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Eat and drink · Malmesbury
The Three Cups Inn
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
Malmesbury's pub for vegan food, music and events, with dogs welcome. Food is mostly in the evening, and the week is full of clubs and sessions.
- Good: Meat-free kitchen: vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free
- Good: Named best vegan pub in Wiltshire by Vegan Food and Living
- Good: Live music on Sundays and folk sessions on Wednesdays
- Good: Dog friendly
- Worth knowing: Lunches Thursday to Saturday only; no food on Mondays
- Worth knowing: Opens at 3pm Monday to Wednesday
About
The Three Cups Inn is on the Triangle in Westport, Malmesbury, a few minutes' walk from the abbey. Its kitchen is meat-free, serving vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food, and the pub says Vegan Food and Living named it the best vegan pub in Wiltshire. It also serves real ale, barista coffee, cake and loose-leaf tea, and dogs and families are welcome.
Food is served in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday, at lunch from Thursday to Saturday and from 4pm to 7pm on Sundays, with monthly vegan roasts through the winter. The pub opens at 3pm from Monday to Wednesday and at midday from Thursday to Sunday.
It is as much a community venue as a pub. There is live music every Sunday, an open mic on the last Sunday of the month, folk sessions at 7pm on Wednesdays in the Snug, and book, games, language and album clubs through the week in the Snug and the Hayloft upstairs. It hosts Westport Sound, an alternative music festival held in October (it ran from 23 to 25 October in 2026), and the rooms can be hired.
Opening hours and season
Food served
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Wednesday | 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:30 to 20:30 |
| Sunday | 16:00 to 19:00 |
Monthly vegan roasts from October to April.
Pub open 3pm to 11pm Monday to Wednesday and from midday Thursday to Sunday; times can change, so check its social accounts before travelling.
The details
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes
- Features
- Bar · Real ale · Live music · Events and meetings · Dogs inside
Photos
Inside the Three Cups 
The Three Cups from the street Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The pub in the sun Photo: Ray Bird, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Michael's Butchers, Bistro and Deli, Malmesbury
- The Old Bell 0.1 km away
- The Abbey Café, Malmesbury 0.2 km away
- Athelstan Museum 0.4 km away
Sights nearby
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Malmesbury Abbey
Sight · Church · Malmesbury
The surviving nave of Malmesbury's great Norman abbey church, built mostly about 1160 to 1180 and the parish church since 1541, with a south porch of carved Romanesque Apostles and King Athelstan's empty tomb. Grade I; free, open daily.
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Market Cross, Malmesbury
Sight · Historic building · Malmesbury
Malmesbury's octagonal stone market cross of the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, a vaulted shelter with pinnacles, flying buttresses and a lantern of saints, built, John Leland wrote, to keep poor market folk dry. Grade I; free.
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River Avon at Malmesbury
Sight · River · Malmesbury
The two branches of the Bristol Avon that almost ring Malmesbury's hilltop and meet below it, with riverside meads, old mill sites, Daniel's Well and a level path round the town. Free, on public paths and town council parks.
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St Paul's Bell Tower, Malmesbury
Sight · Historic building · Malmesbury
The tower and spire of St Paul's, Malmesbury's medieval parish church, left standing alone on the edge of the abbey churchyard after the church fell. It has clocks below its spire and still holds a ring of eight bells, long rung for the abbey. Grade I.