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The Oxford

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Proudly family owned Pub, lovers of traditional food with exciting twists, real ale, cold beer, good
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Opened by Alison & Phil in February 2013 alongside Thomas, Ria & Ella, The Oxford is a family pub set at the foot of the Pennines serving fantastic food, fine wines & real ales in a beautiful building promising welcomes as warm as our log fires. Over 150 years old, the former Oxford Turning circle has historically been a thriving public house. In it’s earlier years The Oxford was the place to be, a beautiful cocktail bar & snug frequented by the movers & shakers of Rochdale serving oysters alongside it’s famous seven spirit rainbow cocktails. Nowadays Alison & her team have transformed the pub into a family friendly pub for all seasons, with a huge beer garden & super chilled lagers served in glasses fresh from the freezer for the summer along with cosy fire places & beautiful red wines to see you through the winter months. Straight from work or as somewhere special for the weekend The Oxford is a welcome break that always offers something different for those who seek it or a bit of tradition for those who don’t.

On the hunt for a chef drop us a message or send us a cv to admin@theoxfordpub.co.uk - cheers!

23/10/2026

On the hunt for a chef drop us a message or send us a cv to [email protected] - cheers!

22/10/2026

We’ve done some cool things but being invited to Parliament as a representative of the whole of the UK’s hospitality trade & to be a voice in Westminster for the nations pubs? Insane.

An absolute privilege to be asked, a hell of a thing to attend & a much needed pint afterwards.

Funny old thing, life.

20/10/2026

Proud moment for The Oxford
Tom’s in parliament today, one of the voices for the pub industry and hopefully getting us some much needed help
Go Tom 🍻🍷

12/10/2026

Two weeks since we started our winter menu & what an astonishing response. You’ve loved everything & you’ve come out in your hundreds to support the place while we make the big shift into the colder months.

Too early to tell what everyone’s favourite is just yet but no surprises that the garlic butter chicken schnitzel & the steak pie are flying out but you can never knock the classics with Ella’s French onion soup, a dreamy pate en croute & our cinnamon apple crumble all eyeing up the top of the leader board too.

All your old favourites are back, Paul’s been making so much fish pie that Dan doesn’t know what to do with himself, creamy garlic mushrooms are here just in time for winter and as is traditional, old people of Rochdale rejoice because the only place still dishing out liver & onions is back at it for the fourteenth year running!

We’ve thrown some new additions into the mix as well, garlic & rosemary Brie wedges covered in hot honey might be the match up we didn’t know we needed, there’s a slow cooked black dhal (yeah, like that one) that is scratching all those comfort food itches & a mushroom & truffle pappardelle pasta drowning in Parmesan that is to die for.

The desserts have had an overhaul with a very decadent baked cookie dough crowned with clotted cream ice cream, maple syrup whipped cream & marshmallows topping the charts for us, though a chocolate tiramisu sundae with a shot of amaretto isn’t far behind. And naturally, would it be winter in Shawclough if we didn’t sell one million sticky toffee puddings?

I’d say something about the roast dinners but you already know the score there, it’s getting boring.

Yes Rochdale winter is for all week long here & while roasts are good, we’re kicking out some of our best ever food in the cosiest atmosphere around seven days a week.

Also, if you’re in over the next few weeks some areas of the pub might be closed off because we’re in the middle of a BIG FAT REFUB because why not give the old girl a glow up?

Have you been in since we’ve changed the menu? What’s been your favourites? And what are you looking forward to most?

Winters with Team McNeeney,
What a vibe.

Stay Cosy Rochdale

12/10/2026

We’re looking for someone very special.

You don’t have to look like the doodle to apply, in fact, the less you look like a Roald Dahl character the better probably.

12/10/2026

Friends,

We’re having a bit of a rewire at the pub so we won’t be opening until 5pm today. Sorry for any inconvenience there amigos but no one’s getting any dinner until we’ve got power.

Usual service will resume later.

06/10/2026

Ever wondered why the pub sounds the way it does?

