Asheton arms in Ribble Valley

Just spent a fabulous weekend here enjoying great dog-friendly accommodation, amazing food and drink and a warm welcome from all the staff - all in a stunning location. We can't praise it highly enough and are already planning a return visit!

Beautiful food and excellent service. We had a young man serve us who was so pleasant, attentive but not over the top. The children's meal was a really good size for our 10 year old, though he did go to the main menu for dessert! Will definitely be back!

Service first class all staff nothing to much trouble decor is lovely food very good

It is a lovely small hotel and pub serving great tasty food. Its village setting is perfect, as is the surrounding countryside of the Trough of Bowland. We only visited for lunch, so I can't comment on the rooms.

Eaten here twice recently and have been really impressed. One was a lunch then other time and evening meal, nice varied menu with some interesting options. Would highly recommend.

Lovely country pub , rooms were spotless, bar was cosy , food was great , would recommend it to others

Excellent meal and good service.

Lovely spot for a pint sitting outside looking at the gorgeous view.

Excellent. We had a very comfortable and large room in the old post office for the night. Dinner was excellent with plenty of it, the tiramisu was huge and very good. Very cosy bar with well kept ales and friendly girl on the bar pulling the pints. We used to live nearby so it's always on our list for a stay when passing through the lovely Lancashire countryside.

Would have been 5 stars but the breakfast was poor. The full breakfast was very dried out. Great shame as everything else was wonderful

The service is very friendly and the food is fantastic. It was really the first time I had such an incredibly good meal in a pub in England. The trip there was really more than worth it!

Only called in for a drink, but stayed for food..Both being excellent..The outside front seating has beautiful views of Pendle, Opposite is a lovely old church which is worth a visit. Would highly recommend.

Beautiful food and great service. We will be back again.

Lovely old pub used for numerous films over the years as is the village itself.

Lovely pub restaurant hotel with excellent service, wonderful food and well appointed rooms.

Went for lunch. Lovely pub with excellent views and character. Food was excellent and service attentive. Worth a visit even if you’re not local

Nice pub. Service adequate. Tables not cleared.. even when food arrived.

Lovely food and dog friendly to boot.

Very disappointing meal today, we have been visiting for years as never had a bad meal (even got married here back in 2018), visited at lunch time, order was taken but no food arrived, almost an hour later we checked where our food was due to noticing couples that ordered after us had already received theirs. Was told order had never gone through to kitchen yet the same waitress hadn’t noticed this? Food arrived swiftly after but quality not as it used to be, pies gone small and chips undercooked and hard (very pale). Manager apologised and said she had knocked some money off the bill yet when checking it was only 10% off the pies so a couple of pounds- not worth the fact we were left with no time for desserts due to the wait. Sadly we will not be returning to what was our “old favourite”.

Went for Sunday lunch. Hadn't booked but we got last table so book! Service throughout was very good indeed. Didn't have any fish pate left but chef made a one off crayfish and prawn starter which was delicious. Beef sublime as were all the trimmings - every element perfectly executed. As a chef I really appreciated everything done so perfectly.

Just had Sunday dinner there after a lovely walk around Downham with the dogs. Best chicken, ham and leek pie I've every had and my wife loved the roast dinner. Outstanding food.

Assheton arms Downham, food is dear 😋 but very nice. It's worth going just to see the lovely village

Excellent accommodation and food and a beautiful setting. The staff were courteous and helpful with special mention for Finn at the bar and Mackenzie in evening.

Amazing place to visit and the rooms are magnificent . Great atmosphere very clean and tidy.Its not just the pub but the whole village which is like a time capsule.views are amazing.Highly recommend this as a getaway from everyday hustle and bustle of modern life

Excellent accommodation and food and a beautiful setting. The staff were courteous and helpful with special mention for Finn at the bar and Mackenzie in evening.

Step back in time to total relaxation and natural beauty.

