Sandra Powell is the owner of The Candle Tree on College Street, and is in the running to be crowned as the UK’s favourite local business A Gloucester gift shop owner is giving thanks to her loyal customers after being nominated in a nationwide search to find the UK’s...
Gloucester City Council is pleased to announce one of the biggest events in its calendar, Gloucester Goes Retro is back on Saturday 28th August! After a one-year hiatus, the vintage car, fashion, and music festival will return this summer. One of the highlights of the...
Gloucester Goes Retro is back for 2022 and is taking place this year on Saturday 27 August, once again transporting Gloucester back in time. One of the highlights of the city’s vibrant festival calendar, the annual event is organised and funded by Gloucester City...
This year’s Gloucester Goes Retro will be driving into the city on Saturday, August 26, as the event returns for its eighth year! The UK’s finest Retro festival and much-loved annual family event is organised and funded by Gloucester City Council in partnership with...
Gloucester Guildhall has launched a new ‘Kids Club’ at their cinema for family film screenings. Launched on Saturday August 17 and continuing into September, families can enjoy a selection of...
Gloucester is “outshining everyone in the South West” with its £200m city centre regeneration. Work on The Forum, the city’s new £107m business hub, is well underway and civic chiefs...
Gloucester BID is proud to support ShopKind Week, running from 30th June to 6th July 2025, a national campaign that calls for kindness and respect towards shopworkers and highlights the essential role they play in our communities. Led by the Home Office and supported...
The new fountains at Kings Square boosted footfall by 50 per cent last summer, according to monitoring data. The £5m makeover was unveiled on the square’s 50th birthday last year...
Ring in the festive cheer as Gloucester’s stunning Lantern Procession and Christmas Light Switch-On returns this Sunday (November 21) as part of the Bright Nights programme. Local artists and school children are working on a series of magical lanterns based on the...
Gloucester civic chiefs have rallied round calls to save the city’s railway station ticket office from closure. Passengers at Gloucester Railway Station may not be able to get train tickets...
Work has begun at St Oswald’s Priory, to conserve and enhance the nationally important monument, thought to be the resting place of Queen Athelflaed. The work is taking place thanks...
There are calls to ensure the Gloucester murals on the former Sainsbury’s and those from the old British Home Stores are put on display in the city centre. A scheme...
Gloucester has unveiled its special “lamprey” pie which will be given to King Charles III to mark his coronation. A group of National Star students working with The Folk in...
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are plans to use the upper deck of Gloucester Quays for a “theme park meets climbing wall” centre. Gloucester Quays LLP wants...
Local MP Richard Graham visited Gloucester station recently to see the multi-million-pound redevelopment works taking shape. The works include long-awaited improvements to the subway. This includes removing the blind corner in...
Work to revamp the underpass at Gloucester Railway Station will be delayed until at least the autumn as the construction of a new electrical substation is needed. Great Western Railway (GWR) closed...
Gloucester City Council has announced a bid for £12.5 million of Levelling Up Funding for an ambitious new scheme to transform the area around the Eastgate Shopping Centre into a vibrant new garden quarter. The plans for the Greyfriars Quarter will see part of the...
Gloucester Rhythm and Blues Festival returns to delight music fans across six days at the end of July. Now celebrating its 20th year, the R&B Festival runs from Tuesday 26 July to Sunday 31 July across Gloucester. 61 gigs take to the stage at 10 venues including:...
Ahoy me hearties and land lubbers, next Bank Holiday weekend, Gloucester City Centre will be awash with more sea fairing shenanigans, with the free Gloucester Shanty Festival and Pirate Walk – 25th & 26th May. As part of the much-anticipated Tall Ships...
The Gloucester Shanty festival and Pirate Walk have been confirmed alongside the well anticipated return of the Gloucester Tall Ships Festival. The Gloucester BID funded event will be part of exciting events planned across the city for the Tall Ships and Queen’s...
The southern car park at Gloucester station is to close later this week as part of the multi-million-pound station improvement project. The redevelopment and upgrade of the station forecourt and...
Here is a message from Visit Gloucester for businesses at The Docks… “This May Gloucester City Council & Gloucester BID in partnership with Canal & River Trust and Gloucester Quays are excited to bring three days of fun-filled, family-friendly...
Next week sees a celebration as the Cathedral Quarter project comes to a close, which has brought much needed improvements to Westgate Street. On Friday, 14th June, there will be a Makers Market craft stalls and entertainment, mural painting, workshops, trails and...
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter The first company to move into Gloucester’s The Forum are hoping to move all their staff into the £107m state of the art...
Over 125 planters of various types, containing thousands of plants were added to brighten up the city last week. For the last 5 years, Gloucester Business Improvement District (BID) has arranged for city streets to be adorned with beautiful blooms and this year has...
The first events for the winter Bright Nights programme, Gloucester’s festival of light, have been announced with an array of light installations including works by international artists. Running from November until February next year, the Gloucester BID supported...
Gloucester Quays Free Food Festival is returning on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July. The most popular food festival in the South West is back to cook up a storm at the Quays. If you love cooking or simply watching talented TV chefs show you how it’s done –...
Gloucester’s inaugural ‘Big Pub Push’ kicks off this weekend (October 21), showcasing the city’s inns and bars with an eight-day programme of highlights including a guided tour telling the stories of their rich history. Organised by Gloucester Business Improvement...
Gloucester’s annual Lantern Procession and Christmas light switch on returns this year with the theme of Alice in Wonderland. Taking place on Saturday, November 19, it sees local schools take to the streets for a light filled procession to show off their...
Gloucester’s influx of new (and old) food and drink establishments opening is a welcome site for the city’s high street. We’ve recently seen the opening of ‘Island Bites’, a new independent Caribbean restaurant and take-away, which opened its doors last month and...
Three key partners in Gloucester’s leisure sector have come together to appoint Freedom Leisure to give a boost to sport and physical activity in the city. Gloucester City Council,...
A new exhibition aims to explore the fascinating histories behind the uniforms worn by the people of Gloucester and opens up the museum’s extensive costume collection for the first time....
Gloucester City Council is delighted to announce the upcoming arrival of the immersive light experience, Arboria II, in Kings Square from August 12-21. Arboria II is part of the Luminaria series by Architects of Air, a series of inflatable installations, which provide...
Blackfriars Priory that has seen hundreds of happy couples tie the knot, has won gold at the South West Tourism Awards. The beautiful and historic venue owned by English Heritage and managed by Gloucester City Council, has pipped two other prestigious venues to the...
As Gloucester’s night-time economy continues to thrive, the city is set to become even safer with the launch of Night Safe Officers. Gloucester city centre taxi marshals are being rebranded as ‘Night Safe Officers’ with stepped up duties as just one of the schemes to...
Gloucester joins vibrant night-time destinations around the world including places in Australia, New Zealand and Sweden, by winning the coveted Purple Flag It’s the sixth time the city has won the Purple Flag award for its evening and night-time economy which is...
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