The Crown Oxford

You will find The Crown in Oxford within a short stroll of Queens Street, Carfax Tower and High Street - however you won't find another like it.

Step in to discover a traditional pub of unique character, revered for its eclectic range of real ales and its quality pub food, which are served, as they should be, with a generous measure of famous British hospitality. A fascinating past

The Crown has had a succession of famous landlords. In the year of the Gunpowder Plot it was kept by John Davenant and it was during this time Shakespeare paid

04/09/2024

The return of Jaipur! A favourite at the Crown. It is a lovely smooth citrusy IPA at 5.9% so why not pop down and enjoy a lovely pint.

04/05/2024

🍊🥂Happy Saturday! To welcome the bank holiday weekend come and join us at the Crown for a refreshing Aperol Spritz🍊🥂

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🍺To Beer or not to Beer! 🍺

✨Happy Birthday Mr William Shakespeare!✨🎉🥳🎂🎈🎁🎊

It is rumoured that Shakespeare would have stayed in the Crown Inn and Painted rooms on Cornmarket Street in Oxford when travelling from Stratford upon Avon to London!

His friend the vine merchant John Davenant stayed at The Crown Inn!

12/04/2024

You’ve got to have “Faith”….. 🍺

✨Our guest beer by Northern Monk, a A Hazy Pale Ale, Craft brewed with northern pride and bursting with juicy, tropical flavours.✨

10/04/2024

Join us this Saturday at The Crown Pub for the highly anticipated Grand National at 4pm🐎🏆

09/04/2024

Here is some of Team Crown with the Arsenal legend Martin Keown on Sunday night ⚽️🍻

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Happy Easter from Team Crown! 🐰🪺🥚

29/03/2024

✨Saturday’s Boat Race will be the 169th time that Oxford and Cambridge’s men have raced against each other and the 78th time the women’s crews have done so…. ✨ COME ON OXFORD…… 🐮🔵
If you’re looking for a spot to watch the Oxford vs Cambridge rowing , head over to The Crown! We’ll have the race on, along with great drinks. Don’t miss out on the action! 🚣‍♀️ -race # ale

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🇮🇪✨Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Team Crown! 🍀🍻 Today, we’re all about that Guinness goodness! 🍻 Join us for a pint of to celebrate the luck of the Irish with us! Cheers!🎉🍀 🍻

13/03/2024

🐎We’ll be showing the Cheltenham races, including the highly anticipated Golden Cup on Friday, March 15th at 15:00! You won’t want to miss this racing event! Join us for a fantastic time, grab a drink of your choice, indulge in a delicious pie, or even try out our bar snacks.🐎

✨🍺With our newly installed fourth screen, we won’t miss a single moment of the races.🍺✨

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Check out our Bar Snacks deal at The Crown! 🍻

⭐️Get 3 snacks for just £17 or 5 snacks for £26! ⭐️

✨This includes Halloumi Fries, Loaded Chunky Chips with beef brisket and cheddar, and tasty Boneless Chicken Bites and more…. ✨

Treat yourself to these delicious snacks! 🤌😊🤌

23/02/2024

🍻 Get ready for the third week of rugby at The Crown!🍻 We’ve got all the 6 Nations action lined up for you. Here are the games for this weekend….

- Saturday, February 24th:
- Ireland🇮🇪 vs. Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 14:15
- Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 vs. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 16:45

- Sunday, February 25th:
- France 🇫🇷 vs. Italy🇮🇹 15:00

Grab a pint and some bar snacks and join us for a great weekend of rugby🍻

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🚨Guest Ale🚨 The lovely Megan showing off the Burrow’s Blonde! An amazing beer…
“Black Sheep Brewery have partnered with The Good Racing Co, a fundraising business that works to raise funds for good causes through horse racing. They began fundraising for the MND community with a charity racehorse named after Rob: Burrow Seven. Since then, they have launched the Rob Burrow Racing Club and raised nearly £180,000 for MND charities so far”

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🍻It’s the first day of the 6 Nations…. get ready to catch some rugby action. Book a table with us at The Crown on our website! 🍻

