The King's Head, Chitterne
The King's Head, Chitterne, Salisbury
At a glance
A community-owned 17th-century village pub in Chitterne, on Salisbury Plain — about 16 miles by road north-west of Salisbury toward Warminster, with Stonehenge around fifteen minutes away. Bought by the village's community benefit society and reopened in June 2025, serving a seasonal, mostly in-house menu of proper pub food.
Gluten-free options
The standout is a gluten-free battered cod and chips — a genuinely rare thing — and the proprietors have confirmed it's cooked in a dedicated gluten-free fryer, kept separate from anything breaded. Gluten-free and gluten-free-option dishes are marked clearly across a broad menu, and the Sunday roast can be served gluten-free with gluten-free gravy (there's no gluten-free Yorkshire pudding). The menu refreshes seasonally, so the exact gluten-free dishes change through the year, but the fish and chips is a fixture. The kitchen is genuinely clued-up — co-owner Jo is gluten-intolerant herself and makes sure there's always something on for her.
Before you order
The menu refreshes seasonally, so the gluten-free choices change through the year — the gluten-free fish and chips is the constant — and it's a fair drive out on Salisbury Plain, so it's worth checking the current menu before making the trip.
Worth asking?
Which gluten-free dishes are on the menu at the moment, beyond the gluten-free fish and chips?
What this means for coeliacs
The proprietors confirm a dedicated gluten-free fryer kept separate from breaded items, gluten-free dishes are marked clearly across a broad menu, and co-owner Jo is gluten-intolerant herself — so this is a kitchen with real gluten-free awareness and an evidenced safeguard, short only of a fully dedicated or certified gluten-free kitchen.
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This information is researched but not guaranteed — menus and kitchen practices change. Always tell staff you are coeliac.