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North Cotswolds

Coach & Horses

Coach & Horses was used as Period village pub setting in Father Brown. Customers welcome.

Stone frontage and hanging pub sign of the Coach and Horses in Longborough
Photo: David Stowell / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
On screen as
Period village pub setting
Access
Customers welcome
Time needed
30–90 minutes
Nearest place
Longborough, Gloucestershire

On screen

The Coach and Horses in Longborough is recorded as a Father Brown village-pub setting. A local pub-history archive reproduces a contemporary Gloucestershire Echo report about the production's visit: the crew changed its name for filming and replaced modern objects with period items. That is useful evidence of temporary dressing, rather than a reason to expect the same appearance today.

The real pub sits on a bank at the top of the village, and its operator describes a garden looking over Longborough. Donnington Brewery's own listing draws attention to views of the village cross, cottages and church. The compact village setting, rather than a permanent collection of props, is the main thing a visitor can appreciate alongside a meal or drink.

Visiting Coach & Horses

Use the current pub website when planning your stop. It distinguishes the bar's opening from food service, which matters if you are arriving after a village walk and expecting lunch. Contact the venue for a table and check the day's menu instead of relying on dishes or offers copied into older travel pages.

The operator describes local Donnington ale and a changing menu, so a normal pub visit is a reasonable way to experience the interior. The brewery listing gives the village address and telephone number, helping distinguish this establishment from other pubs called the Coach and Horses.

The local history archive also records a separate former establishment in nearby Ganborough; make sure your directions point to Longborough village.

Check the filming source

Plan your visit

Build this stop into the day.

Combine the stop with Longborough and a wider Moreton-in-Marsh or Stow-on-the-Wold day. Make your meal reservation the fixed point, then fit other locations around it. Donnington's association with both brewery and pub is an interesting local connection, but a pub visit does not itself grant access to the brewery's working areas or any separate tour.

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North Cotswolds

Nearby filming locations

Broad High Street through Moreton-in-MarshTown · Customers welcomeMoreton-in-MarshOn screen as Kembleford-area streets and period town scenesSee the locationJacobean front elevation of Chastleton HouseHistoric house · Open to visitorsChastleton HouseOn screen as Intimate Jacobean country-house scenesSee the locationCotswold stone frontage of Snowshill ManorHistoric house · Open to visitorsSnowshill Manor and GardenOn screen as Eccentric house and garden settingSee the locationStone frontage and arched doorway of the Quaker Meeting House in Broad CampdenChurch · Open to visitorsQuaker Meeting HouseOn screen as Kembleford Parish HallSee the location

Sources

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