Inn · Shipton, Milton and Ascott-under-Wychwood
The Wychwood Inn
A village pub with five refurbished bedrooms on the High Street in Shipton-under-Wychwood, with a restaurant, a garden bar and dogs welcome in the rooms.
Dog-friendly
A lively village local with five smart rooms, free parking and dogs welcome, in the middle of Shipton. Light sleepers should avoid the room over the bar, and the kitchen is closed on Mondays and at Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes.
- Good: Five en-suite rooms, refurbished, two with a freestanding bath
- Good: Dogs welcome in the rooms (£25 a dog a night), the bars and the garden
- Good: Free off-road parking for guests
- Worth knowing: One room is above the bar; expect some evening noise
- Worth knowing: Kitchen closed Mondays; no lunch Tuesday or Wednesday
- Worth knowing: Shipton station has few trains; Charlbury has more
About
The Wychwood Inn is the pub at the junction by the green and war memorial on the High Street in Shipton-under-Wychwood, one of the Wychwoods. It is a local's pub as much as an inn, with a quiz on the last Thursday of the month, live music and an outdoor bar, the Little Wychwood, in the garden in summer.
The five bedrooms have been redesigned in quiet, earthy colours. The largest is a super king that can be made up as a twin or family room, though it sits above the bar; another super king overlooks the garden and the village, with a freestanding bath and a separate rainfall shower; the four-poster room has a roll-top bath and room for an extra bed for a child under 12, and there are two king rooms, one of which the inn calls its cosiest. Each is en-suite, with Wi-Fi and a flat-screen television, and reception is staffed until 10pm. Its Booking.com listing gives check-in from 3pm to 10pm and check-out by 11am.
Dogs can stay for £25 each a night and come down to breakfast if you tell the inn first; they are welcome in the bars and garden, though some restaurant areas may be dog-free at busy times. The inn publishes two circular walks from the door, of about 8.9km and 13km. The kitchen serves dinner from Tuesday to Saturday, lunch from Thursday to Sunday, and is closed on Mondays. Guests park free in the inn's own car park.
Burford is ten minutes' drive south and Chipping Norton fifteen north. The River Evenlode runs below the village, and Shipton station, a 15-minute walk away, has a few trains a day to Oxford and London.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Rooms
- 5
- Check-in
- 3pm to 10pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Parking · Wi-Fi · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside · Family rooms
- Parking
- Free off-road car park outside the inn, for pub and room guests; the entrance is on the corner of the main road.
- Without a car
- Shipton station is about 15 minutes' walk, with limited trains and no pavement over the railway bridge; Charlbury has more trains and a taxi from there.
Photos
The garden 
The restaurant 
The bar 
The lounge
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Lamb, Shipton-under-Wychwood 0.7 km away
- The Hare, Milton-under-Wychwood 1.3 km away
- The Swan, Ascott-under-Wychwood 2.3 km away
- The Feathered Nest Inn 5.7 km away