Heverlee 0623
Heverlee 0623

About us

We are a country pub (c.1700) located in the heart of the village of Beckley, five minutes off the A40 and just 10 minutes north of Headington, Wheatley, Risinghurst and Oxford, with stunning views over Otmoor. Serving a good selection of wine, cask beers, lagers, cider, with regular guest beers available.

We are a dog friendly pub and welcome your well behaved four legged friends.

We no longer serve food at The Abingdon Arms, but we do still cater for funeral wakes, meetings and walking groups wanting buffet food.

We look forward to seeing you.

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Beer gardenCar parkFamily friendlyOutside areaReal aleReal fireLive music
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4.5/5

deanoj ward

2 months ago

Very friendly staff and even served us after kitchen was technically closed, which we really appreciated. The food was nice, and staff made sure we had everything we needed. Menu could be improved with more vegan options as daughter and wife are dairy free but not a reflection of service and atmosphere. Would visit again.

Ajh-Celebrant

4 months ago

Loved this pub, having not been there for years we popped in on the off chance of lunch and it was excellent. Food was very good, staff welcoming, and atmosphere warm. Very friendly and lovely to see so many people there of a lunchtime. Ladies toilets spacious and new. Very good experience- thoroughly recommended.

Phil Brimblecombe

7 months ago

Lovely food, friendly staff delivering speedy service. We sat out the back and had two courses, all dishes were lovely!

Ed

1 year ago

So… an average 2 stars I feel is fair. We drove about an hour out of the way to come here. The place is nice. A quintessential British English pub with nice people, sweet dogs and a warm log burner. Very trad. But middling to poor with the food. If you’re not bothered about food then this is a great family pub. However if you like your food to be tasty and most importantly if you don’t want to feel you have been ripped off then avoid this pub. We ordered the “Abingdon Arms Special - Honey glazed slow cooked wild goose breast with smoked bacon, savoy cabbage, gnocchi and creamy sauce” there was something weird going on with this dish. The meat was really tough and the cabbage in the creamy sauce mixture (normally a great combo) was too bitter and there wasn’t any depth to the sauce mixture. We had to send it back. The other dish was “Smoked duck breast served with quail egg & garlic roasted vegetables”. It’s a starter so much smaller than a main but it arrived without the quail egg(s). When we inquired about the quail egg they took the plate plonked a grand total of 1 quail egg on it and returned it. A country pub should be able to serve a couple of these and unfortunately to add insult to injury it was a pickled quail’s egg. 1 pickled quails egg added after asking for it… Talk about skimping! The beef brisket that replaced the goose was much better. The lovely clientele who sat next to us and chatted to us for a bit saved the day.

A Laws

1 year ago

Nice atmosphere, different areas in the pub for different parties. The chocolate fondant with salted caramel ice cream and forest berries was excellent, one of the best desserts I've ever had! Parking a little precarious but can't be helped.

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Mon Closed
Tue 18:00 – 23:30
Wed12:00 – 15:00 18:00 – 23:30
Thur12:00 – 15:00 18:00 – 23:30
Fri12:00 – 15:00 18:00 – 23:30
Sat12:00 – 23:30
Sun12:00 – 18:00
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Heverlee 0623
Heverlee 0623