Headington pubs that have closed in recent years

Pub building still standing

• The Chequers in Beamont Road closed on Boxing Day 2023. Planning permission to convert it into a large private dwelling house was granted in December 2023 (23/01869/FUL)
• The Crown & Thistle in Old Road closed in 2011
• The Fairview Inn at 16 Glebelands closed in December 2013 after being sold by Enterprise Inns. Planning permission to convert it into a five-bedroom house was granted in November 2016 (16/02112/FUL)
• The Princes’ Castle in Barton closed in c.1990 and planning permission to convert it into five flats was granted in February 1995 (94/01739/NF)
• The Shotover Arms at the Green Road roundabout was converted into the Shotover Arms Hotel in 1957, and has been a McDonalds since 1993

Pub building demolished

• The Bell in Old High Street closed in 2000, and was demolished and replaced by a house in 2002
• The Fox in North Way (the third and last Barton pub with this name) closed in 2002 and a planning application to replace it with nine flats was approved in September 2005 (04/02007/FUL)
• The Quarry Gate at 19 Wharton Road closed in 2012 and was demolished in April 2015.
• The Cavalier at 148 Copse Lane in Northway closed in 2010 and was demolished in April 2012. A planning application by I & O Limited to replace it with “58 ensuite student rooms with shared facilities and warden’s room on three floors” was approved in June 2011 (11/01681/FUL)