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Spire & Spoke, Watlington - pub - Feb 2024. (Pub, External, Garden, Key). Published on 01-03-2024

Spire & Spoke, Watlington

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Operator: Independent
21 Hill Road, Watlington, OX49 5AD (View on Google Map)
(01491) 614956
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Situated on the eastern edge of Watlington with a distinct continental cafe-bar feel, particularly during the day, and very cyclist friendly. The pub was extensively renovated prior to reopening on 4 July 2020 with the new licensees (who had previously been tenants at the nearby Fat Fox) and further refurbishment in late 2023 to open up the top floor has doubled the inside seating.

Coffee, home-made cakes and savoury snacks are available all day. Pizzas are cooked in the wood-fired oven in the garden in the summer and inside in the winter. One or two daily light meal options also often available.

The changing beers are usually from local breweries such as Oxford, XT, Amwell Springs, Loddon and Loose Cannon. Alcohol is served from 11am.

The pub is also popular with walkers as the Ridgeway crosses Hill Road about 650m south-east of the pub. From the garden there is a good view of the chalk triangle, called 'White Mark', on Watlington Hill originally cut to look like a spire on the parish church.

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spireandspoke.

Information for this venue is provided by the South Oxfordshire Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Carriers Arms
Local Authority
South Oxfordshire District
Last updated
18/08/2024
Last surveyed
27/02/2024
Pub ID
SOX/0220
Asset of Community Value
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Monday
10:00am - 10:00pm
Tuesday
10:00am - 10:00pm
Wednesday
10:00am - 10:00pm
Thursday
10:00am - 10:00pm
Friday
9:30am - 11:00pm
Saturday
9:30am - 11:00pm
Sunday
9:30am - 10:00pm
Monday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Thursday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Friday
Noon - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 9:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 8:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 4 changing beers and 1 regular beer.

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Changing

nearly always from local breweries

Changing beers typically include: Oxford (varies) , XT (varies)

Source: Regional

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Six Nations Rugby Union matches only
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Wood fired pizza, also available to takeaway
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Wood fired pizza, also available to takeaway
Live Music Live Music
Occasionally
Garden Garden
Spacious garden with bike racks and covered seating areas, plus a 66 seater teepee beer garden available for private hire to the rear of the pub
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Disabled Access Disabled Access
No disabled toilet
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Dogs on leads welcome, water inside and outside the pub
Camping Camping
On road to Christmas Common at White Mark Farm (500m)
Events Events
Quiz night last Thursday of the month
Newspapers Newspapers
Real Fire Real Fire
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
LocAle LocAle
Oxford, XT; Amwell Springs, Loddon, Loose Cannon, Renegade
Beer Festival Beer Festival
Twice a year
Transport
Close to bus routes (700m)
Oxford Bus Company: 11; Red Rose Travel: 122 (Mon, Wed & Fri only - not public holidays; two journeys to Reading (the morning service leaves at 9:00am), one return journey), 123 (Mon, Wed & Fri only - not public holidays; one journey only from Reading, none to Reading (see service 122)), 126 (Tue & Thu only; one return journey only (the outbound service leaves at 9:00am)), 127 (600 m from Shirburn Street Church (on B4009}; Tue & Thu only; one return journey only (the outbound service leaves at 10:40am)); Going Forward Buses: 137 (Fri only - not public holidays)
school services only are not listed
Directions
east off B4009
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