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Eat and drink
The Griffin Inn, Chipping Warden
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
A plain local rather than a destination, and useful for what it has: a garden, a car park with a charger, cask ale and long opening hours seven days a week. The site says little on food, so ring before planning a meal.
- Good: Open every day, from 11am and from noon on Sundays
- Good: Electric car charging and accessible parking spaces
- Good: Beer garden, dogs welcome and cask ales
- Good: Live sport, a dartboard, music and quiz nights
- Worth knowing: The site lists no menu or kitchen hours: ring before coming to eat
- Worth knowing: The screens and darts make it more of a local than a quiet country pub
About
The Griffin Inn is at 9 Culworth Road in Chipping Warden, a Northamptonshire village north-east of Banbury. It is part of the Marston's family of pubs, and it presents itself as a straightforward local: a full bar of beers, wines and spirits, cask ales, comfortable corners and a fireplace.
There is a beer garden, and dogs are welcome. There is live sport on TV, a dartboard, and live music and quiz nights. For drivers there is a car park with accessible spaces and electric car charging.
The pub's own pages list no food menu or kitchen hours, though they offer an order-and-pay service and a Christmas programme for 2026, with no dates or prices. We have left food out of this listing rather than guess, so ring first if you are coming to eat. The Roebuck at Drayton or the pubs in Cropredy are other options nearby if the kitchen is shut.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 11:00 to 23:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 11:00 to 23:00 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 to 23:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 to 23:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 to 23:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00 to 23:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 23:00 |
The details
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Real ale · Bar · Parking · Live music
- Parking
- Car park with accessible spaces and electric car charging.
Location
Places to stay nearby
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The Brasenose Arms, Cropredy
Pubs · Cropredy
A 17th-century inn on Station Road in Cropredy, with four refurbished bed and breakfast rooms, a bar and garden, and its own music fringe alongside Fairport's Cropredy Convention each August. The pub says it is the only one in the country with the name.
Verified Nov 2026
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Hare and Hounds, Wardington 2.2 km away
- Greenhouse Cafe, Wardington 3.1 km away
- The Brasenose Arms, Cropredy 4.0 km away
- The George and Dragon, Chacombe 5.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Arbury Banks, Chipping Warden
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Chipping Warden
The low bank of a probable Iron Age enclosure, and the ridge and furrow around it, on a hill south-west of Chipping Warden. A scheduled monument on private farmland, mostly ploughed, seen from public footpaths nearby.
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Badby Woods
Sight · Wood · Badby
An ancient bluebell wood at Badby, Northamptonshire, on the Fawsley estate: woodland for over 700 years, a deer park from 1246 and now an SSSI. Free and private, on permissive paths. Bluebells usually peak from late April into early May, and parking is for about 12 cars.
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Cropredy Bridge
Sight · Bridge · Cropredy
The bridge over the River Cherwell at Cropredy, north of Banbury, where a royalist army beat Sir William Waller on 29 June 1644. This is a 1937 rebuild faced in old Hornton stone, with an inscription on its south side. Free to see at any time.
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Cropredy Bridge battlefield
Sight · Monument · Cropredy
The registered battlefield of 29 June 1644, where Charles I's army beat Sir William Waller's across the Cherwell meadows at Cropredy. Farmland now, seen from the bridge, public footpaths and the Battlefields Trust's trail.