal produce, with a dish of the day on weekdays, theme nights from Monday to Thursday and a Sunday lunch. The bar pours ales including Hooky Best Bitter, Windrush Ale and Shagweaver. Booking is recommended, especially for race meetings and theme nights.
It suits racegoers and dog owners above all. The Cotswold Farm Park is about five minutes' drive, and Stow, Bourton and Winchcombe are within 15. Parking is on the road.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 11:00
| Mon | Opening | Breakfast | Food served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11:00 to 23:30 | 08:30 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 11:00 to 23:30 | 08:30 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 to 23:30 | 08:30 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 to 23:30 | 08:30 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 to 23:30 | 08:30 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00 to 23:30 | 08:30 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00 to 22:30 | 08:30 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 16:15, 18:30 to 20:30 |
Bar last orders 11pm, or 10pm on Sundays. Happy hour daily 4 to 6pm.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 6
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Minimum stay
- None
- Features
- Real ale · Bar · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside
- History
- Formerly Ye Olde Inn; bought in 1996 by Nigel Twiston-Davies and Raymond Mould
- Parking
- Roadside parking in the village; the pub accepts no liability for vehicles.
- Without a car
- Moreton-in-Marsh and Kingham stations are about 20 minutes by road, Cheltenham Spa about 35; book a taxi in advance.
Photos
The sitting room 
From the kitchen 
Breakfast 
An en-suite bathroom
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Farmers Arms 0.5 km away
- Guiting Guest House 0.5 km away
- The Cotswold Guy 0.5 km away
- Zonda at the Halfway 1.7 km away
Sights nearby
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St Michael's Church, Guiting Power
Sight · Church · Guiting Power
Guiting Power’s Norman church of about 1180, open daily, with two carved twelfth-century doorways (one capital a head with its tongue out), a fifteenth-century tower, transepts of 1820 and 1844 and Green Men in its roof. Grade II*; accessible toilet in the churchyard.
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St Andrew's Church, Naunton
Sight · Church · Naunton
St Andrew's is Naunton's parish church in the Windrush valley: largely rebuilt around 1500 on an older site, with a pinnacled tower carrying two painted sundials, a stone pulpit of about 1500, a Saxon cross and a ring of six bells. Grade II*; open daily.
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Naunton dovecote
Sight · Historic building · Naunton
Naunton's dovecote is a square stone pigeon house of the sixteenth century or earlier, with a gable on each face, a lantern on top and its nesting boxes still inside. Listed Grade II*, it is looked after by a charity, the Naunton Dovecote Trust.
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Clapper bridge, Lower Harford
Sight · Bridge · Naunton
The clapper bridge at Lower Harford Farm near Naunton is a low bridge of limestone blocks laid flat on stone piers across the Windrush, of the eighteenth century or earlier: a rare survival here of a kind of bridge more often found in upland country. Grade II.