Eat and drink · Sapperton and Frampton Mansell
The Bell at Sapperton
A village inn at Sapperton, above the Golden Valley, known for its food and its Wine Wall of bottles at shop prices, with rooms, horse parking and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · EV charging · Wedding venues
A dining pub with rooms in a quiet village, open seven days, with a wine list priced like a shop. It suits a long lunch after Sapperton church and the walk down to Daneway. Book for dinner and at weekends.
- Good: Open every day from 11am
- Good: Wine Wall: bottles at shop price plus £10 to £20
- Good: Dogs, children and horses welcome; horse parking
- Good: EV charge points and a private dining room
- Worth knowing: Book ahead for dinner and weekends
- Worth knowing: Kitchen closes between lunch and dinner
About
The Bell is the village inn at Sapperton, the village above the Golden Valley where Ernest Gimson and the Barnsley brothers made their furniture and are buried by the church. It aims to be both the village's local and a place people drive to for dinner, and it opens every day.
The menu is cooked from local and regional produce, with lamb and venison from close by. The kitchen serves lunch from noon to 2.30pm and dinner from 6pm to 8.30pm from Monday to Thursday, later on Fridays and Saturdays, with longer lunches on Saturdays and food from noon to 7pm on Sundays and bank holiday Mondays. The bar opens from 11am for coffee and drinks.
The Wine Wall in the front bar is its own wine shop: mostly bottles the team has found on its own travels, sold to take away or drunk with a meal for an extra £10 to £20 rather than a restaurant mark-up. On Wednesdays they go at takeaway prices. There are real ales too and a private dining room. The inn is family owned and run by Peter Austen, a Gloucestershire publican.
Upstairs are three suites, each with a kitchenette: a double that sleeps two (a child's camp bed costs £20 more), a two-bedroom family and friends' suite for two adults and two children or four adults, and the Sapperton suite for two. Breakfast is included, with a full English served downstairs from 9am to 10am. The inn's own booking pages give a minimum stay of two nights at weekends and on bank holidays, and well-behaved dogs can stay for a £20 cleaning charge. Sawday's lists check-in from 4pm and check-out by 11am.
Dogs and children are welcome, and so are horses, with horse parking, and there are EV charge points. Book for dinner and at weekends. Walk down the steep lane to Daneway for the Thames and Severn canal tunnel portal and the Wildlife Trust's reserves, or along the valley to Frampton Mansell, and come back up for lunch. See our guide to the Five Valleys for more.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 11:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Tuesday | 11:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Thursday | 11:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Friday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:30, 17:30 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00 to 21:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 |
Food served: Bank holiday Mondays 12pm to 7pm
Bar from 11am daily; it closes 'late' Monday to Saturday (its summer hours give 10pm Monday to Thursday, 11pm Friday and Saturday) and 9pm on Sunday.
The details
- Food
- Modern British · Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Real ale · Bar · Restaurant · Private dining · Parking · Dogs inside · Shop
Photos
The bar 
One of the bedrooms 
Lunch at the Bell 
The garden at dusk
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Jolly Nice 2.5 km away
- The Crown Inn, Frampton Mansell 2.7 km away
- Cotswold Gliding Club 4.2 km away
- Westley Farm 4.3 km away