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Cheltenham Festival: 10th-13th March

The Cheltenham Festival is back for 2026, running from 10th–13th March, and we couldn’t be more excited for the action ahead.

As always, we’ll be right at the heart of the action, with our garden marquee and huge pop-up bar ready, delicious pre-race breakfasts to post-race dinners available, live music into the evening, and of course, plenty of flowing pints. Oh, and we’re open till’ midnight every race day!

Scroll down to find out everything going on this race week at The Royal Oak! 

Open from 8am each race day!

Serving delicious Cheltenham Festival breakfasts on every race day:

-Full English

-Veggie Full English

-Breakfast Baps: bacon, sausage or egg!

Bookings recommended but menu available for walk-ins!

Call us on 01242 522 344 to book

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Pints, Fizz and everything between from 8am

Our bar will be open from 8am, fully stocked ready to serve up fresh pints and drinks on every race day!

Available in our inside bar AND our pop-up garden bar

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Open till' Midnight!

From 5–7pm, our garden marquee will host fantastic live music to keep the race day vibes going strong!

We’re open until midnight each race day, with drinks flowing and our sound system pumping out the perfect soundtrack to keep the party rolling.

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THE PAVILION DEAL - 10% OFF YOUR FOOD BILL

Dine with us for dinner in our newly-refurbished Pavilion and enjoy 10% off your food*

(*Ts&Cs apply)

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Post-Race Dinner and Snacks

Book a table for a relaxing post-race dinner in our main restaurant or head to our Pavilion to take advantage of our Pavilion Deal! Joining us in the garden marquee? Enjoy delicious, warming pies and sausage rolls.

THE PAVILION DEAL
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