The Gate Hangs High, Banbury

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The Gate Hangs High is a Hook Norton pub on a crossroads, seemingly in the middle-of-nowhere, to the north of Hook Norton about a mile and a half from the brewery itself. The interior is plain with laminate flooring exposed stone walls throughout and a dining area with a couple of rows of tables under a vaulted ceiling to the left. In the bar area to the right the serving counter across the rear wall faces a couple of tables across the front and more tables to the right where there’s a dartboard next to an inglenook that had a burning log fire. I didn’t spot a television, but there was some background noise courtesy of a radio station. A door to the left of the counter opens to some stairs down to the toilets and down some further steps is a courtyard surrounded by apartments beyond which is a large grass covered beer garden with picnic tables and children’s climbing apparatus.
On the bar in the pub were standard and premium keg products alongside four hand pumps that were badged with HN’s Hooky, Off the Hook and Double Stout alongside TT Landlord, although the stout was off. It was very quiet during a recent midweek early afternoon visit, but the polite barmaid did inform a caller on the phone that they were fully booked, so the quietness must have just been due to my time of visit. There’s not much going on here, so I don’t think I’ll be stopping if I find myself driving past again.

On 20^th March 2026 - rating: 6
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