Why have we always had such a way with words & why for a place that sells pints do we care so much about the language around them?

It’s because a long time ago someone told us how much our words mattered. And she taught us how to use every one of them to change a little bit of the world around us.

I lost one of my heroes last week.

I’ll be in the same boat as a lot of people, whose lives might have been different if they’d have ended up in someone else’s classroom. For a kid who used to dread being asked to read out loud now I’m happy going on live tv talking to millions, for a lad who couldn’t spell for love nor money ending up published over & over again, there’s a richness to the language we use as a pub that wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for one phenomenal teacher.

We wouldn’t sound the way we do, we’d never have those incredible comebacks you love to read, or the posts that hit a nerve & get shared & seen by millions of people the planet over. Every quote in a newspaper, recipe in a magazine or conversation in parliament always comes back to one thing, our words & how we use them. And we’ve got one person to thank for that above anyone else.

The world is full of people like Anne, doing incredible things & inspiring people to be the best versions of themselves. But I never really told her how much of an impact she had, I guess I always just hoped she’d have seen it somehow. And I’ll regret that.

Thanks for everything Miss.

03/10/2026

Bad week to be any other roast.

Unless you’ve been under a box you’ll know the best roast you’ve ever had is back for winter starting tomorrow. The bookings are understandably bananas but Give Mark a bell, we might be able squeeze you in, bribes always welcome.

Back in force from midday tomorrow.

Do you want gravy with that?

30/09/2026

It’s the post you were waiting for friends.

Yes this is not a drill, quite possibly the best roast you’ve ever had is back on the menu from this week. And not just the Sunday Dinner itself, this year we’re coming back stronger than ever will a full Sunday menu packed to the brim with winter warmers & smashing sides to catapult your roast to food coma levels of indulgence.

All your favourites return with perfectly blushing roast beef served up alongside crispy garlic & pork fat roasties, a legendary braised carrot, giant yorkie, creamy cabbage, peas & bacon finished in chicken stock, the iconic crispy kale & a borvil & beef bone gravy that you won’t stop thinking about. It’s everyone’s favourite for a reason.

That not enough? The Mega Roast returns piled high with all the above PLUS a side of cauliflower cheese, a helping of hog roast, proper sausage stuffing, and a mound of creamy mash. Not one to operate heavy machinery after.

And for that one wonderful woman who made it a thing four years ago and we haven’t looked back since, the Cheese Pie roast rides again, everything you love about our Sunday roast, just a little cheesier.

And on the subject of cheese. You want sides? We’ve got sides. You all know about our famous Smoked Cheddar Cauliflower Cheese. It’s been a staple for years for good reason. But what about a chorizo mac & cheese alongside your dinner? A side of pigs in blankets, hot honey frickin pigs in blankets? Yessir. And a mini hog roast cottage pie? Behave.

Sandwich one of those iconic roasts between a bowl of Ella’s french onion soups & a baked cookie dough, day of days. Or start with a pate en croute & finish with a slab of sticky toffee pudding with clotted cream ice cream. What a thing.

We’ve bumped up the red w**e list, thrown on an old fashioned & a negroni, we’re lighting the fires regardless of the weather & putting the big band playlist back on. Because no one does Sundays quite like we do. Starting this week.

As always, phone bookings only. In a world of automated everything, we believe in people first.

Cheers for now Rochdale.

28/09/2026

There’s a time every year when the pub starts feeling like a particularly good idea again, and that is exactly where we’re at right now we think. The candles are getting lit that little bit earlier, the winter menu is just round the corner & something very special is coming back to Sundays in Shawclough. If you know, you know.

Lots more from us this week friends but for today, stay cosy.

Team McNeeney

Address

The Oxford, 662 Whitworth Road
Rochdale
OL120TB

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 9pm
Tuesday	12pm - 9pm
Wednesday	12pm - 10pm
Thursday	12pm - 10pm
Friday	12pm - 11pm
Saturday	12pm - 11pm
Sunday	12pm - 8:30pm

Telephone

+441706345709

Website

http://www.theoxfordpub.com/

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