Angry Parrot Micropub, 28 St James Street, Cheltenham

Gloucestershire Live. 26th November 2022 The landlords of a well-regarded micropub in Cheltenham’s town centre have announced that they will have to close their doors by Christmas Day due to ever-rising costs and a difficult trading environment. The tiny local pub was the runner-up for Cheltenham’s Pub of the Year 2022. The Angry Parrot, small […]

Queens Head, Princes Street, Gloucester

19 Prince Street in 1919 directory. The Queens Head was near the junction with Station Road on the western side of Prince Street. The Prince of Wales pub was nearby. In 1920 the Queens Head was tied to Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery. Landlords at the Queens Head include: 1859 Edward Tapp 1879 […]

Queens Head, 66 Westgate Street, Gloucester

There is a reference to the Queens Head in 1859. It probably did not retain its license for much longer as it was later a bakers shop. Early in the twentieth century it became a gentleman’s outfitters. The building was bought and repaired by the council in 1974 to mark European Architectural Heritage Year. After […]

Queens Head, 53 Catherine Street, Gloucester

The Queens Head was once tied to the Stroud Brewery Company. The pub was the headquarters of the Robert Raikes Lodge. The building was brick built and had two dormer windows on the roof. After closure the Queens Head was used as a car accessory warehouse. Landlords at the Queens Head include: 1830 William Wathen […]

Queens Head, 68 Kingsholm Road, Gloucester

The Queens Head, near Gloucester Rugby Ground, was once a tied house of Smith & Sons Brimscombe Brewery. For many years it was a Courage tied house. Ushers of Trowbridge then acquired the Queens Head. The Ushers brewery in Wiltshire closed in 2000. The Queens Head has now closed. This page will be updated with […]

Priory Inn, St. Oswalds Retail Park, Gloucester

The Priory Inn opened on 28th November 2005. The £1 million Brewers Fayre restaurant was a brand new building built on the site of the old Bell & Gavel pub. The Priory Inn was a development in the old Gloucester Cattle Market site. In March 2003 Whitbread sold some of its Brewers Fayre pubs, including […]

Princes Plume, 148 Barton Street, Gloucester

The Princes Plume called ‘last orders’ many years ago (1970’s?) and, for a long time, it was in a run down condition desperately in need of restoration. Since the pub closed the premises has been used as a bicycle shop (Castle Cycles) and, more recently, an Al-Murad store – Britain’s largest independent ceramic tiles and […]

Prince of Wales, Station Road, Gloucester

The Prince of Wales was a three storey Victorian pub near GL1, the Gloucester Leisure Centre. The pub, on the corner of Prince Street, used to be near to the Midland Railway (Eastgate) Station, which was on the site of the present Asda Supermarket. It was once a tied house of Arnold Perrett & Co. […]