I went in search of the Cotswolds’ best pub roasts – these are my seven favourites

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Beside the River Thames just outside Cirencester, the Wild Duck is the sister pub to the popular Double Red Duke in Clanfield, by husband and wife duo Sam and Georgie Pearman. It…

With Rivals returning to our screens this month and Christmas around the corner, there’s no better time to visit the Cotswolds for a hearty Sunday roast and a roaring fire. Having lived on the edge of the Cotswolds for the past 15 years, this is my pick of the best local pubs for a comforting lunch.

Beside the River Thames just outside Cirencester, the Wild Duck is the sister pub to the popular Double Red Duke in Clanfield, by husband and wife duo Sam and Georgie Pearman. It opened earlier this year and has rapidly become a Gloucestershire hotspot.

The interiors – leather chairs, lavish wallpaper and cosy window seats, designed by Georgie – are worth a visit alone. The menu changes regularly but expect generous portions and some retro classics. Aside from a hearty roast spatchcock chicken and Herefordshire sirloin beef, I also recommend the cheese soufflé and prawn cocktail.

Bring your four legged friends too and treat them to a Wild Duck doggy treat box.

No Cotswolds list would be complete without a pub from the Daylesford group. The Fox at Oddington has all the style you would expect from the chi-chi Cotswold farm shop, which has become a byword for aspirational country living.

The Fox has flagstone floors, open fires and elegant interiors, but it also comes with genuinely great pub food. Treat yourself to a fig Negroni at the bar then maybe a ‘nduja Scotch egg or a crispy belly of Wootton pork with duck fat and thyme roast potatoes.

Get into the Christmas spirit early at “The Killy” which, alongside its roaring fires, snug nooks and well-stocked bar, offers a delicious roast turkey with pigs in blankets, stuffing and brioche bread sauce. Yum.

The Killy, run by husband and wife Jim and Claire Alexander, has been listed as a Top 50 Gastropub and in the Good Food Guide. It’s also just up the road from beautiful Blenheim Palace, ideal if you’re visiting for the Christmas lights trail.

If roast turkey doesn’t whet your appetite, there’s a 16oz Chateaubriand with Yorkshire…

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