Red Lion, Brightwell cm Sotwell

Red Lion, Brightwell cm Sotwell Friendly Village Pub, Great Local Beers, Delicious home cooked food, Reasonably priced. What more c
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Join us this evening from 6pm for tonight’s ‘wine down’ with the amazing Sam Michael Lamden! Thank you,C x
27/09/2026

Join us this evening from 6pm for tonight’s ‘wine down’ with the amazing Sam Michael Lamden!

Thank you,

C x

Red Lion Christmas Market 2026 - Stall Holders WantedOnce again we will be having our annual Christmas Market and we are...
25/09/2026

Red Lion Christmas Market 2026 - Stall Holders Wanted

Once again we will be having our annual Christmas Market and we are inviting new stall holders to please get in touch to book a space. The date this year is Saturday November 14th and each year we have been fully booked with stall holders and we have had over 200 people through and we hope to see it even busier this year.

If you are a local crafts person please get in touch if you'd like to reserve your space. We try to get a variety of different sellers to attract lots of people so please email [email protected] if you are interested. The cost is just £10 per pitch and we keep you warm and toasty with hot drinks for the sellers throughout the afternoon. The market opens at 1pm and we ask all sellers to arrive early to set up and be ready to go from 12.30pm for those early bird buyers that we always get 🤣
I'm especially looking for someone who makes their own chutneys/preserves as I think the day really needs one of those and anyone else who is interested. If we don't already have someone booked for what you offer, we would love to have you. Please tag or share with your creative friends and what we do insist on is that everyone who sells here is local to us in the surrounding villages and towns as we want local people selling locally made items to our lovely customers ☺️☺️

Thank you all, I look forward to hearing from you and for those shoppers out there, get the date in your diary now as it really is a fantastic day.

Much Love,

Team Red Lion xx

24/09/2026

Tables Tonight

If you are looking for someone else to do the cooking tonight, we have a quiet restaurant and would love to see you. We have some lovely fresh plaice for our ‘Catch of the Day’ and tonight special is traditional Shepherds Pie made with lamb from this very village! It was such a hit last night we are doing it all again tonight!

To book in please call 01491 837373 or message us here on FB,

Thank you as always,

C xx

Live Music - Sunday 27th SeptemberJoin us this Sunday for not only quite possibly (I'd say almost certainly) the best me...
24/09/2026

Live Music - Sunday 27th September

Join us this Sunday for not only quite possibly (I'd say almost certainly) the best meat draw around, but also for a lovely evening of live music from one of our favourite return acts..... Sam Michael Lamden! If the weather stays nice we will enjoy Sam and his guitar out in the courtyard and if not, we will have a cozy night inside the pub enjoying a drink or 2 and finishing the weekend in style.

Be sure to arrive in plenty of time to get your tickets and a seat. The draw will take place at 6pm with Sam starting just after,

Thank you as always,

Corinne xx

We are delighted to share with you our 2026 Christmas menu that will be available from Thursday 26th November through to...
23/09/2026

We are delighted to share with you our 2026 Christmas menu that will be available from Thursday 26th November through to Saturday 19th December.

If you would like to book a table for lunch or dinner (Wednesday to Saturday), please email us with your party size and ideal time you would like your table. We ask that you share our menu with your guests and have final meal choices with any allergies listed for your entire party to us no later than 5 days before your booking. A deposit of £10 per person on each booking will also be required. If any member of your party has specific/complex dietary requirements please ask them to email us directly to ensure we can cater for their needs.

We would like to take this time to thank you all for your continued support over the year, as you know we will not be here this Christmas but Zak and his family will be looking after you but for now, please continue to use this email for bookings and queries until the sale goes through. Zak will of course update you when he takes over the reins with any new contact details.

Warmest Regards

Corinne & Zak

email: [email protected]

The beginning of the end…….! Join Mouse and I for the first (yes I’m going to milk it) of our ‘leaving do’s’ here with u...
03/09/2026

The beginning of the end…….!

Join Mouse and I for the first (yes I’m going to milk it) of our ‘leaving do’s’ here with us at The Red Lion on Saturday October 10th.

