Bantam Tea Rooms
Cafes and tearooms · Chipping Campden
Tea rooms with rooms on the High Street in Chipping Campden, open every day from 9.30am to 5pm.
Verified Oct 2026
Places to eat and drink in the North Cotswolds
38 places · every place verified by us
The North Cotswolds is Donnington Brewery country, with village pubs on greens from Broadwell to Guiting Power, and two kitchens recognised by Michelin, at Bourton-on-the-Hill and in Stow. Tea rooms and cafés fill the gaps in Chipping Campden, Moreton and Broadway.
38 places
38 places
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Blockley Café
Cafes and tearooms · Blockley
A licensed, chef-led café on Bell Lane in Blockley, joined to the community-funded village shop, open every day for breakfast, lunch and cream teas, with booked dinners from Wednesday to Saturday and dogs allowed downstairs.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Broadway Deli
Cafes and tearooms · Broadway
An independent delicatessen and café on Broadway High Street, opposite the Lygon Arms, open since 2002, serving brunch all day with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices.
Verified Oct 2026
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Childswickham Inn and Brasserie
Pubs · Broadway
A village pub and brasserie at Childswickham, about two miles from Broadway, with cask ale and ciders, a daily specials board, a garden and a dog-friendly bar.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Great Western Arms
Pubs · Blockley
A Hook Norton Brewery pub on Station Road, Blockley, with a large patio, a car park, Hooky ales and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
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Henne
Restaurants · Moreton-in-Marsh
A 14-cover restaurant on Moreton-in-Marsh's High Street serving one six-course tasting menu of local produce, Wednesday to Saturday evenings, booked online with a deposit.
Car-free
Verified Oct 2026
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House of George
Restaurants · Broadway
A restored seventeenth-century house on Broadway's High Street with ten bedrooms, a relaxed lunch from Wednesday to Sunday and Moda, its fine-dining restaurant, from Wednesday to Saturday evenings.
Verified Oct 2026
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Huffkins, Moreton-in-Marsh
Cafes and tearooms · Moreton-in-Marsh
Huffkins' café and tea room on Moreton-in-Marsh High Street, opened in November 2022, with a courtyard and garden, breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea every day, and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Huffkins, Stow-on-the-Wold
Cafes and tearooms · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Stow branch of Huffkins, the Burford bakery founded in about 1890, in a listed seventeenth-century building on the Square, open every day for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, with dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Lynwood & Co, Northleach
Cafes and tearooms · Northleach
An Australian-style café in the Island House on Northleach's Market Place, one of a small Cotswold group, open from 8am every day for breakfast, coffee and lunch.
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Michael's Mediterranean
Restaurants · Chipping Campden
A Greek and Mediterranean restaurant in Woolmarket House on Chipping Campden's High Street, serving brunch, lunch and dinner, with open fires in winter and a terrace in summer.
Verified Nov 2026
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Mrs Browns Tea Rooms
Cafes and tearooms · Shipston-on-Stour
Tea rooms on the High Street in Shipston-on-Stour, open every day, with occasional bistro evenings that must be booked.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Black Bear Inn
Pubs · Moreton-in-Marsh
A Donnington Brewery town pub on Moreton-in-Marsh High Street, with a restaurant serving hearty pub food, Sunday roasts and Donnington ales.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Black Horse and Thai Kitchen
Pubs · Shipston-on-Stour
A pub with a Thai restaurant on Station Road, Shipston-on-Stour, which says it is the town's oldest pub, with a licence going back to 1540.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Coach and Horses
Pubs · Longborough
A Donnington Brewery pub on a bank above the green and war memorial in Longborough, with a log fire, a garden, a changing menu of local produce and Sunday roasts.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Cotswold Guy
Farm shops and delis · Guiting Power
A chef-run farm shop and takeaway on Church Lane, Guiting Power, with seats inside and in the garden, which also does catering and events, open every day.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Croft
Cafes and tearooms · Bourton-on-the-Water
A café and restaurant on Riverside in Bourton-on-the-Water, by the Windrush, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea daily and dinner on Fridays and Saturdays.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Duke of Wellington
Pubs · Bourton-on-the-Water
A village inn with rooms on Sherborne Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, serving food from noon to 9pm every day, with deal nights in the week, a Sunday carvery and live sport.
Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Ebrington Arms
Pubs · Chipping Campden
A village pub in Ebrington, about 3 miles by road from Chipping Campden, with a landscaped terrace and garden, food every day and five rooms.
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The Farmers Arms
Pubs · Guiting Power
A Donnington Brewery pub in Guiting Power with a log burner, a large beer garden and a skittle alley, serving food from Tuesday to Sunday.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Fox Inn, Broadwell
Pubs · Stow-on-the-Wold
A Donnington Brewery village pub overlooking the green at Broadwell, just north-east of Stow-on-the-Wold, run by Peter Creed and Tom Noest, with seasonal pub food, game and offal, and food all day on Sundays.
