Plough Hotel / Friar Tucks, 137 Bristol Road, Quedgeley GL2 4PQ
Situated just outside Gloucester city boundaries on the old Bristol Road. The Plough Inn changed its name in 1988 to Friar Tucks – a reference to the fact that the establishment is now completely orientated towards food. Whitbread spent £135,000 on refurbishing the pub into a traditional friendly inn. The new name was thought up […]
Little Thatch, 141 Bristol Road, Quedgeley GL2 4PQ
The Little Thatch must be one of the oldest buildings in the Gloucester area in use as a pub. The core of the building dates from 1351. At the time of its construction Quedgeley was a small hamlet with a population of just 20. King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are reputed to have visited […]
High Orchard, Gloucester Quays, Gloucester GL2 5FZ
https://www.highorchardpubgloucesterquays.co.uk/ Details and information will be added on updating. Please see their website.
Barn Owl Inn, Thatcham Avenue, Kingsway, Quedgeley GL2 2GS
https://www.barnowlpubquedgeley.co.uk/ Information to be added upon updating. Please see the pub website.
Basket Maker / Weavers Arms / Haywain, Bristol Road, Quedgeley GL2 4PE
The Citizen: Wednesday September 14th 1983 – Pub go-ahead: Plans for a new pub for the Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries at Quedgeley, were passed yesterday by the Stroud District Council Planning Executive Sub-Committee. The Basket Maker opened on Thursday 9th May 1985. The Basket Maker was the first outlet for Banks’s Brewery of Wolverhampton in […]
Wharf House, Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam GL2 8DB
The Wharf House at Over is a restaurant owned by the Hereford and Gloucester Canal Trust. All profits from the Wharf House goes towards the promotion and restoration of the Hereford and Gloucester canal.
Dog Inn / Toby Carvery, Over, Highnam GL2 8DE
The Dog Inn, on the north side of the A40 Ross Road, had opened by 1760. In the eighteenth century it was known alternatively as the Talbot Inn. Parts of the original building survive, but the inn was largely rebuilt by Gambier Parry of nearby Highnam Court who gave it gables with decorative barge-boards. Gloucester […]
Kings Head / New Dawn Inn, Old Tewkesbury Road, Norton, GL2 9LR
When the Kings Head closed it was feared that the residents of Norton would lose their pub forever. An application for a small housing development on the pub car park caused concern that the viability of the Kings Head as a destination food pub would make it unviable as a business. However, probably against expectations […]
New Inn / Plate of Elvers, Longney, nr Gloucester
In 1891 the premises is listed in the licensing records as having ‘no sign.’ It was called the New Inn in the 1903 licensing records. In latter years it was known as the Plate of Elvers. In the 1960’s the pub had an annual Elver Feast, years before the traditional Severnside delicacy became priced out […]
Bow Lane Inn, Longney nr Gloucester GL2 3SW
There is Bow Lane House and Bow Lane Cottage in Longney, presumably one of these properties was once the Bow Lane Inn. Bow Lane Cottage is a 16th century timber framed thatched property with cruck frames. The low rateable value of just £6 in 1903 suggests that the pub was a very small cottage style […]
