Harden's says
Five minutes' walk from Charlbury station, this early 16th-century Cotswold coaching inn with 10 guest rooms has been stripped back and modernised, with food to match. It's from the duo behind popular Notting Hill watering hole the Pelican, James Gummer & Phil Winser, who grew up in the area before doing time in New York & London.
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Summary
The duo behind all-conquering London venues The Pelican and The Hero in Maida Vale returned to the Cotswolds to open this charismatic corner pub, standing since the 1500s. In April 2025 – just as our annual diners’ poll was concluding – star chef Sally Abé (till recently head chef at London’s The Pem, and prior to that at the Harwood Arms) took over the farm-to-fork-oriented kitchen and locals are rightly “very excited by the appointment” indeed (“I expect there will be dozens of reports about The Bull”). It’s still too early days for a rating, but no-one can cook a pie like Sally, so ‘the wind is set fair’. (Given it’s “hard to get a table”, some reporters may need an alternative – it’s barely a minute’s walk from its not-to-be-confused-namesake ‘The Bell’: Lady Bamford’s newly restored inn with rooms.)
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Sheep Street, Charlbury, OX7 3RR
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £36.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £0.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £6.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
Sheep Street, Charlbury, OX7 3RR
Opening hours
| Monday | 8 am‑11 pm |
| Tuesday | 8 am‑12 am |
| Wednesday | 8 am‑12 am |
| Thursday | 8 am‑12 am |
| Friday | 8 am‑12 am |
| Saturday | 8 am‑12 am |
| Sunday | 8 am‑11 pm |
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