Stopped for lunch while visiting the gorgeous village, lunch was very good

Beautiful pub located at the top of the village looking towards Pendle Hill. Very 'olde worldy but with modern facilities. Mrs P says you can always judge a good establishment by its bathroom cleanliness...these were top notch!. Prices seemed competitive although we just had a beer. Not cheap at £6.00 each but we'll worth it on a bright sunny day sat out at the front with those views. By the time we left it was chockablock inside & the cooking smells were 👌. Can't comment on the rooms but suffice it to say if they are anything like the pub they'll be cozy!.

The location is amazing. A beautiful unspoilt village setting. However, the service was abysmal, we had ri make multiple requests for drinks. Our main meals came and one was something we had not ordered, we had asked for Ox cheek pie with mash and got chicken pie and chips. Unfortunately, we.will not be returning. Xx

Fantastic stay, thanks for the upgrade room. Superb location, good food,drink and very helpful staff. Absolutely recommend 🙂

A village where those who live pay no rent, no electricity or gas, only council tax The home belongs to the Count and Graphics of Clitheroe, England's 2 great land owners

Beautiful appointed rooms, great breakfast, wonderful location...an absolutely perfect few days away, would recommend this place to anyone

Beautiful view. We got lucky and had some sun as we ate our lunch. The vegan sweet potato and sweetcorn curry was great. All staff helpful too, directing me to the loo when I got lost and explaining the dog friendly hotel and restaurant. I will definitely visit again.

Fantastic service, very warm and welcoming. I stupidly left my phone charger and they called me to arrange it being sent back to me. A great atmosphere too. Highly recommended.

The food was ok. We were greeted on arrival, by a welcoming waitress..we asked for a highchair, which arrived propmtly, however we had to ask for a cloth to wipe it down as it was dirty (it wasn't busy in the pub, so could've easily been cleaned before being given to us). We waited and waited for them to come and take our order and then my daughter went and ordered at the bar instead, as we were all hungry. She ordered cheese pastry twists, 3 x sandwiches, aspen fries and normal fries. After a small wait the waitress brought sausage rolls, 2 sandwiches and the aspen fries out...... we queried the sausage rolls, she took them back and returned to say they didn't have the pastry twists. We then had to order something else (fish goujons), quickly as they were for my hungry Granddaughter (7 months). The last sandwich arrived about 5 mins later. We asked if the 'normal fries' were on the way, they never arrived. We asked for the bill, which arrived with the fries, that we didn't receive and £9.75 for 3 fish goujons, which was very expensive for what it was...... unfortunately, we won't be rushing back any time soon.

A fabulous menu with options from pub classics to finer dining. The food itself was so delicious. The chocolate and mint fondant particularly a triumph. The location is beautiful and we would definitely return here again.

We were a half hour from home but were in another world. It was so peaceful. Will definitely go back.

We stumbled on this place when we were just doing one of our get lost driving days. The place looks stunning and set in a beautiful, peaceful village with hills and countryside around you. The cosmetics inside were warm and friendly, making you feel relaxed. The service was spot on with really friendly helpful staff. And the food was absolutely fantastic with my little one eating everything on her plate. Would recommend it, and they look like they take bookings

Only visited for a couple of drinks but the staff was very friendly and made you welcome.

This is the most beautiful pub in the best location. We stayed at the pub overnight and the rooms and bathroom are absolutely gorgeous. The food is delicious too!fantastic dinner and great breakfast! Best veggie pub food I have had in many years! Loved it wish we could have stayed longer

We had a wonderful stay in April. The location is stunning, the room was lovely and comfortable, the food was delicious and freshly cooked with the staff so helpful who couldn’t do enough. Would highly recommend staying here and we will definitely return!

Poor service. Young staff that clearly have not been trained - slamming cups down, walking away whilst being spoken to, poor attitude to clients. Food average at best. Half of the menu unavailable and what was available was mediocre - I wanted the pork and chorizo burger, not available (advised regular burger available with same cheese/accompaniments) , opted for ox cheek pie, 10 minutes later advised that wasn’t available either, so went for regular burger. Had better in a Wetherspoons ! Friends had steak - fatty (ribeye so expected to be somewhat fatty but more fat than meat according to them). One waitress’ attitude cost the rest of the staff a tip. Won’t bother returning. Food mediocre but some (but not all!) of the staff have attitude problems and should not be in a customer facing role.

