Founders Arms, Upper Redbrook
The Founders Arms was situated on the left-hand side of the road leading up the side of the valley towards Newland. The Queens Head was just below the Founders Arms on the right hand (eastern) side. The Founders Arms was one of 18 freehold and 4 leasehold pubs offered for sale as the estate of […]
Bush Inn, Redbrook
The Bush Inn stood on the corner of the junction with the main Monmouth – Chepstow road (A466) and the minor road from Newland. It straddled the border of Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. As the Bush Inn was just in Wales the licensing records were lodged in Monmouth. The Bush was once the ‘tap house’ of […]
Boat Inn, Penalt, Monmouthshire (via Redbrook)
Strictly speaking the Boat at Penalt should not be included in this Gloucestershire Pubs website as it is in Wales. The car park for customers is in Redbrook on the English side of the River Wye. The Severn & Wye Railway Company built a line from Monmouth to Chepstow. It was one of the most […]
Bell Inn, Lower Redbrook
James Owen was the owner of the Bell Inn in 1891 and 1903 when it was licensed as an ale house, free of brewery tie, with an annual rateable value of £11.10s.0d. Closing time was at 10 pm. Forest of Dean & Ross-on-Wye Pubs. A critical guide by Jon Hurley (booklet, 1991): A pleasant find […]
The Swallow, The Green, Bishops Drive, Bishops Cleeve
The Swallow was named after a class of sailing dinghy. It was built in 1959 by West Country Breweries. The pub sign had a sailing dinghy on one side and a bird on the other. In the 1970’s the lounge bar still had a strong nautical theme complete with overstrung fishing nets and buoyancy aids. […]
Old Elm Tree, Church Road, Bishops Cleeve
There is an old photograph of the Old Elm Tree taken at the turn of the last century which shows a horse and trap outside the pub. There is a sign which reads: ‘The Old Elm Tree. William Gilder. Licensed to sell beer and cider drank on the premises. Dealer in tobacco.” The whitewashed building […]
Newland Inn, Cheltenham Road, Bishops Cleeve
The Newland Inn was located about one mile to the south of Bishops Cleeve on the road to Cheltenham. The pub was demolished as part of the redevelopment of the area by Smiths Industries, a major local employer. The modern day traffic light junction is still known as Newlands cross-roads. Cheltenham Examiner, Wednesday 28th September […]
Royal Oak, Church Road, Bishops Cleeve
Bishops Cleeve can boast two thatched village pubs, the Kings Head and the Royal Oak. At the beginning of the 20th Century the Royal Oak was acquired by Showells Brewery of Oldbury, Staffs, which later amalgamated into the Ind Coope Brewery of Burton on Trent. In the 1950’s and 1960’s the Royal Oak was an […]
Kings Head, Church Road, Bishops Cleeve
The Kings Head is a classic, picturesque 17th century thatched pub, one of only three or four thatched pubs remaining in Gloucestershire. The pub used to be tied to the Flowers Brewery in Stratford on Avon. A painted sign read: ‘Flower & Sons. Celebrated Ales & Stouts on Draught and in Bottle’. In the 1960’s […]
Crown & Harp, 63 Cheltenham Road, Bishops Cleeve
The Crown and Harp, a good and much-missed locals’ pub, had a comfortable front lounge bar and a public bar to the rear. McCarthy & Stone (Developments) Ltd bought the Crown & Harp from the Laurel Pub Company from an undisclosed sum in July 2003. The plans were to demolish the pub and replace it […]
