Star Inn, Silver Street, Dursley
I believe that the original pub called the Star was demolished and rebuilt on the same site by Stroud Brewery Company c.1903. The Star Inn closed down during the summer of 1984. The building is still easily recognisable as a West Country Ales Best in the West ceramic plaque remains in situ. There is also […]
Railway Inn, Long Street, Dursley
The 1885 Kellys Directory gives the address as Townsend, which is the area around the Priory site at the bottom of Long Street. The Railway Inn had an annual rateable value of £20.0s.0d. in 1891 and, unusually, this had decreased to £14.10s.0d. in 1903. It is believed that the railway was submitted to the compensation […]
Old Bell Hotel, Long Street, Dursley
The Old Bell Hotel is a 15th century former coaching inn. It is brick built with a large bell hung high above the entrance. A bell has hung in the same position for well over a hundred years. The Old Bell Hotel is home to least four resident ghosts. One of the rooms was once […]
New Inn, Woodmancote, Dursley
Gloucester Journal: March 1790: To be sold, all that well-known Public House, the New Inn, situated at Woodmancote, in the town of Dursley. Also a tenement adjoining the same. For further particulars enquire of Sarah Nicholls, at the New Inn aforesaid. The New Inn is located on the outskirts of Dursley at the foot of […]
New Bell, Long Street, Dursley
Believed to have been trading in the early 19th century. No other information.
Lamb Inn, Long Street, Dursley
It seems probable that the license of the Lamb Inn was transferred from one property to another. It is known that the original Lamb Inn in Castle Street was pulled down c.1840 and the site was used to construct the Magistrates Court and Police Station. The second Lamb Inn was at the bottom of Long […]
Kingshill Inn, Kingshill Road, Dursley
Built for Stroud Brewery and opened in September 1939. The pub was an integral part of the nearby Kingshill residential development. It has changed very little in the intervening 60 years. It was a Whitbread pub until it was acquired by Wadworth of Devizes in 1990. Citizen: Saturday 23rd January, 1988: Kingshill changes – New […]
Kings Head / Parsonage 53, Parsonage Street, Dursley
The Kings Head, now called Parsonage 53 since October 2023, is an attractive stone built pub in the centre of Dursley. There is an old photograph which shows the Kings Head to be a more simplistic building that it is today. An enamel sign on the building advertises ‘Nailsworth Brewery Ales & Stouts’. On 2nd […]
Hen & Chickens, Woodmancote, Dursley
Believed to have been trading in the early 19th century. No other information.
Happy Pig, May Lane, Dursley
The Happy Pig opened as a pub in September 1988. It was previously the Black Stallion restaurant. The Citizen: Saturday, August 24th, 1991: Roll up for the carrot throwing – Carrot crunching landlord Steve White is looking forward to hosting one of the world’s zaniest events at his Happy Pig pub. The World Carrot Throwing […]