With no official sale date as yet, plans are being put in place for early November for us to hand over the reins so we’d like to kick off the parties with one to remember and we’d love for our regulars along with friends and family to come and join us. We have some fabulous live music from The Mysteries who are a unique acoustic pop/soup trio belting out hits in their own style from the likes of Prince, Elvis, Kylie, Plan B and Bruno Mars plus a lot more and then possibly the last DJ set from the one and only DJ Mouse!

We really want to thank our regulars and loyal customers who have supported us all these years as without you, we simply wouldn’t have survived so come along and party hard with us and enjoy pizzas on us which will be delivered from our friends in Wallingford at Pizza Cafe!

Thanks guys, let us know if you can make it, we really want you to be here and we look forward to seeing you all on the dance floor 🕺🕺,

Much love,

Corinne & Mouse xx

Ps….thank you to Amanda and Natalie for another fantastic board ☺️☺️xx

August Bank Holiday Live MusicWe are over the moon to welcome back The Night Herons, a four-piece band with lush vocals,...
30/08/2026

August Bank Holiday Live Music

We are over the moon to welcome back The Night Herons, a four-piece band with lush vocals, playing original jazz, funk, folk and pop with 2 of its members being Brightwell's very own!

Join us tonight for simply the best way to finish up your lazy Sunday by sitting back and listening to some fab music or perhaps even get up for a dance or 2! Being a BH weekend we will of course have a bumper meat draw so be sure to arrive earlier to get your tickets before the draw at 6pm. The band will start shortly after and I promise you a great night!

Thank you all, see you later,

C x

Sunday Roast AvailabilityIf you are looking for a table for lunch today, give us a call here at The Red Lion. We have 3 ...
30/08/2026

Sunday Roast Availability

If you are looking for a table for lunch today, give us a call here at The Red Lion. We have 3 early tables available from 12/12.15 and then some slightly later from 1.45pm up til 2.30pm. To book in please call 01491 837373 after 10am or message us here on FB.

Thank you as always,

Team Red Lion xx

Introducing Sue Cox (nee Whisstock), our newest artist of the month,Sue Whisstock is a local author and keen watercolour...
26/08/2026

Introducing Sue Cox (nee Whisstock), our newest artist of the month,

Sue Whisstock is a local author and keen watercolourist. Born in Suffolk, she has lived in Oxfordshire all her married life. A Wallingford resident and member of the WADAC she writes and paints full time since her retirement from teaching. Sue is a sociologist with a Masters in Creative Writing from Brunel University and we are delighted to not only show her work but to also have her novel Crosswinds which is inspired by her mother-in-law who served as a Wren in WW2.

My pictures really do not do Sue's work justice so please do pop in and take a look at her work and possibly pick yourself up a painting or 2 to brighten up your walls.

You can find Sue online at www.suewhisstock.com and her book is available from us and Wallingford book shop for just £6.50.

Thank you, we hope you enjoy,

C xx

Road Closed (or not in fact closed) - Getting to the pub!Please note that OCC or the contractors have very kindly put ro...
26/08/2026

Road Closed (or not in fact closed) - Getting to the pub!

Please note that OCC or the contractors have very kindly put road closed signs all around the village due to Church Lane being closed during the daytime only. If you are visiting us and driving from the Didcot area, you will see road closed signs and diversions in place from the Donkey Sanctuary entrance. Please note the main road is NOT closed and full access is available. If you are coming into the village from Wallingford direction, you will notice road closed signs before you get to the pub, again please ignore these. The pub and village shop/post office have full access and the road signs are making it look like the main road through is closed but it isn't.

Thankfully these signs are turned round late afternoon so will not be a problem for evening visitors but I wanted to assure you on this occasion you can ignore the signs and drive through unless of course you want to drive up/down Church Lane where you can't and I'll be honest, unless you live in the village, you really do not need to drive down there. Hopefully that all makes sense and it will not put you off visiting us and fingers crossed they will be finished by Friday and before the people shout at me for telling people to ignore the signs (like last time) please please note it isn't closed and I'd never tell you to ignore them if it was. They are being a tad over informative and the signs are on roads that are not part of the works and a fair way before any closures.

Thank you,

C x

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Brightwell Street
Wallingford
OX100RT

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Tuesday 6pm - 10pm
Wednesday 12pm - 3pm
6pm - 10pm
Thursday 12pm - 3pm
6pm - 10pm
Friday 12pm - 3pm
6pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 12pm - 8pm

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