France 🇫🇷 v Ireland 🇮🇪 02/02 20:00

Italy 🇮🇹 v England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 03/02 14:15

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 03/02 16:45

28/01/2024

🍺🦜What’s the craziest animal you’ve ever seen in the pub? Here’s Izzy with a parrot on Saturday night!🦜🍺

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Calling all whisky lovers…

✨Join us on a journey through the captivating world of whiskies at this incredible showcase✨ (22nd January - 31 March)

⭐️🥃From smooth single malts to bold blends, we've got a wide selection to satisfy your palate - scotch, Irish, bourbon, and more, each with its own unique characteristics… 🥃⭐️

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Did you know that Sir Roger Bannister made history right here in Oxford? 🎉🏆 He ran the first-ever sub-four-minute mile at the Iffley Road Track! 🥂Enjoy a pint in the heart of Oxford's running legacy! 🏃‍♂️🍻 Check out out our display dedicated to Sir Roger Banister! 🏃‍♂️🍻

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Come and try our current guest beer! ‘s New England Pale Road Soda! “A pale ale brewed in the New England style with oats in the grain bill, a sizable dose of hops in the whirlpool and followed up with plenty of dry hopping after fermentation. Fermented out with Vermont ale yeast, this beer is very fruity with low levels of bitterness”

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🍺 Get ready to tap into the excitement at The Crown 🎉 We're thrilled to announce our brand-new beer lines, pouring out fresh and flavourful beers like never before! 🤩Join us for a pint and let the good times flow! 🍻

29/11/2023

The festive season is really in full swing 🎅🏻 why not pop on down and try one of our new festive dishes, here is our Seabass served with fried baby potatoes, fish and lobster sauce, broccoli and clams. We take walk ins and booking please book at https://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/restaurants/southeast/thecrownoxford #/

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Welcome to The Crown! Dog friendly pub open for cuddles.

Photos from The Crown Oxford's post 17/10/2023

Join us in helping raise money for shelter! Our GM’s from London and Oxford are currently doing the 10x10 challenge. Please give what you can below https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nicholsonscity

06/09/2023

Watch every tackle, try and scrum from the World Cup rugby right here at your favourite Nicholson's pub. We'll be showing selected games from this Friday 8 September, right through to the final at the end of October 🏈 🏆

You can keep up to date with the fixtures and book your table here: https://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/rugby #/

Booking advised but not necessary. We look forward to seeing you... 🍺

🎥 The White Horse, Soho

01/09/2023

Come join us at the crown
For live music Friday night 8:30pm
Enjoy the live entertainment aswell as atmosphere
crown # music

18/08/2023

Join us this Sunday from 10:45am for the women’s World Cup final!! Please book via I’ll website https://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/restaurants/southeast/thecrownoxford #/ food service will start at 12pm as normal.

19/07/2023

Come to the crown for one of our Aperol sprits or a summertime cocktail

19/07/2023

Come to the crown!
And try our new special gin glasses for a summertime experience
crown # gin glasses

19/06/2023

Join us this summer!

Want to spend your summer working at some of the UK's most interesting locations? Welcome the people of the UK with a smile and serve up pints so they can sit awhile. Isn’t that the dream?


A summer of fun is waiting: https://tinyurl.com/5ej3hnv5

16/06/2023

Come join us,
celebrate 150years of Nicholson’s pub
From the 1873 all the way up till the 2000’s.
Music night tonight at 8pm and the England football tonight! ⚽️
crown music

03/06/2023

Join us today at The Crown for the Battle of Manchester as the Red Devils of United take on the Titans of City. It’s a historic final, the first time the two sides have met in a cup final. City are hot favourites and have looked unstoppable recently but can Ten Hag’s men cause an upset? Join us for hundreds of kick of the football each more climactic than the last to see who will the derby…. And the trophy…

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59A Cornmarket Street
Oxford
OX13HB

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 11pm
Tuesday 12pm - 11pm
Wednesday 12pm - 11pm
Thursday 12pm - 11pm
Friday 12pm - 11pm
Saturday 12pm - 11pm
Sunday 12pm - 10pm

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