Verified Nov 2026
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The George Townhouse
Pubs · Shipston-on-Stour
A Grade II listed coaching inn on the High Street in Shipston-on-Stour, now a pub, restaurant and 15-bedroom hotel serving breakfast from 8am and an all-day menu, with Brakspear ales.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Golden Ball
Pubs · Upper and Lower Swell
A Donnington Brewery pub in Lower Swell, about a mile west of Stow-on-the-Wold, run by a mother and daughter, Fiona and Becky, with homemade pub food, a beer garden and dogs allowed throughout.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Horse and Groom
Pubs · Bourton-on-the-Hill
A Grade II listed inn at the top of Bourton-on-the-Hill, owned by Donnington Brewery and run since June 2024 by the chefs Nathan Eades and Liam Goff, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a large garden and dog-friendly rooms.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Village pubs
Donnington Brewery's pubs are the locals in many villages of the North Cotswolds, and they make the best case for leaving the honeypots. The Golden Ball in Lower Swell, a mile from Stow, serves big homemade plates with dogs welcome in every room. The Fox at Broadwell cooks game and offal as the season brings them, and the Coach and Horses at Longborough has a log fire and a Sunday roast with a choice of joints.
Further north, the Red Lion at Ilmington pours Hook Norton by an open fire, and the Kings Arms in Mickleton is the pub at the end of the walk from Hidcote. In the high country between Stow and Broadway, the Plough at Ford is a roadside Donnington pub, and the Farmers Arms at Guiting Power ends the walk from the village.
In Moreton-in-Marsh, the Black Bear is the Donnington Brewery town pub on the High Street, with a 40-seat restaurant, Sunday roasts and sport on the bar's screens.
Where to eat well
The Horse and Groom at Bourton-on-the-Hill, run by two chefs since 2024, has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2025, kept in the 2026 guide, and a dish of the day for £16 (2026). In Stow, the Old Butchers has been run by Pete and Louise Robinson since 2005 and is in the Michelin Guide. The menu changes daily. Both need booking, and the Horse and Groom takes a card to hold the table.
For something lighter, Blockley Café is a chef-led café that takes walk-ins by day and bookings for dinner, and Broadway Deli serves brunch all day. Huffkins has cafés on the Square in Stow and the High Street in Moreton, and the Bantam Tea Rooms face the Market Hall in Chipping Campden.
Booking, prices and dogs
Prices run from Zonda's midweek lunch of a pizza and a side for £20 (Wednesday to Friday, 2026) and Thai mains mostly under £15 at the Black Horse in Shipston to dinner at the Old Butchers. Book for Sunday lunch everywhere, and check the days: the Golden Ball, the Plough at Ford and Zonda at the Halfway in Kineton close on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the Old Butchers on Sundays and Mondays.
Dogs are welcome in most of the pubs named here, and at Huffkins and Blockley Café downstairs. The Howard Arms in Ilmington keeps them to the bar and garden. Children are welcome too, with children's menus at the Golden Ball, the Fox and the Kings Arms. In Bourton-on-the-Water, the Willow on the High Street serves food all day. For the gardens and houses, see things to do in the North Cotswolds, and for the rest of the region, food and drink in the Cotswolds.
For the sights, see things to do in Bourton-on-the-Water and in Moreton-in-Marsh.
Our picks in the North Cotswolds
Bib Gourmand cooking at Bourton-on-the-Hill, Stow's Michelin-listed restaurant, four village pubs that welcome dogs, a chef-led café in Blockley and all-day brunch on Broadway's High Street.
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The Horse and Groom
Pubs · Bourton-on-the-Hill
A Grade II listed inn at the top of Bourton-on-the-Hill, owned by Donnington Brewery and run since June 2024 by the chefs Nathan Eades and Liam Goff, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a large garden and dog-friendly rooms.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Old Butchers
Restaurants · Stow-on-the-Wold
A restaurant in a former butcher's shop on Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, run by Pete and Louise Robinson since 2005 and listed by Michelin.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Golden Ball
Pubs · Upper and Lower Swell
A Donnington Brewery pub in Lower Swell, about a mile west of Stow-on-the-Wold, run by a mother and daughter, Fiona and Becky, with homemade pub food, a beer garden and dogs allowed throughout.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Fox Inn, Broadwell
Pubs · Stow-on-the-Wold
A Donnington Brewery village pub overlooking the green at Broadwell, just north-east of Stow-on-the-Wold, run by Peter Creed and Tom Noest, with seasonal pub food, game and offal, and food all day on Sundays.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Red Lion, Ilmington
Pubs · Ilmington
A Hook Norton pub on Front Street in Ilmington, with an open fire, a secluded garden, a modern British menu and dogs welcome, and two cottages to let in its old forge and barn.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Kings Arms, Mickleton
Pubs · Mickleton
A village pub and restaurant on the High Street in Mickleton, with low beams, log fires, a garden, a menu that changes every week and dogs welcome on a lead.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Blockley Café
Cafes and tearooms · Blockley
A licensed, chef-led café on Bell Lane in Blockley, joined to the community-funded village shop, open every day for breakfast, lunch and cream teas, with booked dinners from Wednesday to Saturday and dogs allowed downstairs.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Broadway Deli
Cafes and tearooms · Broadway
An independent delicatessen and café on Broadway High Street, opposite the Lygon Arms, open since 2002, serving brunch all day with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices.
