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Malmesbury's places to eat are spread out: a vegan music pub in Westport, a café inside the abbey and a butcher's bistro in the town, then a country dining pub at Norton and a new farm café at Hullavington. They suit vegans, dog owners and anyone after a long Sunday lunch, but most are shut on Mondays.
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Cafes and tearooms · Malmesbury
A family butcher's in Malmesbury with a licensed bistro and deli counter, serving butcher's breakfasts, made-to-order sandwiches and homemade cakes, Tuesday to Saturday.
Verified Nov 2026
Cafes and tearooms · Malmesbury
A café inside Malmesbury Abbey, open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 3.30pm, with Fairtrade coffee, soup, toasties and cakes, and tables in the Cloister Gardens in warm weather.
Verified Nov 2026
Cafes and tearooms · Malmesbury
A café, kitchen and bar at Bradfield Manor Farm, Hullavington, about 5.5 miles by road south of Malmesbury, open Wednesday to Sunday since August 2026.
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Malmesbury
A dog-friendly pub on the Triangle in Westport, Malmesbury, with a meat-free kitchen named best vegan pub in Wiltshire by Vegan Food and Living, and music and events.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Malmesbury
A country free house and restaurant at Norton, about 3 miles from Malmesbury, with seasonal British cooking, fish and seafood, a terrace and garden.
Verified Oct 2026
Malmesbury has a few places to eat in the town and two good ones in the country around it. The Three Cups Inn, on the Triangle in Westport a few minutes' walk from the abbey, has a meat-free kitchen, and Vegan Food and Living named it the best vegan pub in Wiltshire. It is also the town's music pub, with live music every Sunday and folk sessions on Wednesdays, and dogs and families are welcome.
Inside Malmesbury Abbey, the Abbey Café serves Fairtrade coffee, soup, toasties and cakes from Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 3.30pm, with tables in the Cloister Gardens in summer. Michael's, a family butcher's with a licensed bistro about five minutes' walk beyond the abbey, cooks breakfast with sausages and ham from its own counter, from 8am to 2pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Michael's website shows little sign of 2026, so check before you plan round it.
The Vine Tree at Norton, about 3 miles (5km) south-west, is a recently reopened free house and restaurant in a former watermill, with a terrace and garden, and dogs are welcome. Its October 2026 menu ran from Cornish crab, trout and mussels to estate venison and pheasant. It is down lanes, so you need a car. The Flying Monk, at Bradfield Manor Farm in Hullavington about 4 miles south, opened on 26 August 2026 as a café, kitchen and bar for breakfast, brunch and lunch, from 10am to 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Book the Vine Tree online or by phone, above all for Sunday lunch, which runs from noon with the last booking at 4.45pm. It has children's menus, Sundays included, and Monday is not in its published opening hours, so ring before a Monday visit. The Flying Monk takes no bookings; groups of eight or more should email first. The Three Cups serves food in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday, at lunch from Thursday to Saturday and from 4pm to 7pm on Sundays, with a vegan roast once a month from October to April. There is no food there on Mondays.
On the Vine Tree's October 2026 menu, starters ran from £8 to £13 and mains from £19 to £34. The others publish no prices we could date. Dogs are welcome at the Three Cups and the Vine Tree. In the town, Wiltshire Council runs the car parks, among them Cross Hayes by the Town Hall, which has disabled bays. For a bed, see where to stay in Malmesbury.
The Three Cups for vegan food, music and a dog, the Vine Tree for a long lunch of fish or game, and the Flying Monk for a farm brunch from Wednesday to Sunday.
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Pubs · Malmesbury
A dog-friendly pub on the Triangle in Westport, Malmesbury, with a meat-free kitchen named best vegan pub in Wiltshire by Vegan Food and Living, and music and events.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Malmesbury
A country free house and restaurant at Norton, about 3 miles from Malmesbury, with seasonal British cooking, fish and seafood, a terrace and garden.
Verified Oct 2026
Cafes and tearooms · Malmesbury
A café, kitchen and bar at Bradfield Manor Farm, Hullavington, about 5.5 miles by road south of Malmesbury, open Wednesday to Sunday since August 2026.
Verified Nov 2026
A loop of the town below the abbey by the River Avon, about an hour from Cross Hayes, ending at the Three Cups.
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Walk · Starts in Malmesbury · 1 hr · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 2.5-mile (3.9km) circular walk from Cross Hayes in Malmesbury, easy and about an hour, mostly level with some stiles: down from the Market Cross past Daniel's Well, along the Avon by the meads and the silk mills, and back round under the abbey.
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At the Vine Tree at Norton, about 3 miles south-west, which serves Sunday lunch from noon with the last booking at 4.45pm and has a children's Sunday menu; book online. In the town, the Three Cups Inn serves food from 4pm to 7pm on Sundays, with a vegan roast once a month from October to April.
Yes, at the Abbey Café, which serves coffee, soup, toasties, cakes and bacon rolls inside the church from Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 3.30pm. In warm weather there are tables in the Cloister Gardens. It is closed on Sundays and now and then for a wedding or funeral, so check its page first.
At Michael's, the butcher's bistro beyond the abbey, from 8am to 2pm, Tuesday to Saturday, or at the Abbey Café from 9.30am, Monday to Saturday. The Flying Monk at Hullavington, about 4 miles south, serves breakfast and brunch from 10am, Wednesday to Sunday, and takes no bookings.
The Abbey Café opens from 9.30am to 3.30pm. The Three Cups opens at 3pm on Mondays but serves no food that day, Michael's and the Flying Monk are closed, and the Vine Tree at Norton lists no Monday hours. Plan a Monday round a lunch at the abbey, or come later in the week.
A hilltop town almost ringed by the Avon, with the great Norman nave of its abbey, King Athelstan's empty tomb, a flying monk and a market cross built for shelter.
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