Inn · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Bell at Stow
A Young's pub with 14 rooms on Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, with dogs welcome in dog-friendly rooms.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Fourteen rooms, with family rooms and room for two dogs. Only five are above the pub; the other nine are in Stuart House, a few minutes' walk away, and the dog-friendly rooms are there, so say which you want when you book.
- Good: Dog-friendly rooms in Stuart House for up to two dogs, with a bed, bowl and hamper
- Good: Family rooms
- Good: Bar open from 8am to 11pm every day, with cask ale
- Worth knowing: Dogs £25 a night
- Worth knowing: Nine of the 14 rooms are in Stuart House, a four-minute walk from the pub
- Worth knowing: Only limited parking; free on-street parking nearby
About
The Bell at Stow is a Young's pub with 14 rooms on Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, a few minutes' walk from the Square. The bar opens every day from 8am to 11pm and serves cask ale. Breakfast is served from 8 to 10am, lunch from noon to 5pm, and dinner from 5 to 9pm (to 8pm on Sundays), with a Sunday roast.
Five of the rooms are above the pub and nine in Stuart House, about four minutes' walk away, in three sizes, Cosy, Boutique and Bigger Boutique. The bigger rooms take a cot and many have space for a fold-out bed; children under two stay free. The dog-friendly rooms are the Boutique and Bigger Boutique rooms in Stuart House. Up to two dogs can stay for £25 a night, and they get a bed or blanket, a bowl and a welcome hamper. Check-in is from 3pm to 10pm and check-out by 11am. Booking direct is the way to the best rate, the pub says, with a later check-out when available. Parking is limited, with free on-street parking nearby.
Our walk to Maugersbury starts in the town.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 08:00
| Mon | Opening | Breakfast | Food served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 |
Food: breakfast 8 to 10am, lunch noon to 5pm every day, dinner 5 to 9pm Monday to Saturday and 5 to 8pm on Sunday.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Rooms
- 14
- Check-in
- 3pm to 10pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Bar · Real ale · Family rooms · Dogs in rooms
- Parking
- Limited parking at the end of the high street, with free on-street parking nearby, the pub says. The nearest EV charging point it names is at Tesco, about 15 minutes' walk.
Photos
The bar 
A bedroom 
From the kitchen 
Breakfast
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Old Butchers 0.1 km away
- The Porch House 0.2 km away
- The Sheep on Sheep Street 0.2 km away
- The Old Bakery Tearoom 0.3 km away
Sights nearby
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Market cross, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Monument · Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow's market cross stands in the southern half of the Market Square: a medieval calvary and socket stone, probably of the fourteenth century, carrying a shaft and lantern head restored in 1878 and again in 1995, when its four carved panels were restored. Grade II and scheduled.
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St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Edward's is Stow-on-the-Wold's Grade I parish church, beside the Market Square, with a fifteenth-century tower seen across the wold and a north door framed by two yews. Royalist prisoners were held inside after the battle of 1646. Open daily.
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Pineapple Spa, Lower Swell
Sight · Historic building · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Pineapple Spa is a row of cottages beside the B4068 between Lower Swell and Stow-on-the-Wold that began as a spa over a mineral spring found in 1807, with a front in the Indian style of Sezincote and a stone door hood crowned by a pineapple. Grade II*; private.
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St Mary's Church, Lower Swell
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Mary's at Lower Swell, a mile west of Stow, is two churches in one: a twelfth-century nave and chancel, now the south aisle and chapel, beside a larger church of 1852. Its Norman doorway has a Tree of Life tympanum and its old chancel arch rare carvings. Grade II*.