Leathern Bottle, Lewknor

A traditional, welcoming and charming Grade II-listed country pub spread over three rooms and separated by a central bar area and a large inglenook fireplace, with a wood-burning stove. Consistently good ale and an excellent home-cooked pub menu, using locally sourced fresh ingredients, make this an ideal stop-off from the nearby M40 motorway. Takeaway food is available every day during food times; please call to order during meal times.

Run by two generations of the same family since 1980, this CAMRA award-winning pub has appeared in all but one edition of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide. The pub offers a warm welcome to all, including cyclists and walkers from the nearby Ridgeway, with some of the best trails starting and finishing here. It is also a short walk from the Oxford Tube and airline coach stop. The large family-friendly grassed garden has seating for around 100, some under cover of a gazebo, and includes a children's play area.

The Instagram account for this pub is viewable by left clicking on https://www.instagram.com/theleathernbottlepub.

The Historic England website entry for this pub is viewable by left clicking on https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1059757.

Defibrillator available outside on the newer extension's wall facing the car park and nearest to the road.

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Full captions of the photos with groups of people (in WhatPub there is a maximum of 64 characters available for captions):

"Julie & Les Gordon (licensees, right) receiving special award" should read "Julie & Les Gordon (licensees, right) receiving special award for the Leathern Bottle appearing in 50 editions of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide on the launch day of the 51st edition GBG 2024 on 28 September 2023 - Paul Dixon, South Oxfordshire Branch Secretary (left) making the presentation"

"Mike Fletcher, Julie Gordon, Lesley Fletcher & Les Gordon" should read "Mike Fletcher, Julie Gordon, Lesley Fletcher & Les Gordon with the special award and GBG 2024 - Mike & Lesley Fletcher are Julie Gordon's parents and ran the Leathern Bottle from 1980 to 1998 when Les & Julie Gordon took over the running of the pub - 28 September 2023"

"Mike Fletcher, Julie Gordon, Lesley Fletcher & Les Gordon" should read "Mike Fletcher, Julie Gordon, Lesley Fletcher & Les Gordon in front of the main entrance - 28 September 2023"

"Julie & Les Gordon, Mike & Lesley Fletcher" should read "Julie & Les Gordon, Mike & Lesley Fletcher inside the pub with, from left to right, 'award for 50 editions in GBG', 'award for 30 editions in GBG', 'CAMRA mirror awarded Nov 1992 for 19 entries in first 20 editions of GBG', 'GBG 2024' - 28 September 2023"