Verified Oct 2026
Before you go
- Booking ahead
- Book Sunday lunch everywhere, and dinner at the Horse and Groom, the Old Butchers and Blockley Café. Broadway Deli takes no bookings.
- Prices
- The Horse and Groom's weekday dish of the day is £16, Zonda's pizza and a side £20 at lunch from Wednesday to Friday, and the Black Horse's Thai mains £11.50 to £14.50 (2026).
- Dogs
- Welcome at the Golden Ball, the Red Lion, the Horse and Groom, the Kings Arms and Huffkins. At the Old Butchers, only dogs under 10kg, and say so when you book.
- Mondays
- The Golden Ball, the Plough at Ford and Zonda close on Mondays and Tuesdays. The Coach and Horses and the Farmers Arms serve no food on Mondays.
Walks with a pub
A loop from the Farmers Arms at Guiting Power, the Hidcote walk to the Kings Arms, Stow to Lower Swell, and Northleach from the Market Place.
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Guiting Power and Naunton
Walk · Starts in Guiting Power · 3 hrs, 30 mins · Circular
A 6.3-mile (10.1km) circular walk from Guiting Power's green, moderate and three to three and a half hours with two stiles: south on the Windrush Way round Gazeley Wood past Aylworth, up by the golf course above Naunton, and home on the Wardens' Way.
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Mickleton, Hidcote and Kiftsgate
Walk · Starts in Chipping Campden · 2 hrs, 15 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 5-mile (8km) circular walk from Mickleton, moderate and about two and a quarter hours: up through the woods and fields to Furze Lane, along quiet lanes to Hidcote Boyce, north past Hidcote's garden and manor, then down the edge of Kiftsgate Court's grounds to Mickleton.
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Stow and Lower Swell
Walk · Starts in Stow-on-the-Wold · 1 hr, 45 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 3.6-mile (5.8km) moderate loop from Stow-on-the-Wold of about an hour and three quarters, down the fields by Nether Swell to the River Dikler at Hyde Mill, up Mill Lane to Lower Swell's Norman church and Lutyens war memorial, and back to Stow beside the B4068.
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Northleach, Hampnett and the Saltway
Walk · Starts in Northleach · 2 hrs · Circular
A 4.5-mile (7.2km) circular walk from Northleach's Market Place, easy, stile-free and about two hours: out past the Old Prison to Hampnett and its painted Norman church, south by bridleway to the old Saltway, and home past Winterwell Barn to the wool church.
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Questions
Where is the best pub near Stow-on-the-Wold?
For food and a proper village pub, the Fox at Broadwell and the Golden Ball at Lower Swell, just outside Stow and both Donnington houses. The Fox cooks seasonal game and offal and serves all day on Sundays. The Golden Ball welcomes dogs in every room but closes on Mondays and Tuesdays. Book either for Sunday lunch.
Are there Michelin-recommended restaurants in the North Cotswolds?
Yes. The Horse and Groom at Bourton-on-the-Hill has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2025, kept in the 2026 guide, for classic British cooking at fair prices, and the Old Butchers in Stow-on-the-Wold is listed in the Michelin Guide (2026). Book both: the Horse and Groom asks for a card and charges for late cancellations, and the Old Butchers closes on Sundays and Mondays.
Which North Cotswolds pubs are dog friendly?
Most village pubs are. The Golden Ball at Lower Swell allows dogs everywhere but the kitchen, the Red Lion at Ilmington has a fire to sit by with the dog, and the Horse and Groom takes dogs in the pub and its bedrooms. The Kings Arms in Mickleton welcomes dogs on a lead. The Howard Arms keeps them to the bar and garden.
Where can I get afternoon tea in the North Cotswolds?
The Bantam Tea Rooms in Chipping Campden, opposite the Market Hall, bake cakes and scones daily in their own bakery; ring to check the day's opening hours. Huffkins in Stow and Moreton serve afternoon tea seven days, and in Stow you can book it online. The Old Bakery Tearoom in Stow makes everything on the premises, but it closes on Thursdays and Sundays.
Which North Cotswolds pubs are open on a Monday?
Several close or stop cooking on Mondays, so check first. The Red Lion and the Howard Arms in Ilmington and the Kings Arms in Mickleton serve food every day, and Huffkins opens daily in Stow and Moreton. The Golden Ball, the Plough at Ford and Zonda close on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the Coach and Horses at Longborough serves no food on Mondays.
About the North Cotswolds
The high wolds between Chipping Campden and Bourton-on-the-Water: the Fosse Way towns, the Windrush villages, the Slaughters and the escarpment at Broadway.