Central Southern Region

Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

Big Society

95 Cowley Road
Oxford
OX4 1HR
Telephone(01865) 792755
GardenLunchtime MealsEvening MealsGamesWiFi
Opening times: Mon–Thu 17:00-23:00; Fri and Sat 12:00-24:00; Sun 12:00-22:00

See more about this pub on WhatPub, CAMRA's national pub guide.

The original pub and brewery were demolished in 1899 and this superb Victorian building erected to a design by Oxford Town Hall architect H. T. Hare. Renamed as The Big Society in Spring 2013 (the Cowley Road elm trees had all long gone). Now mainly a cocktail and burger bar with games. They serve 'gourmet street food', including the classic cheese burger. Has some beer in keg, cans, and bottles. A cinema was built next door on the site of the brewery in 1910 by Frank Stuart who owned the pub.