Great service and staff, best pub food we've had in a long time . Cannot recommend highly enough

Location is unbeatable. Absolutely gorgeous village! However the pub was very busy on a Saturday night. Service was non-existent unfortunately. We were never asked if we wanted drinks, so we repeatedly went to the bar to fetch them. Allergen inquiry was a disaster. We only had mains and we were there for 1.5hrs before getting them. Food was underwhelming to be honest! Did speak with the manager who was very apologetic and knocked a chunk off the final bill. But will nto be trying again. Feel the staff could definitely be better trained as we weren't even given cutlery until we asked!

Friendly local with good food and beer

More of a village pub, with good selection of drinks

Disappointed with the service and food quality today (Monday 25th March). Invited my friend for her birthday. Three of us were dining at lunchtime. Food took a long time to come out and when it did chips were missing with sandwiche, we asked for boiled potatoes instead of chips but one meal came with chips. The chips that did come were overcooked and lukewarm and pies were dry liked they had been sat under heat lamp waiting...We came in October 2023 and had an amazing meal. Not sure why it was so bad for our lunch on this visit 😕

Lovely ,full of character pub in a fantastic location. Dog friendly

What a lovely pub! The food was really good (both breakfast and dinner) and the rooms were very nice. The location is wonderful for a nice country walk (many, many hills haha) and the staff were great. Would stay again.

Warm welcome, good selection of beers, lunch menu delicious.

Lovely location and nice staff unfortunately mine and my husbands roast beef dinner today Sunday 3rd. March was absolutely terrible cold food uncooked potatoes and roast beef was rough and raw

Stunning scenery, excellent staff and lovely food, would certainly recommend to others.

Visited the restaurant for the first time in a while today. Menu looked great. Can't have a tab outside, sign of the times I guess. Starters arrived, large black hair in the food meant it was sent back. Seemed a number of staff where new, but I wish them every success. Even though we paid at the bar as requested, we were later asked whilst sat at our table outside if we had paid. Food was 'ok' - no gravy and no veg seemed an oversight but who knows. Hopefully a new team will settle in and improve the experience we had today. Beautiful surroundings though.

Beautiful place. it just needs a guiness pump 👍 lol

Food to die for, staff are lovely, proper northern people, welcoming, helpful, friendly. Will definitely be back

Had a coffee ☕️ number of times good place and traditional establishment. Service polite especially Kayleigh

Hi can I say the pub beautiful food the same staff amazing,but can I just say the pub is far to hot the heating is on full blast and the fires are blazing we called for a drink and some food but we were so hot just ordering drinks we went outside to drink them and didn’t order food

Good service and excellent views

We stayed for one night, as part of the James place voucher. Our room was upgraded which was a lovely big room. Enjoyed the food and nice breakfast. Nothing to fault, would definitely recommend and very good service. Will be returning

Upon arriving in Downham to visit my home town, I and my partner were a little jet lagged, Down Under to Downham in 24 hours will do that to you. Having settled in, I thought we should take a trip down memory lane to the Assheton Arms, what a nice surprise it is to see this beautiful place still going, on our travels to pub we got acquainted with a lovely couple who had just recently just tied the knot, we offered to take them to Assheton as a wedding gift. Good company, Good beer and a great Steak Sandwich, one of the best in fact. A trip down memory lane turned to a day we would never forget, Austin and Evie are coming to visit us in Melbourne in December and we’ve got the Assheton Arms to thank for that, Happy New Year everyone.

As a newly married couple not from this area we haven’t really explored. We met a lovely Australian couple on our travels that recommended the pub to us. We got on so well they accompanied us to the pub. We had a lovely pint of Estella and and the most amazing steak sandwich. With picturesque views of the surrounding hills and local farm life we had the most memorable time ( and made friends that we will defiantly meet up with again). Would recommend the Assheton Arms to anyone visiting this country bumpkin town.

