The Three Horseshoes
Pubs · Witney
A Grade II pub and restaurant on Corn Street, Witney, an early sixteenth-century house that became an inn, run by the BII Licensees of the Year 2025.
Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Places to eat and drink in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds
27 places · every place verified by us
The Oxfordshire Cotswolds eats well on the railway line: Daylesford's farm near Kingham, two inns in Charlbury and Burford's side-street kitchens, with village pubs by the Windrush and the Thames. Most take dogs, and Sunday lunch needs booking.
27 places
27 places
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The White Hart
Pubs · Minster Lovell
A Grade II eighteenth-century pub on the Burford road at Minster Lovell, by the Chartist settlement of Charterville, with a seasonal menu, pizzas to take away and Sunday roasts.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Woodstock Arms
Pubs · Woodstock
A bistro pub with rooms on Market Street, Woodstock, showing two AA Rosettes, open every day from 9am with food all day and dogs and children welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Kingham and Charlbury
Daylesford Farm, 2 miles from Kingham station, is the best-known food stop in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds: a farm shop with restaurants, of which the Trough holds a Michelin Green Star. The Old Spot serves lunch from 11am to 4pm and takes walk-ins only, and dogs are welcome across the site except in the Trough.
Charlbury, on the same line, has two inns worth the train. The Bull, on the corner of Sheep Street, cooks over open fire with vegetables from its own market garden, serves breakfast to anyone from 8am without booking and is eight minutes' walk from the station. The Bell, run by Daylesford Stays, puts farm produce on a pub menu, with an orchard garden of nearly an acre that opens in the warmer months.
Burford and the Windrush
In Burford, the Angel on Witney Street is the quieter alternative to the High Street inns, with an AA Rosette for its cooking and a walled garden. Thursday is pie night. Huffkins, the bakery founded in Burford in about 1890, still has its café and a medieval courtyard on the High Street, and a second café on Witney's High Street.
West of the town, the Fox Inn at Great Barrington is a Donnington pub with a riverside restaurant and garden on the Windrush, serving all day on Fridays and Saturdays and from noon to 7pm on Sundays. Down towards Lechlade, the Five Alls at Filkins cooks trout from Bibury and pork from Kelmscott, and the Plough at Kelmscott, a stone's throw from Kelmscott Manor, is five minutes' walk across the fields from the Thames Path.
The Wychwoods
At Milton-under-Wychwood, the Hare leans to the sea, with fish and shellfish landed daily in Devon and Cornwall, and opens every day from 11am. At Shipton-under-Wychwood nearby, the Lamb serves simple pub food every day, Sunday evenings included.
Booking and dogs
Book Sunday lunch at the Fox and the Five Alls, which fill, and dinner at the Bull. The Angel and the Hare do not publish kitchen times, so ask when you book. Dogs are welcome at the Bull, the Bell, the Five Alls and Huffkins, and at Daylesford outside the Trough. For Blenheim and the Wildlife Park, see things to do in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.
Town by town: places to eat in Burford and places to eat in Woodstock.
Our picks in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds
Daylesford for the farm shop and a walk-in lunch at the Old Spot, the Bull and the Bell for a meal off the train at Charlbury, the Angel for Burford's side-street kitchen, the Fox for the Windrush, the Hare for fish, the Five Alls for local produce and Huffkins for where it began.
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Daylesford Farm
Farm shops and delis · Kingham
The farm shop, restaurant and café at Daylesford near Kingham, open every day, with the Trough holding a Green Michelin star.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Bull, Charlbury
Pubs · Charlbury
An inn on the corner of Sheep Street in Charlbury, there since the early 1500s by its own account, with a dining room built around open-fire cooking, vegetables from its own market garden, rooms, and breakfast for anyone from 8am.
