Pubs with rooms near Banbury

The best pubs with rooms near Banbury are the Falkland Arms at Great Tew, with seven rooms that all take dogs, the Sun Inn at Hook Norton in the brewery's own village, the Unicorn on Deddington's Market Place, and the Castle at Edgehill, a sham castle on the ridge above the 1642 battlefield. All four are within about 20 minutes' drive of Banbury Cross.

How we chose: every pub here has a listing of its own on this site, written from the pub's own website and checked for 2026 trading. We have not stayed in them for this page, so we have not ranked the beds, and we will say when we have. Nothing on the list is paid for. Room rates change by the night, so we give a price only where the pub prints one, with its year.

Pubs with rooms south-west of Banbury: Great Tew and Hook Norton

The south-west is the best direction for a pub stay, with the prettiest village and the local brewery about 20 minutes apart. Both pubs below are open every day.

The Falkland Arms, Great Tew. A sixteenth-century Wadworth inn on the green, with flagstones, an inglenook and a lawned garden behind. Upstairs are seven en-suite rooms, six doubles and a single, on the first and second floors, with breakfast included. Every room takes dogs, which makes it the best pub stay here with a dog. The stairs wind and there is no lift, and the pub has no car park of its own, so you park free outside or round the village. Check-in is 4pm to 10pm, the pub says. Great Tew itself fills on fine weekends, and the estate publishes free walk maps on its website.

The Sun Inn, Hook Norton. A Freespirit pub on the High Street, pouring Hooky from the brewery up the lane. Its seven en-suite rooms are named after hops. Most are doubles, Fuggles is a twin, and Challenger has a double and two singles, so suits a family. Weekday breakfast is continental, served in your room, with a full English in the restaurant on Saturdays and Sundays. Dogs can stay on their own bedding for £10 a dog a night (2026). All the rooms are upstairs. Book a tour of Hook Norton Brewery for the morning after.

The Gate Hangs High, near Hook Norton. A country pub out on the Whichford road, with rooms and a large camping field with electric hook-ups. The pub does not say how many rooms it has, so ask. Well-behaved dogs are always welcome, but the kitchen is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, and you need a car. See its listing.

South of Banbury: Deddington, Adderbury, Clifton and Aynho

South of the town, along the A4260 and the Cherwell, the pubs with rooms are closer to Banbury and have more of a village square about them. This is also the side for Bicester Village and Oxford.

The Unicorn Inn, Deddington. A seventeenth-century inn on the Market Place, with open fires and a large garden behind. It has seven en-suite rooms, from a superior single and a garden-facing double to king rooms and a family room. Some rooms take dogs, but the inn's own pages disagree on which (rooms 2, 4, 6 and 7 on one page, 3, 5 and 7 on another), so ask when you book. Mind the hours: it opens only from 4pm on weekdays, and its kitchen is shut on Mondays and Tuesdays. Deddington's castle banks are free to walk, and its parking is free.

The Duke of Cumberland's Head, Clifton. A partly thatched listed pub near Deddington, recorded as a pub in 1774 and now the flagship of Jack Whipp Inns, with a kitchen cooking modern British food from seasonal ingredients. Upstairs are three rooms, the Pink, Mint and Blue, let by phone, which the pub says gets the best price, or through Airbnb. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. See the Duke's listing.

The Red Lion, Adderbury. A Grade II listed Greene King inn on the green, serving food from breakfast to 9pm every day, with a car park and a garden. Rooms are sold through Greene King Inns, and its pages give no count. The pub takes dogs, but booking sites disagree on whether the rooms do, so ask before you bring one. See the Red Lion's listing.

The Great Western Arms, Aynho. A Duval Inns pub pouring Hook Norton ales, between the Oxford Canal and the old station, with four rooms, which CAMRA lists as three doubles and a twin. It sells itself as a base for Silverstone, Bicester Village and Blenheim. Its home page prints no hours, so ring 01869 932200. See its listing.

West and north-west: Edgehill, Brailes, Whichford and Long Compton

West of Banbury the pubs with rooms are on the Edge Hill ridge and round the Rollright Stones, at the edge of the Cotswolds. These are the best for a weekend of walking and old houses, with Upton House and the battlefield close.