Lovely village pub - a bit pricey !

Great location but let down by service - had to wait over an hour for our main meal. I think it could have been a one-off but that's what happened to us. Other than that nice place in a lovely small virtually untouched Lancashire village.

Just drinks, very busy but dog friendly and great ambience!

Love coming here for food It's just down the road from us so amazing location. The 16oz steak was amazingly cooked. And the chocolate forest trifle, wow! So filling and rich. Eyes were definitely bigger than my belly. Staff are away so friendly and welcoming.

Enjoyed a lovely meal here last night, the food and service were both excellent. Chris, our waiter, was very polite, friendly and professional. Will definitely return. Thank you

The five of us all excellent food at lunch time today a new menu and exceptional service from the staff and manager made it a very enjoyable.

Spent a night here on Thursday. We had the Dinner,Bed&Breakfast deal which was £165. The location is stunning and the pub lovely and cosy with real fires to keep you nice and warm. The food was delicious, we had fish pie and lamb shank pie👌 breakfast is a choice off the menu plus cereals, pastries and yogs. Really nice The room was big and cosy with views over Pendle Hill. Its really quiet at night so we had a great sleep. The whole stay was fantastic, the staff are really nice and helpful. Its a great location for walkers. We will definitely be returning

Went for a gorgeous meal here last weekend. My husband and I both had the curried chicken with Bombay potatoes and it was gorgeous. Did not stay here so unable to rate the rooms .

Booked a table for mid day for sunday lunch. Mentioned i had a dog, so would be in the bar - no problem. Arrived to be put on a small table in a tight corner, not ideal, but it was ok. Ordered a starter and a main for my wife and I. The starter came in reasonable time and was lovely. Waited and waited and waited even more for the plates to be cleared. They were not taken, the waitress serving behind us didn't give us a second glance. After about an hour, I took the empty plates to the bar and said I was not happy with the delay. After a further 15mins, I went to the bar to say I would pay for what we had been provided with (drinks and food) but to cancel the mains. The first thing the barman did was to go to the kitchen and leave me waiting at the bar. After 2 or 3 mins the manager and the barman came out and apologised. The manager also apologised for "human error" and cancelled the full bill. A reasonable response in the circumstances, but spoilt our day out. Our last (and our 1st) visit here during the summer, the service and food were excellent, so perhaps our experience this time was a one off.

Food was lovely staff great will definitely eat here again

Sometimes a friendly HELLO is all that's needed when visiting ,but have to say nice pub we called a few years ago so just having a bit of a nostalgic trip but stayed for one drink and moved on shame 🫠

Lunchtime visit on a sunny autumn day. Beautiful setting, historic feel to the village and this lovely country Inn. Very nice varied menu with specials available. I had the very tasty ham hock with crispy hens egg. My wife enjoyed the mussels followed by the nocchie pasta, my main was the steak pie. Delicious food with a lovely house merlot. Highly recommended 👌

Did not stay - they were fully booked - but had an excellent lunch. Very much recommended.

Had a lovely meal yesterday early evening with my Mum and husband. Food was gorgeous Mum had the lamb, my husband had the caesar salad and he was asked if he would like anchovies as not everyone does and I had the ploughman's which was huge . We thought the food was excellent value. Lovely helpful staff. Well worth a visit.

Dog friendly ate in the bar area. Excellent fresh home cooked food. The staff could have been a little more friendly upon arrival. Surprised one of our party with a birthday treat. I would highly recommend visiting.

CLOSED DOWN DESPITE HAVING OPENING TIMES DISPLAYED The Assheton appears to be closed down. Phone disconnected no website, although room and table booking appears to work, I feel they simply can’t be bothered to change things or put a message there?

This place was closed for refurbishment when I went hope it reopen s soon

Had a table booked for my grandparents birthdays today but turns out the pub had closed down a week ago. Zero communication from the place to tell us it was closed. Luckily we found out by chance it was closed or we would of turned up and been even more disappointed. I hope this dosent happen to anyone else.

