The Boot Inn

A Warm Welcome from The Boot Inn

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to everyone in the village and surrounding area. We are delighted to introduce ourselves as the new management team at The Boot Inn. Shane and I, are thrilled to be part of this wonderful community and are excited to be bringing your local pub back to life.

Our chef, Josh, is currently hard at work creating a brand-new menu, which we look forward to sharing with you very soon. Our aim is to offer a simple pub menu done well, complemented by seasonal specials and themed evenings as we settle in.

We will confirm food service times shortly, but in the meantime we would love to welcome you to The Boot for a drink and a chat. We are open every day from 12:00 until 23:00.

Whether you're a regular face or visiting for the first time, we look forward to welcoming you through our doors and making The Boot Inn the heart of the village once again.

See you soon,
Lena & Shane
The Boot Inn

01722 790633

A Short History of the Boot Inn

The Boot Inn is a Grade II listed building built in the mid 1600’s of flint and limestone bands with a tiled roof which was formerly thatched.

Many inns came into existence after the 1830 Beerhouse act, an act of parliament brought in to help stimulate the economy.

This enabled individuals to sell beer without a formal licence and it would have been under this arrangement the William Kyte, a master shoe maker, opened the Boot.

The first surviving record of the inns name is in the Kelly’s directory for the area in 1848.

On the 24th of August 1897 the inn was granted an alehouse licence which allowed it to sell cider and spirits as well as beer.

At this time it was licensed for six days a week, closing at 9.00pm.

During this period the Boot Inn was part of an estate which comprised of the houses, cottages, principal farms and inns in the parishes of Winterbourne Stoke, Berwick St James, Stapleford and Steeple Langford. The estate changed ownership several times between 1896 and 1920.

In 1921 the estate was offered for sale at auction in various lots and Wadworth brewery bought lot 3, The Boot Inn.

It remained a Wadworth tenancy from that time and was granted a seven day licence in April 1951.

In 2020, along with 20 other pubs, The Boot was sold off by Wadworth and bought by Red Oak Taverns, a company that owns over 200 public houses and leased to Mr Mike Doldon.  It was closed for business in August 2023 for four months, before being taken over by Ross and Amy Anderson who also ran a catering company called ROAM.   Finally, in early August 2026 the lease was transferred to Shane and Lena Rose, who are the current landlords of the Boot Inn, and we wish them every success..

Previous Licensees:-

1848 – 1869: William Kyte & family                       1971 – 1985: Donald Leslie Rowell

1869 – 1921: Robert Keel & famil                         1985 – 1997: Geoffery Neil Blake        

1921 – 1930: Frank Shergold                                1997 – 2008: Kathie Duval 

1930 – 1934: Edward Walter Clark                        2008 – 2020: Giles & Cathy Dickinson

1934 – 1957: James Pember & family                   2020 - 2023:  Mike Doldon

1957 – 1961: Trevor Chirgwin                                2023 - 2026   Ross & Amy Anderson

1961 – 1971: Percy Mc Gill                                    2026 - :  Shane and Lena Rose