is a website devised by Geoff Sandles. Geoff is employed as a postman and has a passion for pubs and beer. He is a member of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and edits the Gloucestershire branch newsletter, The Tippler. He has also written a book with Tim Edgell ‘Gloucestershire Pubs and Breweries’ (published by Tempus in 2005). Geoff also has an extensive archive of newspaper cuttings and photographs. He also collects full size pub signs!

Gloucestershire Pubs is a comprehensive list of nearly 3,000 pubs. Although many of the pubs have long since closed there are still plenty that have survived into the 21st century – despite the smoking ban and the ever spiralling tax on beer. Much of the research comes from two old books that Geoff has discovered whilst browsing in Gloucester Record Office. The titles ‘Gloucestershire Petty Sessional Divisional Licensing Records 1891 and 1903’ hardly sound interesting but Geoff has unearthed fascinating details about the pubs including what breweries supplied the beer and an impressive list of landlords names.

The website also features a separate list of old and defunct Gloucestershire Breweries. The recent resurgence in craft breweries is also well documented. Geoff has been interviewed on BBC Radio Gloucestershire talking about some of these breweries. The recordings are online and can be heard by clicking here to go to the BBC Gloucestershire web site in a new window.

Why not take a virtual pub-crawl around the old pubs and taverns of Gloucestershire? You will find fascinating and obscure facts about pubs that you might be familiar with, and discover long forgotten inns in the towns of Gloucestershire, the Severn Vale, Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds.

Please let Geoff know if you have any information on the pubs of Gloucestershire that you would like to add to the website:

The Gloucestershire Pubs web site is designed and maintained by Dave Hedges.