The Gateway Cafe is Situated at the ‘Gateway’ of the Cotswold Water Park, it’s a great venue for starting your pub walk.  Enjoy a substantial ‘Big Breakfast’ or beautifully cooked butty with wholemeal buttered bread washed down with a proper coffee.

The Masons Arms sits on the village green in the center of Meysey Hampton.  Recently taken over the pub has been smartened up into a very appealing stop where you will receive a warm welcome.

The Masons Arms has been named as the country’s NEW PUB OF THE YEAR by The Good Pub Guide 2019!

The Old Spotted Cow is a traditional Cotswold-stone pub on the outskirts of the pretty village of Marston Meysey, The pub has been under the same ownership for the last 10 years and they clearly know what they are doing. The pub offers excellent real ales and freshly-cooked good British food.

The first of two Red Lions on this pub walk! An acceptable pub for a quick stop off before heading onto the Thames path and striking for home

The Red Lion Inn is situated in the center of historic Cricklade. The pub dates back to the early 1600s and has a real British pub atmosphere. The Pub offers an amazingly diverse and interesting range of beers including some made in their own onsite microbrewery The Hop Kettle Brewery.

For food you can eat in the bar and choose from pub classic such as Hop Kettle beer battered haddock, triple cooked chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce or eat in the restaurant for something a little more elegant like Confit Kelmscott pork belly, black pudding scotched quails egg, cep potato, buttered baby vegetables, chicken and thyme sauce – delicious!

Any pub that gives beer and food matching notes on the menu has to be serious about its commitment to beer. This is a classic finishing pub for a beer adventure