Inn · Kingham
The King's Head Inn, Bledington
A 16th-century inn on the green at Bledington, near Kingham, with twelve rooms in the inn and a courtyard, and EV charging.
EV charging · Walker-friendly
A 16th-century inn on a village green, named the Good Pub Guide's National Inn of the Year in 2020. Dogs are welcome in the bar but not in the bedrooms.
- Good: Good Pub Guide National Inn of the Year 2020
- Good: EV charging in the car park, booked with the inn
- Good: Footpaths from the green into the Evenlode valley
- Worth knowing: Dogs in the bar, not in the bedrooms
- Worth knowing: Usually two nights minimum at weekends
About
The King's Head is a 16th-century Cotswold stone inn on the green at Bledington, about a mile south-west of Kingham, just inside Gloucestershire on the Oxfordshire border. St Leonard's Church is a couple of minutes away, and footpaths lead from the green into the Evenlode valley. Daylesford is about 2 miles away and Stow-on-the-Wold about 4 miles.
The Good Pub Guide named it National Inn of the Year and Gloucestershire Dining Pub of the Year in 2020. The kitchen serves seasonal British cooking and pub dishes at lunch and dinner every day, with a Sunday roast, and the bar keeps real ales. Non-residents are welcome to eat.
There are twelve rooms: six above the inn (doubles, king-size and a super twin) and six round the courtyard (king-size and twin; rooms 7, 8 and 9 are on the ground floor), typically £140 to £185 a night. Weekends usually need two nights. Dogs are welcome in the bar and public rooms but not in the bedrooms. Overnight guests park free, and there are EV charging points to book with the inn. It suits walkers and couples who want a village pub with rooms, a short taxi ride from Kingham station.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Tue 10, 11:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:30 to 20:00 |
Bar open daily 11am to 11pm. Residents can come in through reception from 8am; the main entrance is open 10am to 11pm, and after 11pm residents use their room key.
The details
- Food
- Modern British · Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Rooms
- 12
- Check-in
- From 2.30pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Minimum stay
- Often one night midweek; usually two nights at weekends.
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Real ale · Dogs inside · Parking · Wi-Fi
- Awards
- Good Pub Guide National Inn of the Year (2020)
- Good Pub Guide Gloucestershire Dining Pub of the Year (2020)
- History
- 16th-century inn
- Parking
- Free parking for overnight guests, with EV charging points in the main car park (book a time with the inn; RFID card or Project EV app).
- Without a car
- Kingham station, on the line from London Paddington, is a short taxi ride away; the inn can arrange a taxi when you book.
Photos
The bar 
A bedroom 
From the kitchen 
The courtyard
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Sheiling 0.1 km away
- The Wild Rabbit 1.9 km away
- The Kingham Plough 2.2 km away
- Daylesford Stays cottages 2.9 km away
Sights nearby
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River Evenlode
Sight · River · Kingham
The Evenlode is the river of the valley below Kingham, rising in the Cotswold limestone and flowing south-east to the Thames; near Kingham it runs beside the Cotswold Line past Bledington and Daylesford and for a stretch marks the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire boundary.
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St Andrew's Church, Kingham
Sight · Church · Kingham
Kingham's ironstone church of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, with a pinnacled tower, a nave roof dated 1774, an Elizabethan brass in the Easter Sepulchre and the old rectory of 1688 next door. Grade II*.
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St Leonard's Church, Bledington
Sight · Church · Kingham
Bledington's Grade I church by the green, recorded in 1175 and rebuilt in the fifteenth century, with fifteenth-century painted glass, one panel dated 1470, a Norman tub font and a tower built inside the nave. Open daily.
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St Nicholas's Church, Lower Oddington
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
A Grade I church in the woods at Lower Oddington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, left almost unaltered when a new church was built in 1852. Its north wall carries a huge fourteenth-century Doom, hidden under whitewash until 1913. Open daily; no electricity.