The Falkland Arms, Great Tew
Pubs · Great Tew
A Grade II listed Wadworth pub on the green at Great Tew, with flagstones, an inglenook, Wadworth ales and seven dog-friendly rooms up winding stairs.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Dog-friendly places in Banburyshire
48 places · every place verified by us
Pubs where muddy paws are normal, parks and gardens that take dogs on leads, and rooms where the dog can stay. The catch is that a pub welcoming dogs in the bar may not take them upstairs.
48 places
48 places
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The Fox Inn, Souldern
Pubs · Souldern
A village pub on Fox Lane in Souldern, licensed since 1784, with Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker and guest ales, home-cooked food from Wednesday to Sunday, dogs welcome in the bar and four en-suite rooms near junction 10 of the M40.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Gate Hangs High, Hook Norton
Pubs · Hook Norton
A country pub on the Whichford road outside Hook Norton, with local ales, an open fire, freshly cooked food from Wednesday to Sunday, rooms and a large camping field with electric hook-ups.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The George at Brailes
Pubs
A village inn on the high street at Lower Brailes, part of the Freespirit Pub Company, open seven days for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with local ales, a garden, first-floor bedrooms and a full calendar.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Griffin Inn, Chipping Warden
Pubs
A Marston's village local at Chipping Warden, north-east of Banbury, with cask ales, a beer garden, a car park with accessible spaces, electric car charging and live sport.
Dog-friendly · EV charging
Verified Nov 2026
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The Killingworth Castle, Wootton
Restaurants
A serious dining pub with eight rooms at Wootton near Woodstock, with 3 AA Rosettes and a Michelin Guide recommendation for 2026, à la carte and tasting menus, and open from Wednesday to Sunday.
Dog-friendly · EV charging
Verified Nov 2026
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The Lost Pug, Northend
Pubs · Burton Dassett
A village pub at Northend under the Burton Dassett Hills, taken over by Pug Pubs in 2024 after a couple of years shut as the Red Lion. It opens from 9am every day, with a kitchen until 9pm, a west-facing garden and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Muddy Duck, Hethe
Pubs
A village pub in Hethe, north of Bicester, cooking sharing plates with a Japanese twist alongside a Sunday menu, with a garden and dogs welcome. Open Thursday to Sunday.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Oxford Arms, Kirtlington
Pubs
A village pub on Troy Lane in Kirtlington, between Bicester and Woodstock, cooking British pub food with a twist, with a fish and chip night on Tuesdays and a Sunday roast with a vegan choice.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Pig Place, Adderbury
Camping · Adderbury
A rustic, adults-only campsite beside Nell Bridge Lock on the Oxford Canal near Adderbury, with dogs free, off-lead space, pitches from £12, and a café, bar and music in summer. No showers.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Plough, Bodicote
Pubs
A Wadworth village pub on Bodicote High Street, about two miles south of Banbury centre, with real ales, a garden, a pub menu with small plates and sourdough sandwiches, and Sunday roasts.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Red Lion, Adderbury
Pubs · Adderbury
A Grade II listed Greene King pub and inn on The Green at Adderbury, serving food from breakfast to 9pm every day, with a car park, a beer garden and rooms.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Red Lion, Long Compton
Pubs
A Grade II listed inn on Main Street, Long Compton, under the Rollright Stones, with seven dog-friendly bedrooms, an AA Rosette and Breakfast Award for 2025, a play area and dogs welcome in bar and restaurant.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Roebuck Inn, Drayton
Pubs
A Hook Norton pub in a late 17th-century listed building on the A422 at Drayton, just outside Banbury, with a south-facing courtyard, a modern British menu, a car park and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Still House Café, Stourton
Cafes and tearooms
The café at the Cotswolds Distillery in Stourton, open every day with food until 3.30pm, using coffee from UE Roasters and meat from Barry the Butcher. Dogs on leads are welcome, and tables cannot be booked.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Sun Inn, Hook Norton
Pubs · Hook Norton
A Free Spirit pub with seven rooms on Hook Norton High Street, serving Hooky ales and seasonal food with meat from the village butcher, and open for weekend brunch.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Three Pigeons, Banbury
Pubs · Banbury
A Grade II listed 17th-century inn, partly thatched, on Southam Road, Banbury, with real ales and ciders, a courtyard, Smash Cow street food from Thursday to Saturday and three en-suite rooms.