Dog-friendly · Car-free
Verified Nov 2026
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The Bell at Charlbury
Pubs · Charlbury
A seventeenth-century coaching inn on Church Street in Charlbury, run by Daylesford Stays, with a modern British pub menu using produce from the Daylesford farm, log fires, an orchard garden of nearly an acre and rooms.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Angel at Burford
Pubs · Burford
An inn on Witney Street, Burford, run by the King family since 2011, with an AA Rosette for its cooking, a walled garden and sun terrace, three bedrooms and food from breakfast onwards.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Fox Inn, Great Barrington
Pubs · The Barringtons and Windrush
An eighteenth-century Donnington Brewery inn beside the River Windrush at Great Barrington, near Burford, with a riverside restaurant and garden, a log burner, seasonal food all day at weekends and seven bedrooms.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Hare, Milton-under-Wychwood
Pubs · Shipton, Milton and Ascott-under-Wychwood
A pub and dining room on the High Street in Milton-under-Wychwood with a kitchen led by Matt Dare and a passion for seafood landed daily in Devon and Cornwall, open every day from 11am.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Five Alls, Filkins
Pubs · Filkins and Broughton Poggs
A restored eighteenth-century stone coaching inn in Filkins, near Lechlade, with two dining rooms, a country bar serving Brakspear ales, seasonal menus from local suppliers, nine bedrooms and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Huffkins, Burford
Cafes and tearooms · Burford
Huffkins' café and tea room in Burford, the town where the bakery began in about 1890, in a listed sixteenth-century building on the High Street with a medieval courtyard, a bakery shop next door and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Before you go
- Booking ahead
- Book Sunday lunch at the Fox at Great Barrington and the Five Alls, and dinner at the Bull. Breakfast at the Bull, from 8am to 10.30am, needs no booking.
- By train
- Daylesford is 2 miles from Kingham station, and the Bull eight minutes' walk from Charlbury station.
- Dogs
- Welcome at the Bull, the Bell, the Five Alls and Huffkins, and across Daylesford except in the Trough.
- Closed days
- The Five Alls serves no lunch on Mondays or Tuesdays. Huffkins in Burford closes at 4pm on Sundays.
Walks with a pub
Kingham to Daylesford's farm, Burford along the Windrush, Swinbrook and Fulbrook, and Combe to Blenheim's park.
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Kingham, Daylesford and the Evenlode
Walk · Starts in Kingham · 1 hr, 30 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A flat 4.4-mile (7.1km) circular walk of about an hour and a half from Kingham: north-west on bridleways across Daylesford's fields to the Evenlode, back down the river meadows and over the Cotswold Line on the level. Walkers report it wet and often flooded in winter.
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Burford, Fulbrook and Widford
Walk · Starts in Burford · 2 hrs, 30 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 6-mile (9.7km) circular walk from Guildenford car park in Burford, about two and a half hours of moderate walking with stiles and some road. It crosses the old bridge to Fulbrook and the fields to Widford's church, and returns along the Windrush meadows, which flood in winter.
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Swinbrook, Fulbrook and Widford
Walk · Starts in Burford · 2 hrs · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 4.3-mile (6.9km) easy loop of about two hours from the Swan at Swinbrook: north on a lane and west over fields to Fulbrook, back by a lane, then down a wooded valley to Widford's lone church and along the Windrush to the Mitford graves at St Mary's.
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Combe and Blenheim Park
Walk · Starts in Woodstock · 3 hrs · Circular
A 6.7-mile (10.8km) circular walk from Combe, moderate and about three hours: over stiled fields to East End, into Blenheim Park, mostly on its public footpaths, past Fair Rosamund's Well and the lake, north to the park wall and back down the western edge to Combe's green.
Good food, once a month
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Questions
Where can I eat near Kingham station?
Daylesford Farm, 2 miles from the station, has a farm shop and restaurants, and the Trough holds a Michelin Green Star. The Old Spot serves lunch from 11am to 4pm and takes walk-ins only. Walk there on our Kingham and Daylesford walk. Dogs are welcome across the site except in the Trough, and there is plenty of parking by the farm shop.
Where is the best pub in Charlbury?
The Bull, on the corner of Sheep Street, for cooking over open fire with vegetables from its own market garden. Breakfast is open to anyone from 8am without booking, and dinner needs a table. The Bell, on Church Street, is the relaxed choice, with Daylesford produce, log fires in winter and an orchard garden that opens in the warmer months. Both welcome dogs, and the Bull is eight minutes' walk from the station.
Where can I eat by the river near Burford?
The Fox Inn at Great Barrington, a Donnington pub with a riverside restaurant and garden on the Windrush near Burford. Food runs all day on Fridays and Saturdays and from noon to 7pm on Sundays, and Sunday lunch fills early, so book. It has a log burner in the bar and seven bedrooms if you want to stay.
Where can I get afternoon tea in Burford?
Huffkins on the High Street, where the bakery began in about 1890, serves afternoon tea every day, and you can book it. Sit in the sun-trap medieval courtyard at the back, or among the beams inside. Dogs are welcome, and the bakery shop next door sells cakes to take away. It closes at 4pm on Sundays.
About the Oxfordshire Cotswolds
The Windrush and Evenlode valleys on the Oxfordshire side of the hills: Burford's High Street, Kingham on the railway, Witney's blankets and Woodstock at Blenheim's gates.