We checked 13 pubs and hotels around Lichfield open on Christmas Day 2026, from £71.95 at the Star to £115 at the Quill and Scholar. Updated November 2026.
Thirteen pubs and hotels in and around Lichfield are open for Christmas Day lunch in 2026, and this guide puts their prices, deposits and payment deadlines in one place. In the city, most people land on the George Hotel on Bird Street (£94), Brewhouse and Kitchen next door (£80) and the Quill and Scholar on Tamworth Street (£115 for five courses). The lowest price is £71.95 at the Star Hotel in Burntwood. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own site on 9 November 2026.
Christmas Day is a Friday this year. No trains run on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, so plan a lift, a taxi or a walk home; our Christmas trains and travel page has the details. Nearly every booking needs a deposit and a pre-order, and the first deadlines fall on 1 December. Prices are per adult unless we say otherwise.
Lichfield city centre
1. The George Hotel, Bird Street
The George is the Best Western hotel on Bird Street, and it runs two Christmas Day lunches. Christmas Day lunch in Darwin’s restaurant is £94, with sittings at 12pm and 3pm: a buffet of salads, terrines, cold meats and seafood, then roast turkey, beef and honey-glazed gammon with the trimmings, and homemade desserts. The other, in the Garrick Suite at £99 with half a bottle of wine, is sold out.
The Darwin’s page still heads the date “Saturday 25th December”, so check the booking is for this year. Payment is taken in full and is non-refundable.
Price Christmas Day in Darwin's £94, under-12s £53, under-2s £16; Garrick Suite £99 (sold out)
Booking by phone or email; paid in full, non-refundable and non-transferable
Call 01543 414822
Address 12-14 Bird Street, Lichfield, WS13 6PR
Website thegeorgelichfield.co.uk/christmas/festive-dining/christmas-day-lunch-in-darwins
Good for city centre, two sittings, buffet starters, children's prices
2. Brewhouse and Kitchen, Bird Street
Brewhouse and Kitchen is the brewpub at 1 Bird Street, with its own microbrewery behind the bar. Its Christmas Day menu, dated 25 December 2026, is three courses for £80, finishing with coffee and a homemade mince pie.
Mains are roast turkey with the trimmings, beef cheek braised in the pub’s own B&K bitter, roast hake with prawns on a lobster bisque risotto, or a seasonal vegetable Wellington. A 10% discretionary service charge is added.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £80 with coffee and a mince pie; 10% discretionary service charge
Booking pre-booking and pre-order required
Call 01543 224740
Address 1 Bird Street, Lichfield, WS13 6PW
Website brewhouseandkitchen.com/christmas/lichfield
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Good for city centre, beer brewed on site, vegetarian main
3. The Quill and Scholar, Tamworth Street
The Quill and Scholar is the Heartwood Inns pub and rooms at 12-14 Tamworth Street, and has the longest Christmas Day menu in the city: five courses for £115, starting with a glass of Buck’s Fizz on arrival. Children under eight have their own three-course menu at £25.
The deposit is the highest on this list, £75 a head (£20 per high chair), and pre-orders are due by 1 December 2026. The pub also sells two-night stays between 26 and 30 December.
Price Christmas Day 5 courses £115 with Buck's Fizz; under-8s 3 courses £25
Booking £75 deposit a head, £20 per high chair; pre-orders by 1 December
Call 01543 471402
Address 12-14 Tamworth Street, Lichfield, WS13 6JJ
Website quillandscholarlichfield.com/christmas
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Good for city centre, five courses, rooms upstairs, children's menu
4. The Bowling Green, Friary Road
The Bowling Green is the Ember Inns pub on Friary Road, at the edge of the city centre. Its Christmas page gives Christmas Day at three courses for £79.95, or £39.95 for children, the lowest Christmas Day price inside the city.
Ember sets its deposit and pre-order rules on a separate Christmas deposits page and in the booking confirmation. Boxing Day is three courses for £33.50 if the family wants a second day off.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £79.95, children £39.95; Boxing Day £33.50, children £11.99
Booking through the Ember Inns website
Call 01543 257344
Address Friary Road, Lichfield, WS13 6QJ
Website emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/eastandwestmidlands/the-bowling-green-lichfield/christmas
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Good for city centre, children's prices, open Boxing Day
Around the city edge
5. The Inkwell, Stonneyland Drive
The Inkwell is a Marston’s pub on Stonneyland Drive. Its Christmas Day menu, served on Friday 25 December, is three courses for £83.99, and children aged ten and under have three courses for £40.99.