So tonight was first time in 4 or 5 yrs since I first went to this pub first time I went with family and friends and at that time seafood was there speciality !! I and one of our group got food poisoning from there fish very ill never went back !! So under different management and years later my husband and I went for Dinner this evening !! To say it’s gone down hill is an understatement!! Short staffed average age of staff early twenty’s !! Lovely but up against it to say the least !! No manager there they had gone home with cellar keys !! So staff couldn’t access seller for wine or to change barrels !! Starters were very poor !! Long wait for main course which to be fare was nice !! But asked for bottle of Pinot noir they had ran out but I could have a glass of it ( turned out to be Malbec) no fire lite in dining area no candles lite on tables hadtwo ask them to light it no atmosphere there!! bill all wrong ( in our favour I should say ) really disappointing!! Won’t return whoever now owns it you need to take drastic action !! Or it won’t survive!! Such a shame for what was once such a go to place !!

Great food but very slow to get food after mad rush to get there through the fog!

Food was amazing. The staff were lovely and very helpful.

A lovely traditional village pub in the heart of the Ribble Valley - well worth a visit!

Absolutely shocking waited 45 minutes to be offered a drink only to be told no larger no lemonade and limited Christmas menu, left feeling very hungry after a long day walking very disappointed we won't be returning 👎

We were made very welcome, had a delightful lunch - I had the beer battered fish which was lovely & crispy. The was a good atmosphere even on a mid week in early December. We shall be back.

Nice food and good sized portions. We were staying over the hill and had a 5 day power cut, the staff would not fill our flasks with hot water even after we offered to pay.

Nice food, but when we went it was absolutely freezing inside and they didn't have the heating on, so we ate lunch with our coats on.

Really good evening meal. They were really busy but able to fit us in for dinner, really professional, polite and attentive. Lovely meal and fantastic service provided by Tom and Andy. Would definitely recommend and will be visiting again!

Charming pub in magnificent location with the backdrops of Pendle Hill . The staff are all quite young and a bit inexperienced but so so friendly and wanting to help , good natured with a great sense of fun. Our room was well appointed with contemporary modern furnishings , great shower but reasonably small and done steps inside which could be tricky if you have mobility issues. We stayed on the coldest weekend of the year , with snow on the hills which was beautiful. At times the pub felt cold despite the log burners but the warm friendly atmosphere and a girth or two served as winter warmers! The menu has changed since our previous visit snd was more traditional and the service was a little slow at times . However the quality of the produce was excellent and the meals when them came were all delicious including the full English breakfast. Overall we felt very at home here and had a fantastic stay

Only went for a coffee, shame about the dirty crockery

Lovely place and very pleasant staff

It has the potential to be lovely but the chef needs to improve both quality and presentation. The room we stayed in was spacious and the bathroom cavernous however there was no extraction fan and windows don't open so condensation was a problem especially due to us visiting in November.

Lovely meal same we live 200miles away

Atmospheric pub in a beautiful setting, lovely staff, decent food, real ale available.

Great to see it open again. Lovely traditional pub, serving great food. If the weathers good and you can sit outside, the views are spectacular.

Had a really great lunch with my parents. The food was absolutely wonderful. The drinks and service equally great. The perfect country pub. Thanks to everyone, especially Heidi who made us so welcome.

Lovely food with great views of back of Pendle Hill. Highly recommended.

Arrived at 3pm, bang on time for our table which took 10 minutes to prepare. Waited another 10 mins for menus (having asked 3 times), further 10 mins to be able told what the soup was before we got up and left... Still haven't a clue what the soup was!!!

We booked for two night stay, room was very compact with a view of a yard out of the small window, bathroom was lovely. Evening meal was good but kitchen service finished at 8pm. Breakfast was a disaster, could not get a second cup of coffee as kitchen had closed. Clearly, this establishment has staffing problems, they mixed up our booking (fortunately I had printed it out), our booking was for Sat & Sunday but no food Sunday evening we were told when we arrived, we decided to not stay the second day.

Awesome pub, very cosy, nice staff and good old fashioned setting