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Eat and drink · Wotton-under-Edge
The Star Inn, Wotton-under-Edge
A town pub on Market Street, Wotton-under-Edge, which says it has served ale since at least 1572, with Wickwar beers, lunches from Monday to Saturday, a Sunday roast and live sport.
Walker-friendly
A proper town local by the Chipping car park, good for a cheap lunch and a pint of Wickwar ale off the Cotswold Way. Food is lunchtimes only, apart from Friday pizza night, so eat elsewhere in the evening.
- Good: Says it has served ale since at least 1572
- Good: Homemade weekly specials at £8.50 (2026)
- Good: Wickwar ales, including BOB
- Good: Function room for hire
- Worth knowing: Lunch only, Monday to Saturday, 12 to 2pm
- Worth knowing: Walk-in; book by phone for Sunday roast
About
The Star Inn is a town pub at 21 Market Street in Wotton-under-Edge, opposite the old Crown Inn building that now houses the Electric Picture House. It says it has served ale since at least 1572, and it tells a good story: John Cambridge, born in 1784 to the Star's landlord, emigrated to Prince Edward Island, named his timber business White Star after his father's pub, and the shipping line that grew from it went on to order the Titanic. Titanic memorabilia hangs around the bar.
It belongs to the Wickwar Wessex Pub Company, so the beer is Wickwar's, with BOB and Falling Star alongside guests. Food is a lunchtime affair: a pub menu and homemade weekly specials at £8.50 (2026), served from noon to 2pm Monday to Saturday, and a Sunday roast from noon to 2.30pm, which the pub suggests booking. On Fridays from 5pm a pizza and fish and chips kitchen runs for eating in or taking away, and the pub runs pop-up steak nights through the autumn and winter.
Tables are first come, first served, but you can ring 01453 844651 to book. The pub shows live sport on Sky Sports, TNT Sports and terrestrial channels, has live bands most weekends, runs a Sunday night quiz and has a function room with a pool table for hire. It is a few minutes from the Chipping car park and from the Cotswold Way as it comes through the town.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:30 | 12:00 to 14:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:30 | 12:00 to 14:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30 |
Food served: Sunday is the roast only. Pizza and fish and chips from 5pm on Fridays.
Lunch 12 to 2pm Monday to Saturday; Sunday roast 12 to 2.30pm; Friday food from 5pm. Groups and functions can be fed at other times if booked ahead.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics · Pizza
- Serving
- Lunch · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Walk-ins only
- Features
- Real ale · Bar · Events and meetings
- History
- Serving ale since at least 1572, by its own account
- Parking
- The pub lists no car park of its own. The council's Chipping car park on Symn Lane is a few minutes away: its short-stay part allows 3 hours between 8am and 6pm, and its long-stay part up to 23 hours.
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
- The Swan Hotel 0.0 km away
- Relish, Wotton-under-Edge 0.1 km away
- Wotton Heritage Centre 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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The Ancient Ram Inn, Wotton-under-Edge
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St Mary's Church, Wotton-under-Edge
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Jubilee Clump, Wotton Hill
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