The pub serves Boxing Day lunch too.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £83.99; children 10 and under £40.99
Booking online through the pub's website
Call 01543 416475
Address Stonneyland Drive, Lichfield, WS13 6RX
Website inkwelllichfield.co.uk/christmas-day
Good for children's menu, open Boxing Day
6. The Hedgehog, Stafford Road
The Hedgehog is the Vintage Inns country pub on Stafford Road, north of the city. Its Christmas Day menu is three courses for £104.95, with starters such as baked scallops and duck liver parfait, and mains running from hand-carved turkey to 50-day aged Black Angus beef, monkfish or a truffled mushroom Wellington.
Children have their own three courses for £42.50.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £104.95, children £42.50; 10% discretionary service charge on tables of seven or more
Booking £10 deposit a head; full payment and pre-order by 8 December
Call 01543 415789
Address Stafford Road, Lichfield, WS13 8JB
Website vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/thehedgehoglichfield/christmas
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Good for country pub, children's Christmas menu, vegan main
Whittington, Little Hay and Shenstone
7. The Whittington Arms, Tamworth Road
The Whittington Arms on Tamworth Road at Whittington Heath describes itself as “a premium pub, bar, and restaurant”. It now publishes its Christmas Day price: four courses for £105, and £52.95 for the children’s three-course menu.
The set menu is the only one served on the day, and every booking needs a non-refundable £10 deposit a head.
Price Christmas Day 4 courses £105; children 3 courses £52.95
Booking £10 non-refundable deposit a head
Call 01543 432340
Address Tamworth Road, Lichfield, WS14 9PS
Website thewhittingtonarmslichfield.co.uk/christmas-day-menu
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Good for country pub, four courses, children's Christmas Day menu
8. The Holly Bush, Little Hay
The Holly Bush is a Chef and Brewer pub on Little Hay Lane, in the lanes south of Lichfield. Its Christmas Day menu is three courses for £90: starters include hot smoked salmon and prawn cocktail or a Croxton Manor cheese soufflé, and mains are hand-carved turkey, 10-hour slow-cooked beef cheeks, a duo of sea bass and king prawns, or a Cheddar and leek tart.
Menu choices are due by 11 December, and online bookings close on 18 December; after that, ring the pub.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £90
Booking £10 deposit an adult, £5 a child; pre-orders by 11 December (18 December for later bookings); online bookings close 18 December
Call 01543 481217
Address Little Hay Lane, Lichfield, WS14 0QA
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/staffordshire/holly-bush/christmas/christmas-day
Good for country pub, vegetarian mains, refund before 11 December
9. The Bull’s Head, Shenstone
The Bull’s Head is the Vintage Inns pub on Birmingham Road, Shenstone, with the white gabled front on the A5127. It serves the same Christmas Day menu as the Hedgehog at the same price, three courses for £104.95, or £42.50 for children.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £104.95, children £42.50; 10% discretionary service charge on tables of seven or more
Booking £10 deposit a head; full payment and pre-order by 8 December
Call 01543 480214
Address Birmingham Road, Shenstone, WS14 0JR
Website vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/thebullsheadshenstone/christmas
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Good for village pub, children's Christmas menu, vegan main
10. Toby Carvery Shenstone, Birmingham Road
Toby Carvery’s Shenstone restaurant is on Birmingham Road at Shenstone Woodend. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses from £72.99, built around the carvery: a festive starter, then hand-carved meats and roast potatoes from the carvery deck, then dessert.
It is the second-lowest Christmas Day price on this list.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses from £72.99
Booking £10 deposit a head for every guest; full payment and pre-order by 1 December
Call 01543 480130
Address Birmingham Road, Shenstone Woodend, WS14 0PA
Website tobycarvery.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/shenstonelichfield/menus/christmasdaymenu
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Good for carvery, families, lower price
Burntwood
11. The Star Hotel, Lichfield Road
The Star Hotel is the Ember Inns pub on Lichfield Road, and has the lowest Christmas Day price on this list. Its Christmas page gives three courses for £71.95, or £35.95 for children.
