Inn · Painswick
The Falcon Inn
A family-run inn with eleven rooms on New Street, Painswick, established in 1828 and under new owners since February 2026, with dogs welcome throughout.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues
Eleven rooms in the middle of Painswick, on the Cotswold Way, where dogs can stay in any room and go anywhere in the inn.
- Good: Every room and public area dog-friendly
- Good: Open every day from 8am to 11pm
- Good: A four-poster suite with an emperor bed
- Good: Locals' Night with live music, last Thursday of the month
About
The Falcon Inn is on New Street in the middle of Painswick, near St Mary's Church, and gives 1828 as the year it was established. Jake and Heni, with Jake's childhood friend Mike, became its owners and managers in February 2026.
There are eleven bedrooms with timber framing and views across the valley: a suite with an emperor-size four-poster and a bath, four Superior rooms with king or queen beds, and six smaller Deluxe rooms, some of which can be made up as twins. Every room and all the public rooms are dog-friendly: Booking.com repeats the inn’s own note that up to two dogs are allowed per room, with a charge of £20 per pet per stay. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by 11am. Expedia lists free on-site parking for staying guests, though spaces are limited.
The inn is open every day from 8am to 11pm. It serves seasonal British food from local produce, with an all-day menu, a Sunday menu and a children's menu. On the last Thursday of each month, Locals' Night in the Shires dining room has live music and two courses for £25 or three for £30. The inn also hosts weddings and parties. The Cotswold Way passes through the town, and the Rococo Garden and Painswick Beacon are close by.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 08:00 to 23:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 08:00 to 23:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 to 23:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 to 23:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 to 23:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 23:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 23:00 |
Food times are not published. Tables are booked online through DesignMyNight or by phone.
The details
- Food
- Modern British
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Children's menu
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 11
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Private dining · Events and meetings · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside · Wi-Fi · Live music
- History
- Established in Painswick in 1828
- Parking
- Free on-site parking for guests, with limited spaces, as listed on Expedia and Booking.com.
Photos
Eating outside 
A bedroom 
Cocktails 
The Falcon from the street
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Stable Cottage, Painswick 0.1 km away
- Barn Cottage, Painswick 0.1 km away
- St Anne's 0.2 km away
- The Painswick 0.2 km away
Sights nearby
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Court House, Painswick
Sight · Historic building · Painswick
The Court House is a gabled stone manor house of 1604 on Hale Lane, beside Painswick churchyard, with a panelled court room and a bedroom named after Charles I. Listed Grade I, it is a private home seen from the lane and the churchyard.
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Frith Wood
Sight · Wood · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Frith Wood is an ancient beech wood of 24 hectares on the ridge between the Painswick and Slad valleys, a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve and SSSI recorded as beech woodland for over 1,000 years, with bluebells, wild garlic and woodruff in spring.
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Painswick Beacon
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Painswick
Painswick Beacon is a hill north of Painswick, about 280m high, crowned by a large Iron Age hill fort with triple ramparts. Royalist troops camped here in 1643. It is open common land on the Cotswold Way, shared with a golf course, with views over the Severn Vale.
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Painswick Stream
Sight · River · Painswick
The Painswick Stream runs south in the valley below Painswick to the River Frome at Stroud. It drove the town's cloth trade: 25 mills stood in the parish in 1820. Footpaths follow it past Loveday's Mill, Skinners Mill and Kingsmill, old mills that are now homes.