The Ostrich Inn

The Ostrich Inn is a historic pub and inn in the village of Newland, on the western edge of the Forest of Dean and within the Wye Valley in Gloucestershire, England. It presents itself as one of the best-preserved 17th-century inns in the country, and it operates as a family-run pub serving real ales from local brewers alongside locally sourced food. The pub is open Tuesday to Sunday and welcomes a broad range of visitors, including walkers, cyclists, children and dogs. The Ostrich Inn's offer centres on a classic British pub experience. Its menu highlights homemade pies served with triple-cooked chips, garden peas and gravy, and fish and chips prepared with Butty Bach beer batter and hand-cut chips, with Friday servings cooked in traditional beef dripping. The pub promotes themed weekly events such as "Pie & Pint Thursdays" and "Fish & Chip Fridays," and it markets its pub garden as among the best in the area. It also provides information for circular walks that combine local scenery with a pub lunch. According to its own history page, the pub began a programme of repair and restoration in April 2022, and it has documented that work online. The inn is situated in Newland, a village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it positions itself as a destination for both locals and visitors exploring the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley. The business is privately and family run, with no public listing or corporate parent indicated in the available evidence.

The Ostrich Inn is a historic pub in Newland, a village on the western edge of the Forest of Dean and in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, England. The pub describes itself as one of the best-preserved 17th-century inns in the country, a claim that places its origins in the 1600s, though the available evidence does not give a precise founding date. It is recorded as a pub in Newland in structured data sources. In the 21st century the inn has operated as a family-run pub serving real ales and locally sourced food. Its own history page states that repair and restoration of the pub began in April 2022, and the business has published updates about the works. The pub has continued to trade while presenting itself as a destination for locals and visitors to the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley, offering a pub garden, a food menu built around classic British dishes, and information for circular walks in the surrounding countryside.

• Repair and restoration of the pub begins in April 2022.

A family-run, historic 17th-century inn offering real ales, locally sourced food and a welcoming atmosphere in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.

• Homemade pies

  Served with triple-cooked chips, garden peas and rich gravy.

• Fish and chips

  Butty Bach beer batter, hand-cut chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce; Fridays cooked in traditional beef dripping.

• Real ales

  Sourced from local brewers.

1. 1Pub | The Ostrich Inntheostrichinn.com
2. 2History & Works | The Ostrich Inntheostrichinn.com
3. 3The Ostrichwikidata.org