The Barley Mow is a historic public house, just south of the River Thames near the bridge at Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, England.
The pub has been called "the best known of all Thames pubs". The timber-framed building dates back to 1352 and is of traditional construction with a thatched roof.
The Barley Mow was photographed by Henry Taunt in 1877. The building was Grade II listed in 1952.
According to the Thames Pilot, The Barley Mow was described in Parker's notes (1911):
The Barley Mow is currently run by Greene King, a large UK chain of pubs, restaurants and inns which operates the Barley Mow under their "Chef & Brewer" brand.
The Barley Mow was notably featured in chapter 18 of Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat:
It is also mentioned in the 1883 The Dictionary of the Thames by Charles Dickens, Jr., who notes that: <blockquote> ...although the house is primitive, and the entertainment unpretending, it is a capital little inn of its class, and may be recommended to all boating men. </blockquote>
Peter Lovesey's Swing, Swing Together mentions the Barley Mow.