The Castle at Edgehill. A castellated tower of the 1740s on top of the ridge, built about a century after the battle, now a pub with Hook Norton ales and large gardens. It has five en-suite rooms: Kings and Prince Rupert with four-poster beds in the tower, the Cromwell Suite with a lounge, Sir Jacob Astley sleeping three across the way, and Sir Edmund Verney, which the pub describes as having a ground-floor wet room. Its terms also say all bedrooms are upstairs, so ring if you need level access. Two rooms, Sir Jacob Astley and Sir Edmund Verney, take dogs, at £20 a dog a night. When we checked in November 2026 its Sunday Roast and Rest offer was £100 for two, booked direct. Weekday breakfast is continental in the room, with a cooked breakfast in the restaurant included at weekends.

The George, Lower Brailes. A Freespirit inn on the Shipston road, open seven days for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with six first-floor bedrooms that the pub says do not suit anyone with mobility problems. It sells rooms as packages too: when we checked in November 2026, £100 for two on a Sunday, and £140 a night for dinner, bed and breakfast from 1 October to 30 November. Breakfast comes with every room, and dog rooms cost £20 a night extra.

The Norman Knight, Whichford. A pub in a restored former bakery, open every day from 11am to 11pm, with four rooms in the main building and five cabins just beyond, breakfast included. Its calendar of supper clubs, films and Saturday music is the draw. The site prints no room rates and no dog rule.

The Red Lion, Long Compton. A Grade II listed inn under the Rollright Stones, with seven rooms from singles to super kings, all of which take dogs, and dogs welcome in the bar and restaurant too. It lists an AA Rosette and an AA Breakfast Award for 2025, and has a play area for children. It prints no hours or prices, so ring.

Further out: Chipping Norton, Enstone, Wootton and Cropredy

A few more pubs with rooms are worth the extra miles, for a town centre bed, a monthly menu or a special dinner. Cropredy's is the one for the canal.

The Fox, Chipping Norton. A Grade II listed Hook Norton inn of the sixteenth century on the Market Place, with ten en-suite rooms in three sizes and a car park behind, off the one-way Cattle Market. A cooked breakfast comes with direct bookings, the pub says. It has live music at times, so ask about noise. Chipping Norton's theatre is a short walk away.

The Crown Inn, Church Enstone. A family-run free house between Chipping Norton and Woodstock, open from 8.30am every day, with six rooms, one of them a cottage and studio with its own entrance and kitchen, breakfast included. Only the Lidstone room and the cottage take dogs. See the Crown's listing.

The Killingworth Castle, Wootton. At the southern edge of our patch near Woodstock, a dining pub with three AA Rosettes and eight rooms, from £169 a night midweek and £205 at weekends when we checked in November 2026, room only, with breakfast sold separately. Under-16s cannot stay overnight. See its listing.

The Brasenose Arms, Cropredy. A seventeenth-century inn on Station Road with four refurbished bed and breakfast rooms, open every day from 11.30am, and the village pub for the canal. In the week of Fairport's Cropredy Convention each August it runs its own fringe, the Brasenose Fringe (13 to 16 August in 2026), so book its rooms early. See the Brasenose's listing.

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Pubs with rooms in Banbury, and for Silverstone

In Banbury itself the Three Pigeons on the Southam Road is a seventeenth-century thatched coaching inn with three en-suite rooms round its courtyard. Breakfast is not included, the rooms do not take dogs for now, and the pub opens at 3pm on weekdays, so it suits a night out more than a slow morning.

For the British Grand Prix, the pubs with rooms nearest the circuit are the Saracens Head in Towcester, a Greene King inn with 21 bedrooms, a car park and breakfast from 7am on weekdays, about ten minutes' drive from Silverstone, the hotel says, and the Paisley Pear in Brackley, a Marston's pub with a lodge and food from 6.30am Monday to Thursday. Neither publishes race-week rates. Where to stay for Silverstone covers the rest.

Dogs, stairs and breakfasts: what to ask

The catches at these pubs are the same few, so ask about them when you book. Almost every bedroom is upstairs, often on old winding stairs, and few pubs here mention a lift. Dog rules vary room by room: the Falkland Arms and the Red Lion at Long Compton take dogs in every room, the Unicorn in some rooms, the Crown in one room and its cottage, and the Three Pigeons in none. Several charge for a dog, from £10 a night at the Sun to £20 at the Castle and the George (2026).

Breakfast differs too. It is included at the Falkland Arms, the Crown and the Norman Knight, continental in your room on weekdays at the Sun and the Castle, extra at the Killingworth Castle, and not offered at the Three Pigeons. Book a race or festival weekend months ahead: the rooms are few. For eating rather than sleeping, see the best pubs near Banbury.