Ownership of The Abingdon Arms

The Abingdon Arms is owned by the Beckley & Area Community Benefit Society (BACBS). 280 members of the community have bought shares in BACBS and are members of the Society. The pub is run by 3 Catering Limited (see our tenants below). It is a free house with a bar, restaurant, and beautiful garden with incredible views over Otmoor and the local RSPB reserve.

Our tenants

Our tenants – Vicky and Dan – run 3 Catering Ltd. The team is now working to produce great pub food using local produce, serve local beers, and create a warm welcoming atmosphere.

The team are keen to support the local community, to make The Abingdon Arms a place where locals meet, eat and drink – and to which we will all want to return. They have committed to supporting and developing our programme of community activities and events so that The Abingdon Arms is ‘More than a Pub’

food and drink

Our tenants are passionate about making the most of all the amazing local produce that can be found in and around Oxfordshire and to put this ethos at the centre of their plans for both the food and drinks at The Abingdon Arms. They stock several different ales and lagers with featured guest ales from different local breweries as well as a varied selection of wines, craft gins, other spirits and a good range of soft drinks. The menu is ever-changing and has a good range of specials. Come and try it out!

A BIT OF HISTORY

The Abingdon Arms is a beautiful 17-century pub right in the heart of Beckley, to the northeast of Oxford. It was frequented by some literary greats: Evelyn Waugh famously drowned his sorrows at The Abingdon Arms on hearing that he’d got a third in his Oxford finals. And the view from the pub across the chequered fields of Otmoor is supposed to have inspired Lewis Carroll’s giant chessboard in “Alice through the Looking Glass”. For more details about the literary associations of The Abingdon Arms, see here.

For more information on The Abingdon Arms, see here.