Dog-friendly · Car-free
Verified Nov 2026
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The Unicorn Inn, Deddington
Pubs · Deddington
A Grade II listed inn of the mid 17th century on Deddington Market Place, with open fires, a garden behind, British classics and seven rooms, four of which take dogs.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Wroxton Hotel
Hotel · Wroxton
A 32-room hotel made from three adjoining stone cottages, partly dating from 1649, on the edge of thatched Wroxton, a few minutes' drive from junction 11 of the M40, with free parking and its own tea room.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues
Verified Nov 2026
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Travelodge Bicester
Hotel · Bicester
A budget chain hotel on Pioneer Square in the middle of Bicester, under half a mile from Bicester North station and within walking distance of Bicester Village, with family, accessible and pet-friendly rooms but no car park of its own.
Dog-friendly · Car-free
Verified Nov 2026
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Travelodge Bicester Cherwell Valley M40
Hotel
A budget chain hotel at Cherwell Valley services, junction 10 of the M40 at Ardley, with free parking, family, accessible and pet-friendly rooms, and a 24-hour coffee shop in the services.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Travelodge Towcester Silverstone
Hotel
A budget chain hotel on the A43 Towcester bypass, about 4.6 miles by road from Silverstone, with pet-friendly and accessible rooms and limited free parking. There is no restaurant. Race-week rates are not published.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Upton House and Gardens
Historic houses and heritage
A National Trust house on the Edge Hill ridge, remodelled in the 1920s for the oil magnate Lord Bearsted to show his paintings by Bosch, El Greco, Stubbs and Hogarth, above terraced gardens that drop 30m to a Mirror Pool.
Family-friendly · Dog-friendly · Rainy days
Verified Nov 2026
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Whately Hall Hotel, Banbury
Hotel · Banbury
A Grade II listed 17th-century inn, now a 71-room hotel on Horse Fair in the middle of Banbury, with gardens, an oak-panelled restaurant and six EV chargers.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Wedding venues
Verified Nov 2026
Taking a dog round Banburyshire is easy at lunchtime and harder at bedtime. More than forty places are on this list, and most are pubs. Ask about the exact room or part of the site, because "dog-friendly" here can mean the bar, the garden, one bedroom or the whole place.
A night away with a dog
The two to try first are the Falkland Arms at Great Tew and the Red Lion at Long Compton. Each takes dogs in every bedroom as well as downstairs. The Unicorn has four rooms for dogs, numbered on its listing. At The Crown, ask for the Lidstone room or the cottage by name.
Hotels are pickier. Whately Hall has only two rooms for dogs, and the Wroxton Hotel wants them booked ahead. Most of these charge, so read the listing. The Pig Place is the one to choose for a dog that likes space: dogs are free, with no limit on numbers and an off-lead area by the canal, though it takes adults only and has no showers.
Do not assume the room follows the bar. The Three Pigeons and the Red Lion at Adderbury welcome dogs in the pub, but booking sites list their rooms as no pets, and the Paisley Pear mentions only the bar and garden.
A day out
Burton Dassett Hills is the place for a dog that needs to run, followed by the Lost Pug below it, which has water bowls. At Broughton Castle, dogs on leads are welcome in the park and gardens but not the house. Charlecote Park and Canons Ashby both carry a two-pawprint National Trust rating, and Charlecote has a dog-friendly café. Stowe takes them on leads in the Trust's gardens and not in the State Rooms. At Hook Norton Brewery they are welcome in the Malthouse Kitchen.
Lunch after a walk
The Bell at Shenington welcomes dogs and muddy boots, and the Blue Boar in Chipping Norton has bowls and treats. Tell the Roebuck you have a dog when you book and it will set a table aside. In Banbury, Lock29 takes well-behaved dogs on leads.
Where dogs cannot go
Sulgrave Manor and Silverstone Museum take assistance dogs only. Under-18s and pet dogs are barred at Heythrop Park. Several fields around Silverstone say no, so read where to stay near the circuit closely. On walks, expect stock: the Edgehill Circular crosses farmland, where the National Trust asks for dogs under close control, and has six stiles. Dogs may not be walked in the grounds of Wroxton Abbey.
