The Royal Oak

03/07/2026

Welcome to the weekend! You'll be pleased to know we are not open for the overnight match on Monday morning, but we are open as usual between now and then!
Tonight's volunteer on the bar is Derek Goodwin-Morgan. See you here! 🍺🍻🍺😁

27/06/2026

Snacks beer and sunshine. What more could you want? Oh yes a pub that's avoiding the football! 🤣🤣🤣. Do come and enjoy a lovely pint in the beer garden or a pre footy drink 😁. Open until 11pm and midday until 10.30pm tomorrow. 🍺 🍻 🍺

19/06/2026

🚂🍺 The Diesel Gala has taken over the Worth Valley... and seeing as it's Friday, we're opening from midday today!

Whether you're chasing trains, ticking off locos or just fancy escaping to the pub for a few hours, we've got the pints ready and the bar waiting.

See you at the bar. 🍻

19/06/2026

We are open from 12pm today! If you are visiting the diesel gala, make sure you find the time to pop over the road for a pint!
The beer garden is warming up already :) 🍺 🍻 🍺

15/06/2026

🍺🚂 The Diesel Gala is rolling into the Worth Valley this weekend!

Contrary to what the 'On The Day' booklet says, these are our correct opening hours for the weekend. We've even extended our opening on Friday to keep the pints flowing a little longer!

Don't forget:
🍻 10% off for KWVR Members
🎟️ 10% off for Local Residents Railcard holders
🚂 10% off for Diesel Gala Day Rover wristband holders

Whether you're chasing Deltics, Class 37s or simply a decent pint between trains, we've got you covered.

See you at the bar! 🍺

13/06/2026

Cheers to Trackside, a two-page spread in this month's magazine!

TRACKSIDE Issue 60 is now arriving!

🔵Great things are happening at the Swanage Railway, as the line’s CEO Abbie King tells us in her first interview
🔵A complete ‘County’ is revealed at Didcot Railway Centre as new-build project reaches the final straight
🔵Oil firing takes off in a big way at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway and Statfold Barn
🔵The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has taken over a pub in Haworth… We take a look round to find out why
🔵Prospect for the last Southern '4SUB' EMU once looked bleak, but a new team is embarking on a remarkable transformation
🔵Why the return to steam of ‘Fifteen Guinea Special’ 4-6-0 No. 45110 might not herald an immediate return to the main line
🔵Roy Watts MBE explains ‘Why I Volunteer…’ as his long chairmanship of the Bluebell Railway comes to an end
🔵Saddle tank Singapore still has wartime Japanese bullet holes – and now needs your help to steam again at Rocks by Rail
🔵And there’s a second helping of striking imagery from the Railway The Railway Touring Company's ‘Great Britain’ on Scottish Region metals.

Plus heaps more news, in-depth features and stunning photography…

Save money by taking out a subscription at tracksidemag.co.uk

06/06/2026

The sun is shining! (Somewhere 😉).
Why not come and enjoy a lovely pint, gin, glass of wine or even a warm sausage roll out of the rain?

Open until 11pm today, 12pm to 10.30pm tomorrow.

29/05/2026

That Friday feeling… 🍻

Whether you’re hiding from the sun or soaking it up, we’ve got you covered.

Out back on the decking or inside on the sofa — either goes rather nicely with a pint or two to see off the week.

See you at the bar, open from 3pm today!

27/05/2026

Happy Wednesday! Open until 10pm, the sun is shining in the beer garden 😎

25/05/2026

If that doesn't make you think of a Bank Holiday Pint…. Not sure what will 🍺😁!

Newly-reopened community pub is going down a treat