In Memoriam

From PubNight

This page is dedicated to the memory of those pubs in Cheltenham that are no longer with us. Some will be sorely missed - some less so.

This list is not exhaustive - it only includes pubs that PubNight has Digraphs for. Some pubs have come into being and closed again before PubNight has actually managed to asign them a Digraph... such is the way of the world.

ID Pub Name Notes
1Nineteen Ninety TwoNow a pizzeria
2Prince of Wales Closed and turned into accomodation
3The FairviewUsed to be the Pump and Optic
4Sunset BarClosed, redeveloped as..... flats!
5Railway (Swindon Road)After being renamed the Sportsman having had the licence transferred it closed for a while before re-opening as "Best Mate". Now demolished and replaced by flats
6MitreGone to flats
7New Engineers Arms Gone to flats
8New PennyHas been bulldozed and has been replaced by a square box of.... yup you guessed it : flats
9The Overton Lodge Converted into apartments
10The Blue Room
11Wild Beer at Jessop HouseClosed Down right before Race Week. Company basically said the business rates were too high
12The SportsmanNow the "American Golf" shop
13Cat & FiddleLarge 1930's building near the football ground. Now Demolished and replaced by flats
14CavernLandlord is closing it and turning it into flats
15CassidysAfter a brief existance as Bar Cuba! it is now closed and has been converted into flats
16CalcuttaClosed. Demolished and replaced by... yes Flats
17DobellsIt is now a Costa Coffee shop. Like Cheltenham doesn't have anywhere to get a cup of coffee
18Bass HouseHas been demolished and replaced by flats!
19Axiom Arts CentreTurned into apartments - just like all the others
20JunctionConverted to apartments
21High RoostConverted (back) into a private residence
22Hop PoleConverted to apartments
23Horse & JockeyAlso known as The Forresters before being closed and converted into flats. The downstairs flat still has the bar in the living room.....
24Laze Daze
25The Little OwlDemolished and houses built on the site
27LeckhamptonClosed - gone to flats
28Hereford ArmsAfter a period of being "Flicks" it became the "Hereford" and then closed and became a trendy bar before becoming a restaurant
29Fox & HoundsLarge 1930's building near the football ground. Now a Morrisons Local Supermarket
30Evergreen InnNow Gone and has become part of what looks like a doss house for Itinerant Workers
31Double BarrelNow a Co-Op convenience store
32Dawn RunTurned into a Meze Bar which has subsequently closed
33The GreyhoundWonderful Road House Estate pub. Demolished by its new owner and now a pile of asbestos contaminated rubble. Was going to be converted to flats but I guess this way he can build more flats in the same space