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Ye Olde Leathern Bottel, Watlington

High Street
Lewknor
Postal town: Watlington
OX49 5TW

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Lewknor

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Ian Mapp left this review about Ye Olde Leathern Bottel

Nice country pub. Low ceilings. Central bar, several nooks and crannies and most tables laid out for dining.

Decent pint of Brakspear Bitter.

Would pop back again.

On 1^st September 2015 - rating: 8
[User has posted 1563 recommendations about 1543 pubs]

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Nick Davies left this review about Leathern Bottle

This is one of Brakspears' many rural classics in this part of the world. It's a smallish sixteenth century building, three rooms, all low beams and open fires, exactly the chocolate box village pub so many of us love, and so many pubcos are intent on destroying. It's very much food oriented nowadays, pubs like this have to be, but there's no in-yer-face gastroness, with plenty of locals just enjoying the now sadly diminished range of top-notch (it's in the GBG) Brakspear's beers.

If you're not fortunate enough to live nearby, it's all of a couple of minutes from the Watlington turn on the M40 and the choice between a refreshment stop here or at the nearby Oxford services is surely a no-brainer: but do watch the time, it does shut in the afternoons.

On 19^th June 2011 - rating: 8
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Graham Coombs left this review about Leathern Bottle

Friendly village pub noted for food, but still enough drinking room and some good ale. Usefully is less than 2 mins from Junction 6 of the M40.

On 25^th June 2009 - rating: 8
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Official site of the Leathern Bottle - www.theleathernbottle.co.uk
Leathern Bottle pages at the Brakspear site - www.brakspear.co.uk

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Map location corrected by Graham Coombs

Princes Risborough, 7.49 miles, 2 hr 24 min walk (show)
Saunderton, 7.92 miles, 2 hr 32 min walk (show)
Haddenham & Thame Parkway, 8.67 miles, 2 hr 47 min walk (show)

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1st Sep 2015, 15:47

Review submitted by Ian Mapp

8th May 2012, 14:24

Picture submitted by Will Larter approved