Pubs & Inns

Past & Present
  1. Angel, 5 Oxford Street
  2. Barley Mow, 21 St. Mary’s Street
  3. Bath Arms, 40 Horsefair
  4. Bear Inn, 53 Lower High street
  5. Bell Hotel (Castle Inn), Abbey Row
  6. Black Horse Inn, Burton Hill
  7. Black Swan, 14 High Street
  8. Bolton’s Barm & Bearshop, 22 Gloucester Street
  9. Borough Arms, 7 Oxford Street
  10. Brewery Tap, 34 Cross Hayes
  11. Butcher’s Arms, 38 Gloucester Street
  12. Castle Inn, site of (Weavers Arms), 82 The Triangle
  13. Coopers Arms, 25 Abbey Road
  14. Crown & Ball, 34 High Street
  15. Duke of York, Holloway
  16. Flying Monk Inn, site of (Railway Hotel), 120 Gloucester Road
  17. George Hotel, 20 High Street
  18. Green Dragon, 6 Market Cross
  19. Greyhound Inn, site now (Smoking Dog), 62 Lower High Street
  20. Griffin, 12-16-18 High Street
  21. Guildhall, 9 Oxford Street
  22. King Athelstan Inn, Cross Hayes
  23. Knoll House Hotel, Swindon Road
  24. King’s Arms Hotel, 29 High Street
  25. Lamb Inn, 63 Gloucester Road
  26. Light (The Light), Bristol Street/Road
  27. Oddfellows Inn, 49 The Triangle
  28. Plough Inn, 12 Foxley Road
  29. Prince & Princess, site now (Whole Hog), 8 Market Cross
  30. Railway Hotel, site became (Flying Monk Inn), 120 Gloucester Road
  31. Railway Inn, 107 Gloucester Road
  32. Red Lion Inn, 2 High Street
  33. Rose & Crown, 102 Lower High Street
  34. Salutation, Cross Hayes Lane
  35. Saracens Head, Holloway
  36. Shoe (The Shoe), Cross Hayes Lane
  37. Smoking Dog, site of (Greyhound Inn), 62 Lower High Street
  38. Suffolk Arms, Tetbury Hill
  39. Sun Tavern
  40. Three Cups Inn, The Triangle
  41. Three Horse Shoes, Oxford Street
  42. Travellers Rest Inn, 1 West Street
  43. Unicorn, 92 Lower High Street
  44. Victoria FC Club House, Gloucester Road
  45. Volunteer Inn, 133 Lower High Street
  46. Weavers Arms, site became (Castle Inn), 82 The Triangle
  47. Westport Tavern, The Triangle
  48. White Horse Inn, 52 Lower High Street
  49. White Lion Inn, 8 Gloucester Street
  50. White Swan, 41 Lower High Street
  51. Whole Hog site of (Prince & Princess), 8 Market Cross
  52. XXX Inn, Market Cross

All the above pubs, inns and hotels that are not highlighted bold and the two below, have either been demolished or converted to other businesses or houses. For further details visit Shops & Businesses.

It has been said, that in the history of all these ale houses, public houses, inns and hotels, no more than 17 existed all together at the same time.

The following two pubs are often included in other peoples lists but are not strictly Malmesbury pubs as the Coopers Arms was nearer Brokenborough than Malmesbury and the Royal Oak was on the Common nearer Foxley than Malmesbury.