Burntwood’s heritage trail plaque on the wall says a house stood on the site in the 17th century and it was the Star Inn by 1790. Boxing Day is three courses for £30.95.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £71.95, children £35.95; Boxing Day £30.95, children £11.99
Booking through the Ember Inns website
Call 01543 684607
Address Lichfield Road, Burntwood, WS7 0HJ
Website emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/eastandwestmidlands/the-star-hotel-burntwood/christmas
Good for lowest Christmas Day price here, children's prices, open Boxing Day
12. The Nags Head, Rugeley Road
The Nags Head is the Chef and Brewer pub on Rugeley Road in Burntwood. It serves the same Christmas Day menu as the Holly Bush at a lower price: three courses for £86, with turkey, beef cheeks, sea bass and king prawns or a Cheddar and leek tart.
The same deadlines apply: menu choices by 11 December, and online bookings close on 18 December.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £86
Booking £10 deposit an adult, £5 a child; pre-orders by 11 December (18 December for later bookings); online bookings close 18 December
Call 01543 682510
Address Rugeley Road, Burntwood, WS7 9HA
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/staffordshire/nags-head/christmas/christmas-day
Good for village pub, vegetarian mains, refund before 11 December
Hopwas
13. The Tame Otter, Lichfield Road
The Tame Otter is the Vintage Inns pub on Lichfield Road in Hopwas, between Lichfield and Tamworth, by the Coventry Canal. It serves the same Christmas Day menu as the Hedgehog and the Bull’s Head for less: three courses for £94.95, or £41.50 for children, with the same deposit and 8 December payment deadline.
Price Christmas Day 3 courses £94.95, children £41.50; 10% discretionary service charge on tables of seven or more
Booking £10 deposit a head; full payment and pre-order by 8 December
Call 01827 53361
Address Lichfield Road, Hopwas, B78 3AF
Website vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/thetameotterhopwastamworth/christmas
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Good for village pub, children's Christmas menu, vegan main
How we chose
These are the pubs, hotels and restaurants around Lichfield that publish a Christmas Day 2026 menu with a price on their own website, from the city centre out to Burntwood, Shenstone and Hopwas. Ego Lichfield also advertises Christmas Day lunch, but its Christmas Day menu would not load to confirm the price, so it is not listed yet. Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@lichfieldtoday.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@lichfieldtoday.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.
If Christmas Day is booked up, our Christmas dinner guide has the festive menus that run through December. For the rest of the season, see the Christmas lights switch-on, Christmas markets, pantomimes and Christmas shows, where to meet Father Christmas, New Year’s Eve in Lichfield, what’s on in Lichfield this month and things to do in Lichfield, or browse pubs in our directory.
Frequently asked questions
Which pubs in Lichfield are open on Christmas Day 2026?
In the city, the George Hotel, Brewhouse and Kitchen, the Quill and Scholar, the Bowling Green, the Inkwell and the Hedgehog all serve Christmas Day lunch. Around the city, the Whittington Arms, the Holly Bush at Little Hay, the Bull’s Head and Toby Carvery at Shenstone, the Star Hotel and the Nags Head in Burntwood, and the Tame Otter at Hopwas take Christmas Day bookings.
How much is Christmas Day lunch in Lichfield in 2026?
£71.95 at the Star Hotel, £72.99 at Toby Carvery Shenstone, £79.95 at the Bowling Green, £80 at Brewhouse and Kitchen, £83.99 at the Inkwell, £86 at the Nags Head, £90 at the Holly Bush, £94 at the George Hotel, £94.95 at the Tame Otter, £104.95 at the Hedgehog and the Bull’s Head, £105 for four courses at the Whittington Arms and £115 for five courses at the Quill and Scholar.
When do I need to pay for Christmas Day lunch in Lichfield?
Toby Carvery and the Quill and Scholar want pre-orders by 1 December, the Vintage Inns pubs (the Hedgehog, the Bull’s Head and the Tame Otter) want full payment and pre-orders by 8 December, and the Chef and Brewer pubs (the Holly Bush and the Nags Head) want menu choices by 11 December. The George takes full payment when you book, and it is non-refundable.
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