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Eat and drink · Sherston
The Rattlebone Inn, Sherston
A seventeenth-century village pub on Church Street, Sherston, named Pub of the Year at the Great British Pub Awards 2026, with an AA Rosette, food every day and pizza in the barn at weekends.
Dog-friendly
An award-winning village pub that does a great deal: a rosette kitchen, a nightly offer from burgers to steak, pizza in the barn at weekends and a quiz on Mondays. It is open all day and dog friendly. Book for the restaurant, but not for pizza.
- Good: Pub of the Year, Great British Pub Awards 2026
- Good: One AA Rosette; in the Good Beer Guide 2027
- Good: Food every day; open from noon
- Good: Dog friendly
- Good: Pizza in the Barn, Friday and Saturday 5pm to 10pm
- Worth knowing: Pizza nights take no table bookings
About
The Rattlebone is the pub on Church Street in Sherston, a Grade II listed building of the late seventeenth century. It takes its name from the village legend of John Rattlebone, the Saxon warrior said to have fought at the Battle of Sherston in 1016. In September 2026 it was named Punch Pubs & Co's Pub of the Year at the Great British Pub Awards, and it holds an AA Rosette, awarded in 2025, and a place in the Good Beer Guide 2027.
The kitchen cooks seasonal menus from local produce alongside pub classics, from noon to 2.30pm and 6pm to 9.30pm from Monday to Saturday and from noon to 5pm on Sundays, with roasts. Each weeknight has its offer: gourmet burgers and a quiz on Mondays, steak with a bottle of wine on Tuesdays and a pie and a pint for £20.50 on Wednesdays, as priced in October 2026. On Friday and Saturday evenings, from 5pm to 10pm, the barn becomes a wood-fired pizza kitchen, with no table bookings; order there or online to collect.
The pub opens from noon every day, until 11pm from Monday to Thursday, midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and 9.30pm on Sundays. It is dog friendly, keeps real ales and a wine club, and hires out the barn and its Royal Enclosure for parties. The pub says there is step-free access to the main bar and the garden, an accessible toilet, and assistance dogs are welcome throughout. Book a table online.
Sherston is a quiet, wide-streeted village with a Grade I church, and the Rattlebone is a few steps from it. The parish council's booklet of ten circular walks from the village, Easton Grey among them, is sold at the bar for £10 (revised July 2025). Malmesbury is the nearest town.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 00:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 00:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 21:30 | 12:00 to 17:00 |
Food served: Pizza in the Barn, Friday and Saturday 5pm to 10pm, for collection or ordered in the barn
The details
- Food
- Modern British · Pub classics · Pizza · Grill and steak
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Real ale · Bar · Restaurant · Private dining · Events and meetings · Dogs inside
- Awards
- Pub of the Year (Punch Pubs & Co), Great British Pub Awards (2026)
- One AA Rosette (2025)
- CAMRA Good Beer Guide (2027)
- History
- A late seventeenth-century pub
Photos
The inn from the crossroads Photo: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The dining room 
One of the inn's rooms 
A pie and a burger
Location
Accessibility
- Step-free access
- Accessible toilet
- Assistance dogs welcome
The pub says the main bar and the garden are step free, there is an accessible toilet, assistance dogs are welcome throughout and large-print menus are available on request.
Places to stay nearby
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Whatley Manor
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Dog-friendly · Wedding venues · EV charging
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Hare and Hounds
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Dog-friendly · Hot tubs · Wedding venues
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Parsonage House
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Westonbirt, The National Arboretum 3.6 km away
- The Vine Tree, Norton 3.7 km away
- Whatley Manor 4.4 km away
- Hare and Hounds 4.5 km away
Sights nearby
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St Catherine's Church, Westonbirt
Sight · Church · Tetbury
The former parish church of Westonbirt, south-west of Tetbury, now in the grounds of Westonbirt School beside the Holfords' great house: twelfth to fifteenth century, with Holford monuments including the effigy of Robert Stayner Holford, who began the arboretum.