Gloucestershire
Recommendations and general information about 2015's 3rd best county to live in.
Dining
Eating out recommendations and anti-recommendations. Please add to this!
Brockworth (pub lunch)
✔️ Good
| Name | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The Royal George | Birdlip GL4 8JH | Just on the top of the hill, a chain but a nice one. Most common OC pub lunch destination. |
| The Royal William | Cheltenham Road, Cranham, Stroud GL6 6TT | Hot rock pub, burgers are nice too. JAN 2024 UPDATE: Closed?? :( |
| The Green Dragon | Cockleford, Nr Cowley, Cheltenham GL53 9NW | Further out, but been on a couple of OC pub lunches. Nice fireplace. |
| Foston's Ash Inn | The Camp, Stroud GL6 7ES | The mysterious other OC pub destination. Nice but haven't been since COVID? |
| The Turmut-Hoer | Mead Rd, Abbeymead, Gloucester GL4 5GL | Chain (Sizzlers), but cheap burgers and convienient location. Contender for JackPub™? |
| The Golden Heart | Birdlip, Gloucester GL4 8LA | About as close as the Royal George, v.good food and a fire(!!) but a bit small. |
🚫 Bad
| Name | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The Cheese Rollers | Shurdington Rd, Shurdington, Cheltenham GL51 4TN | Acted surprised and insisted we "should have called ahead" for wanting lunch at 12:00pm on a Friday when it was otherwise empty. Food was awful. UPDATE: Apparently under new management, send interns to investigate. |
| Twelve Bells | Twelve Bells Beefeater, Ermin Way, Gloucester GL3 4SS | Beefeater you can see on the way to The Royal George. Just dissapointing, too far away for an unofficial pub lunch, and there are much better options for a sanctioned lunch. |
Brockworth (other)
✔️ Good
| Name | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Polash | 6 Mead Rd, Abbeymead, Gloucester GL4 5GL | Very good Indian takeaway, no delivery. |
Gloucester / Quays
✔️ Good
| Name | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Setebello | Unit B, Merchants Rd, The Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EW | |
| Hooker & Eight | 49 Westgate St, Gloucester GL1 2NW | Good thin crust pizza |
| Greek on the Docks | Unit A, Merchants Quay, The Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EW | A classic, nice food and they're normally accomodating to you just turning up. |
🚫 Bad
| Name | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | Merchants Rd, Gloucester GL2 5RG | £3.50 for corn on the cob. |
| Reeces | 8 Llanthony Rd, The Docks, Gloucester GL2 5QX | Food was good? But just odd, it was empty and we got given stale bread to start. "Failed the vibe check". Not bad for a celebration of success. Also some diners got food poisoning, avoid the seafood. |
Cheltenham
✔️ Good
| Name | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Fat Master's (formerly Fat Toni's) | 4 Regent St, Cheltenham GL50 1HE | big BIG pizza The dining area is small but there's never anyone in? Never had trouble just turning up and getting a table. |
| The Coconut Tree | 59 St Paul's Rd, Cheltenham GL50 4JA | Sri Lankan tapas - order two or three different bowls and you get a surprisingly large amount. Half price Monday-Wednesday maybe? Insanely cheap if they still do it. |
| Curry Corner | 133 Fairview Rd, Cheltenham GL52 2EX | A little bit further out, but really good curry that's been on the telly and the Michelin Guide. No alcohol. |
| Muse Brasserie | 60 St George's Pl, Cheltenham GL50 3PN | Indian/French fusion, very posh the chefs come out and meet you. Good for a celebration of success. |
Stroud
✔️ Good
| Name | Address | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The Weighbridge Inn | Longfords, Stroud GL6 9AL | 2-in-1 pies! They're amazing and massive. |
Socials
| Activity (sorted alphabetically) | Price | Suggested head count | Suggested location |
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| Airsoft | £30 - £50 per person | - Gloucester Prison | |
| Aquarium visit | |||
| Axe/knife throwing | |||
| Beach trip | |||
| Beer tasting | - Stroud Brewery - being investigated by Tom - Brewhouse (Cheltenham) |
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| Big walk / hike | |||
| Bletchley Park trip | - Bletchley Park | ||
| Bowling | - Tenpin (Gloucester) | ||
| Canoeing / kayaking | |||
| Cheese tasting | |||
| Cider tasting | - Brewhouse (Cheltenham) - Dunkertons Cider (Cheltenham) - Westons Cider (Ledbury) |
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| Clay Pigeon Shooting | |||
| Climbing | |||
| Combat archery | |||
| Cotswold Water Park (Total Wipeout themed activity) | - Cotswold Water Park | ||
| Crystal Maze | - The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience (London / Manchester) | ||
| Curling | |||
| Dance activity | @ Jack's house ft his Wii | ||
| DDR4 themed event at a silicon foundry (feat. DDR4 RAM and Dance Dance Revolution 4) | |||
| Darts (flight club) | |||
| Escape rooms | |||
| Fencing | |||
| Fishing | |||
| Gin tasting | - Brennan and Brown (Cheltenham) | ||
| Go Ape | - Go Ape (Forest of Dean) | ||
| Go karting | - JDR Karting (Gloucester) - Karting Nation (Cheltenham) |
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| Ice skating | |||
| Karaoke | |||
| LAN party | |||
| Laser quest / tag | - JDR Karting (Gloucester) - BattleSports Glos (Forest of Dean) |
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| Mini golf | |||
| Ninja Warrior | - Ninja Warrior (Gloucester) | ||
| Operational Cyber Cheese Rolling | Babybel + a suitably steep hill | ||
| Paintballing | |||
| Pole dancing (or aerial circus if you work at NG) | |||
| Prescott hill climb | |||
| Poker night | |||
| Pub crawl | |||
| Pub quiz | |||
| Quad biking | |||
| Rally driving | |||
| RIB experience | |||
| Rollerskating (Xanadu themed disco) | |||
| Rounders / cricket game | |||
| Sailing | |||
| Segway activity day | |||
| Skydiving | |||
| Tandem bike with 124 seats | |||
| Theme park visit | |||
| Track day | |||
| Trampoline park | |||
| Tubing | - Gloucester Ski Slope | ||
| Ultimate frisbee | |||
| VR activity of some description | |||
| Wine tasting | |||
| Zoo trip | |||
| Zorbing |