The Horse and Jockey, Banbury

Busiest of the three pubs in the village (if you class The Bakers Arms as a pub) on a February Sunday afternoon. Two bars, the one to the right packed with people watching an early Sunday Premier League game, the one to the left a lot smaller and quieter. Three ales on: Doom Bar, Atlantic and Hobgoblin, with the Atlantic in decent enough form. An oldish, Cotswold-stoned building, revamped and cleaned up internally without detracting from its finer points, it's a short walk up from The Plough and The Bakers, meaning all three can be tackled in one fell swoop.