Eat and drink · Adderbury
The Bell Inn, Adderbury
Adderbury's traditional Hook Norton inn on the High Street, near St Mary's Church, with a suntrap garden, curry on Tuesdays, sourdough pizza on Fridays and stuffed Yorkshires on Sundays.
Dog-friendly
A village local more than a dining pub, and better for it: Hooky on the bar, a garden that catches the sun, and a weekly run of simple food nights at fair prices. It opens only from 5pm on Mondays to Thursdays, so a weekday lunch is off. Come on a Friday for pizza or a Sunday for a stuffed Yorkshire.
- Good: Hook Norton cask ales, and dogs welcome
- Good: Suntrap garden and courtyard tables, with a pushchair route from Church Lane
- Good: Stuffed Yorkshires £10, pizzas £11 to £13, Tuesday curry and a drink £15
- Good: Live music, quizzes, Aunt Sally, folk sessions and morris dancing through the year
- Worth knowing: Closed at lunchtime from Monday to Thursday
- Worth knowing: Food runs on set nights rather than a full daily menu
About
The Bell Inn is on the High Street in Adderbury, a short walk from St Mary's Church. It is a Hook Norton Brewery house that dates itself to the 17th century (Historic England puts the listed building in the late 17th or early 18th century), run by Michelle Coles, who grew up in the village, and Rhys Owens.
The bar pours Hook Norton's ales, lagers and ciders. Food comes on set nights, from 6pm to 9pm on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tuesday is curry night, with a curry and a drink for £15. Friday is sourdough pizza, from £11 for a margherita to £13 for goats' cheese and red onion. From 21 November 2026 the pub adds a rock and metal burger night on Saturdays. On Sundays there is a choice of three home-made stuffed Yorkshires at £10, one of them vegetarian, and a Cheese Social from 2pm. There are bar snacks and light bites otherwise.
The Suntrap Garden and courtyard tables sit behind the pub, reached from Church Lane by a way the pub says suits pushchairs. Inside is a function room, and the music room shows sport. The pub's calendar is the point of it: live music, quiz nights, beer festivals, Aunt Sally and folk sessions, and it is a morris dancing venue. Its neighbour across the village, the Red Lion, serves food from breakfast until 9pm if you need a weekday lunch.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 17:00 to 23:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 17:00 to 23:00 |
| Wednesday | 17:00 to 23:00 |
| Thursday | 17:00 to 23:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 22:00 |
Food on set nights: curry Tuesdays and pizza Fridays, 6pm to 9pm; burgers on Saturdays from 21 November 2026; stuffed Yorkshires on Sundays. Ring to check other days.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics · Pizza
- Serving
- Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Real ale · Bar · Live music · Events and meetings
- History
- Listed building of the late 17th or early 18th century
- Parking
- Street parking along the High Street. The courtyard is reached from Church Lane behind the pub.
Photos
A window seat in the bar 
The terrace 
A filled Yorkshire pudding 
A pint of Hooky
Location
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The Red Lion, Adderbury
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The Unicorn Inn, Deddington
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Red Lion, Adderbury 0.3 km away
- The Pig Place, Adderbury 2.3 km away
- The Plough, Bodicote 2.6 km away
- The Butchers Arms, Kings Sutton 2.8 km away
Sights nearby
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Adderbury House
Sight · Historic building · Adderbury
A private house in Adderbury and what is left of a mansion of the Earls of Rochester and the Dukes of Argyll and Buccleuch. Most of it was pulled down in 1808, and it was enlarged again after 1891. Grade II and not open. Its old water is now the public Adderbury Lakes.
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St Mary's Church, Adderbury
Sight · Church · Adderbury
Adderbury's Grade I church, with a stone spire, a frieze of medieval musicians and grotesques round its aisles, and a chancel built by Richard Winchcombe for New College, Oxford. Open daily and free to look round.
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Warriner Windmill, Bloxham Grove
Sight · Historic building · Bloxham
A small timber post mill on the high ground at Bloxham Grove, between Bloxham and Adderbury, built in 1865 by the engineer Henry Warriner as a memorial to all windmills. Grade II, with its machinery intact. On farmland, not open, and seen from a footpath nearby.
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St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kings Sutton
Sight · Church · Kings Sutton
The Grade I church on The Square at Kings Sutton, whose crocketed spire of about 1370, given as about 60m, is the beauty in the old rhyme. Norman arcading, painted roof bosses and a Resurrection monument inside. Open in daylight.