Guide to summer pubsLife and style This article is more than 14 years oldThe Falkland Arms
This article is more than 14 years oldGreat Tew, OxfordshireWhy it makes the grade
The Falkland Arms ticks almost all the boxes for a classic Cotswold village pub: honey-coloured stone, stonefloors, inglenook fireplace, wooden panelling … The garden is the place to sit and relax in after an amble around Great Tew itself. Come here on a Sunday evening for the live folk sessions. You'll find one of three regular acts keeping the customers happy.
Signature fare
Lunches: ploughman's, chicken and thyme casserole, baked fillet of cod. Dinners: lamb shanks, chicken breasts in Oxford blue cheese sauce (£15). Beers from Wadworth's of Devizes, including the much-loved 6X, plus three guests and Weston's cider.
We love the landlords because …
The annual beer festival, the morris dancing, the fancy dress parties ... James and Paula Meredith please take a bow!
Meet the locals
Farmworkers, huntin' and shootin' types and weekending second-homers in panama hats.
Pub trivia
The Falkland Arms gets its name from Lucius Cary, second Viscount Falkland, who inherited the Great Tew estate in 1625, and who died at the battle of Newbury in 1643 aged 33.
Open Mon-Fri 11.30am-3pm, 6-11pm, Sat 11.30am-midnight, Sun 12-10.30pm – Food 12-2.30pm, 7-8pm (no dinner Sun) – Wadworth – Under 16s welcome until 9pm – Dogs welcome in garden and bar – Five rooms from £85 – Along the A361 until signpost for Great Tew, OX7 4DB – 01608 683653, falklandarms.org.uk
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