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Eat and drink · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Fox Inn, Broadwell
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.
A village pub that cooks properly: pub classics plus game and offal, from a kitchen that changes the menu with what the butcher and game dealer bring. Food runs all day on Sundays until 8pm.
- Good: Seasonal menu with game and offal
- Good: Sunday food from noon to 8pm
- Good: Children's menu
- Good: Overlooks the village green
- Worth knowing: Kitchen closes between lunch and dinner on weekdays
About
The Fox is the village pub of Broadwell, a mile or so north-east of Stow-on-the-Wold, and it looks out over the village green. It is a Donnington Brewery pub run by Peter Creed and Tom Noest, who also run the Lamb at Shipton-under-Wychwood.
The kitchen buys from a butcher, a fishmonger, local game dealers and farmers, and the menus change with what comes in. Alongside the pub classics are simple dishes of British food, offal and game, and Tom and his team will change a dish if you ask. There are bar snacks, a children's menu, a Sunday lunch menu and a feast menu for groups. Steak frites with a large glass of house wine costs £24 a head on Wednesday evenings, and on Thursday evenings a whole roast chicken for two or three to share costs £30 (2026).
Lunch runs from noon to 2.30pm on weekdays and to 3pm on Saturdays, dinner from 6pm to 9pm, starting at 5pm and running to 9.30pm on Fridays, and to 9.30pm on Saturdays. On Sundays food is served from noon to 8pm. The pub itself is open from noon to 11pm every day. Book online or by phone.
Broadwell is quiet, and the pub is a good end to a day in Stow when the town's own pubs are full.
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 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:00 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 |
The details
- Food
- Pub classics · Modern British
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Children's menu
- Features
- Real ale
Photos
The Fox and the green Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The bar 
The dining room 
A sharing platter
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
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Sights nearby
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Market cross, Stow-on-the-Wold
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St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
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Pineapple Spa, Lower Swell
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St Mary's Church, Lower Swell
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