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Two Brakspear pubs in the Cotswolds have triumphed in the Cotswolds Awards 2025. The Lamb Inn at Great Rissington won the Best Sunday Lunch award in the competition and The Five Alls in Filkins took home the Best Pub with Rooms title. Both pubs are run by talented licensees: Elliot & Kath Cree at The […]

Homefire, the UK’s go-to supplier of smokeless fuels and kiln-dried firewood, has just unveiled Oxfordshire’s ultimate list of the 20 cosiest pubs with roaring log burners — and it’s guaranteed to spark wanderlust in anyone who loves a crackling fire and a perfect pint. Using its Homefire Cosy Pub Index, the team sifted through thousands […]

Lindford pub The Royal Exchange celebrated its 10th anniversary last Saturday (15 November) with a party to thank its customers and staff – and offered selected drinks at 2015 prices during a ‘back to the future’ session in the evening. The celebrations marked 10 years since The Royal Exchange reopened in 2015, after it was […]

Louisa & James Johnston took on The Clifton Arms in Caversham this summer, becoming the first new business owners here for 30 years!  They follow in the long-serving footsteps of previous business owner Seona Mackenzie, who retired after three decades behind the bar. Although new to the business owner role, Louisa isn’t new to the […]

Locals have given a big thumbs up to The Green Man in Hurst, which reopened in October with new business owner Adel Khalef  at the helm. Adel and his team gave the pub a refurb before opening the doors with a packed-out launch party for locals. They have focused on welcoming customers for a warming […]

Becoming the business owner at The Butcher’s Arms in Sonning Common has been a homecoming for Leah Buckett, who grew up in the village and has taken on the pub with partner Paul Coombes. The couple reopened the pub in September. Leah’s family live locally and her brother Dan is one of the business owners […]

The Dew Drop near Hurley calls itself ‘the little pub in the woods’, but there’s nothing small about the success achieved by business owners Marius & Sarah Pretorius (pictured above with dog Siya), and it’s unsurprising that they were named Best Newcomers in Brakspear’s Annual Awards this September.  The couple, originally from South Africa, took […]

New business owners Tona Erreguin, wife Aya Fibert and business partner Toby Boyes reopened The Cherry Tree Inn in Stoke Row this summer. Tona is the founder of award-winning Imma the Baker in the same village, and her knowledge of the local market is proving invaluable. The trio gave the pub a refurbishment before reopening, […]