Wheatsheaf
129 High StreetOxford
OX1 4DF
Opening times: Mon–Wed 13:00-23:00; Thu–Sat 13:00-24:00; Sun 13:00-23:00
Regular beers:
Hook Norton Old Hooky
See more about this pub on CAMRA's national web site
A self-styled 'traditinal boozer', this is a two-storey, well-established rock music venue down another Medieval passageway off the High, and also accessible from Blue Boar Street. The ground floor area is the bar, with pool table and juke box, and music and comedy events are held upstairs. The music was curtailed during the 'covid' restrictions and the owners put in a planning application to convert the upstairs to student accommodation which saw mass opposition and was thrown out. There seem to be some events again but hard to find details online. A bit different from other Oxford pubs ('lively', 'unpretentious', 'a bit rough round the edges'), and none the worse for that.