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Castle at Edgehill, Banbury
Edgehill
Postal town: Banbury
OX15 6DJ
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Ian Mapp left this review about Castle at Edgehill
Must have forgot to review on my last visit 4.5 years ago.
Nothings changed - this is a spectacular location/building - with a lovely beer garden and one of the best Sunday lunches in the land. You do pay for what you get and it is expensive. I can confirm inflation is running at 23.5% over the 4 years between visits.
Building - built in the 1740s, to mark 100 years since the first battle of the English civil way. Charles I had his headquarters in exactly this spot. The battle raged below, with the loss of 1500 men. No winner declared.
Pub since 1822.
Hook Norton tied house - no Old Hooky - with IPA and standard Hooky on Cask and Hooky in great condition.
Not a drinkers pub - maybe in the garden - but definitely a destination for the service and food quality.
On 7th November 2023
- rating: 8
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Nick Davies left this review about The Castle Inn
This must be one of the most spectacularly situated pubs in the Midlands, and in a fascinating building too. So worth a visit on those grounds alone. It is a Hook Norton tied house in an eighteenth-century mock-baronial confection perched high on the Cotswold escarpment, overlooking the site of the Battle of Edge Hill and built to commemorate it. Inside there are a series of rooms, mainly set up for eating, some commanding expansive views over the Warwickshire countryside. There's an outdoor terrace too. There are several letting-rooms in the tower.
But you need to time your visit. The AA "restaurant with rooms" sign may well be enough to send you seeking refreshment elsewhere, and on a Sunday it should - you might just find a high table to perch on or a sofa to get stuck in - yes it suffers both of those abominations - but you will otherwise be asking if 'you are eating with us' if you venture away from the bar. However if you show up on a midweek afternoon you should have no difficulties being able to enjoy the building, the view, and a full range of decently kept Hook Norton beers.
The very best time to go, and worth a special trip, is for a sundowner on the terrace on a warm summer evening.
On 20th January 2018
- rating: 7
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Castle Inn
This is one of the few Castle Inns that i have been in that is actually a castle.
Once inside the pub had two rooms with a bar serving both,these rooms were carpeted and had normal tables and chairs they were also not that large.
There was a corridor at the rear of the pub which linked the two rooms,this had large windows which gave great views over edge hill and the Warwickshire countryside.
This pub is a Hook Norton tied house and there were three real ales on the bar i had a drink of Hookey bitter and this was a very nice drink the other beers were Hookey mild and Gold.
This pub is a bit out of the way but is worth a visit for the views alone.
Pub visited 19/5/2012
On 19th May 2012
- rating: 7
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