We have no off-lead park on the list beyond the Pig Place's own area and the open hills.
Our dog-friendly picks
Rooms that take dogs, a hill to run on and a canal camp.
All places-
The Falkland Arms, Great Tew
Pubs · Great Tew
A Grade II listed Wadworth pub on the green at Great Tew, with flagstones, an inglenook, Wadworth ales and seven dog-friendly rooms up winding stairs.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Red Lion, Long Compton
Pubs
A Grade II listed inn on Main Street, Long Compton, under the Rollright Stones, with seven dog-friendly bedrooms, an AA Rosette and Breakfast Award for 2025, a play area and dogs welcome in bar and restaurant.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Unicorn Inn, Deddington
Pubs · Deddington
A Grade II listed inn of the mid 17th century on Deddington Market Place, with open fires, a garden behind, British classics and seven rooms, four of which take dogs.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Pig Place, Adderbury
Camping · Adderbury
A rustic, adults-only campsite beside Nell Bridge Lock on the Oxford Canal near Adderbury, with dogs free, off-lead space, pitches from £12, and a café, bar and music in summer. No showers.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Burton Dassett Hills Country Park
Parks and gardens · Burton Dassett
A hundred acres of open hilltop in south Warwickshire with wide views, old quarry workings and a beacon, plus the medieval church of All Saints. A country park since 1971. Car parking £3.50 a day.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Lost Pug, Northend
Pubs · Burton Dassett
A village pub at Northend under the Burton Dassett Hills, taken over by Pug Pubs in 2024 after a couple of years shut as the Red Lion. It opens from 9am every day, with a kitchen until 9pm, a west-facing garden and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Walks with a dog
Farmland with stock, so keep to a lead through the fields.
All walks starting here-
Edgehill Circular
Walk · Starts in Edgehill and Radway · 2 hrs, 30 mins · Circular
The Edgehill Circular is a 5.4-mile (8.6km) moderate circular walk from the Upton House car park, about two and a half hours with 220m of climbing. It follows the Edge Hill ridge to the Castle pub, returns through Ratley, and has six stiles and 500m on the A422.
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North Newington and Wroxton Circular
Walk · Starts in North Newington · 2 hrs · Circular
A 3.3-mile (5.3km) circular walk from Main Street, North Newington, taking about two hours of moderate walking. It follows field paths to the Sor Brook, climbs past the Wroxton Obelisk into Wroxton and returns over the fields.
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Adderbury and Bloxham Grove
Walk · Starts in Adderbury · 1 hr, 30 mins · Circular
A 3.1-mile (5.1km) circular walk from the Methodist church in East Adderbury, about an hour and a half of easy walking with stiles. Field paths lead to Bloxham Grove and its small windmill, down to Lower Grove Mill on the Sor Brook, and back to The Green.
Before you go
- Ask about the room
- Rooms and bars differ. Check when you book, and name the room if the listing gives one.
- Charges
- Several inns and hotels charge per dog per night. The listings give the current figure.
- Beds
- The Sun Inn and the George at Brailes say no dogs on the beds.
- Stock
- Farmland around here has grazing animals. Keep to a lead through the fields.
New dog-friendly places
New pubs and stays that take dogs, about once a month.
Questions
Which pubs near Banbury allow dogs in the rooms?
The Falkland Arms at Great Tew and the Red Lion at Long Compton take them in every room. The Unicorn at Deddington has four rooms for dogs, and the Sun at Hook Norton takes them for a charge.
Are dogs allowed at Broughton Castle?
Yes, on leads, in the park and gardens, but not in the house. The park is open to walkers most days of the year.
Are dogs allowed at Upton House?
Yes, outside, on short leads. It has a one-pawprint National Trust rating, with limited facilities. The terraces have steep drops and unguarded ponds. The listing has more.
Where can a dog run near Banbury?
Burton Dassett Hills has open, free-roaming hills, though watch for sheep. The Pig Place has an off-lead area for those staying.
Can dogs stay at Silverstone campsites?
A few. Silverstone Farm takes them on leads and Pavillion GP Camping calls itself dog-friendly. Dadford Road, Windmill Farm and West End Paddocks do not. Our Silverstone page has the wider picture.