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Eat and drink · Moreton-in-Marsh
The Black Bear Inn
A Donnington Brewery town pub on Moreton-in-Marsh High Street, with a restaurant serving hearty pub food, Sunday roasts and Donnington ales.
A plain town pub for a pie or a Sunday roast without fuss. The kitchen closes early, at about 8.15pm, and there is no food on Sunday evenings.
- Good: Hearty pub food, with named Cotswold suppliers
- Good: Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes marked
- Good: Sunday roasts, with a nut roast for vegetarians
- Worth knowing: Kitchen closes at about 8.15pm
- Worth knowing: No food on Sunday evenings
- Worth knowing: Kitchen times are approximate
About
The Black Bear is a Donnington Brewery pub on the High Street in Moreton-in-Marsh, the town's local rather than a destination. It has a bar and a restaurant, and calls itself proud to serve the brewery's ales.
The food is hearty and plain, with suppliers named on the menu such as Cotswold rare-breed ham and Billy's of Stow eggs: soup, beef and ale pie, burgers, fish in batter, ham and eggs and slow-cooked brisket, with a sticky toffee pudding to finish. The sample menu marks vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes. On Sundays the kitchen serves roasts, including a nine-hour beef brisket and a nine-hour lamb shoulder, with a nut roast for vegetarians; the pub says the roasts may vary.
The pub opens from 11.30am every day, closing at 10pm, or 5pm on Sundays. Lunch runs from noon to about 2.15pm every day, and dinner from 6pm to about 8.15pm from Monday to Saturday, which is early for a town pub. The pub strongly recommends booking, through its online system or by phone.
The walk to Batsford starts from the war memorial on the same High Street, and takes about two hours.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 11:30
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11:30 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:15, 18:00 to 20:15 |
| Tuesday | 11:30 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:15, 18:00 to 20:15 |
| Wednesday | 11:30 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:15, 18:00 to 20:15 |
| Thursday | 11:30 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:15, 18:00 to 20:15 |
| Friday | 11:30 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:15, 18:00 to 20:15 |
| Saturday | 11:30 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:15, 18:00 to 20:15 |
| Sunday | 11:30 to 17:00 | 12:00 to 14:15 |
Food served: The pub gives these times as approximate.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Real ale
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The White Hart Royal Hotel 0.1 km away
- Huffkins, Moreton-in-Marsh 0.1 km away
- The Redesdale 0.1 km away
- Henne 0.2 km away
Sights nearby
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Curfew Tower, Moreton-in-Marsh
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Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh
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Redesdale Hall is Moreton-in-Marsh's market hall of 1887, standing in the middle of the High Street: designed by Sir Ernest George for Bertie Mitford of Batsford, later Lord Redesdale, with an arched ground floor, a clock turret and a tall chimney. Listed Grade II.
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St Mary's Church, Batsford
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St Peter and St Paul, Blockley
Sight · Church · Blockley
St Peter and St Paul is Blockley's church by the square, founded about 800 by its own account: a late twelfth-century chancel, medieval brasses, Childe and Rushout monuments and a tower of 1725 to 1727 attributed to the Woodwards. Grade II*, open daily and Father Brown's church.