The Falcon Inn

Built in 1554, this refurbished small hotel, restaurant and pub spent over two hundred years as a courthouse. Landlord David Nott offers a good choice of local real ales, including Stroud Budding, and tasty meals any time of day, from hearty, home-cooked breakfasts to evening meals, typically fresh figs and mozzarella salad with honey vinaigrette; pork tenderloin and Stowford cider cream sauce, black pudding, mashed potato and apple to follow; and lemon syllabub for dessert. A blackboard offers daily specials, steaks and pies. Events include an August cider festival.