Gloucester, from the front door
234 and 234a sit on Bristol Road, on the southern approach into Gloucester. It is a genuinely useful position: the Docks and Gloucester Quays are a flat fifteen-minute walk north, the M5 is four miles south, and the trading estates that generate most of the city's contract work start at the end of the street.
Bristol Road, with Gloucester Quays and the city centre a short walk north
Within walking distance
Everything below is reachable on foot, on the flat, without crossing anything unpleasant. Gloucester is a small city and this is the walkable side of it.
Gloucester Quays
Outlet shopping with more than fifty stores, a cinema, and a run of waterside restaurants and bars.
13 minutes on footapprox. 0.6 miles
Gloucester Docks
Victorian warehouses around the inland harbour — the prettiest part of the city and the best evening walk.
15 minutes on footapprox. 0.7 miles
Gloucester Food Dock
Twelve independent kitchens, cafés and bars under one roof on the waterfront. The easiest answer to 'where do we eat'.
15 minutes on footapprox. 0.7 miles
Morelands Trading Estate
Seventy-plus business units at the end of the road — the reason many of our guests are in Gloucester at all.
8 minutes on footunder 0.5 miles
Gloucester Cathedral
Nine hundred years old, free to enter, and the cloisters you will recognise from the Harry Potter films.
25 minutes on footapprox. 1.2 miles
The Forum, Kings Quarter
Gloucester's £107m city-centre development, opened in 2026 — offices, Hotel Indigo and new public space.
25 minutes on footapprox. 1.2 miles
Eating and drinking
The Docks and the Quays hold most of the good food in Gloucester, and both are a walk away. These are the ones worth the trip.
Settebello
Proper Napoli pizza from a wood oven, with a view over the historic docks from every table.
approx. 0.7 miles
Greek on the Docks
Modern Greek and Mediterranean cooking in one of the old dockside warehouses.
approx. 0.7 miles
Roots + Seeds Café & Kitchen
Modern British brasserie cooking inside the Food Dock. Good for a long breakfast.
approx. 0.7 miles
Hop Kettle
Relaxed craft beer pub looking out over Gloucester Quays.
approx. 0.6 miles
Bill's Gloucester Quays
Reliable all-day British menu — the safe choice when nobody can agree.
approx. 0.6 miles
Café René
A Gloucester institution: candlelit, cellar-like, open late, tucked behind the cathedral.
approx. 1.1 miles
The Fountain Inn
Seventeenth-century courtyard pub off Westgate Street. Sunday roast territory.
approx. 1.2 miles
Everyday essentials
The practical list — the one that actually matters on a Sunday night at the start of a six-week stay.
Sainsbury's, Gloucester Quays
The nearest full supermarket, and walkable if you are not doing a big shop.
15 minutes on footapprox. 0.7 miles
Tesco, Southgate Street
City-centre store, handy on the way back from the cathedral end of town.
approx. 1.0 miles
Asda, Bristol Road (Quedgeley)
Large superstore straight down the same road. Easiest weekly shop if you have the car.
8 minutes by carapprox. 2.5 miles
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
The county's main hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department.
7 minutes by carapprox. 1.6 miles
Worth your weekend
If you are here for a while, Gloucester is a good base for more than Gloucester. The Cotswolds start about eight miles east and the Forest of Dean about fifteen west.
National Waterways Museum
Three floors of a Victorian warehouse telling two hundred years of canal history. Better than it sounds.
approx. 0.7 miles
Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
The county regiment's museum on the dockside, complete with a walk-through First World War trench.
approx. 0.7 miles
Kingsholm Stadium
Home of Gloucester Rugby. On a match day the whole city changes character — worth timing a stay around.
8 minutes by carapprox. 1.8 miles
The Cotswolds
Painswick, Bisley and the Slad valley are the closest and least crowded way in.
20 minutes by carapprox. 8 miles
Forest of Dean
Ancient woodland, sculpture trail and the Wye Valley beyond it.
30 minutes by carapprox. 15 miles
Cheltenham
Regency architecture, better shopping, and the racecourse. A short hop up the A40.
20 minutes by carapprox. 10 miles
Getting here and getting about
You do not need a car, but there is somewhere to put one if you have it — which is more than most places in Gloucester can say.
Gloucester railway station
Direct trains to Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff and London Paddington via Swindon.
27 minutes on foot, 6 by carapprox. 1.3 miles
M5 Junction 11a / 12
The reason a crew based in Bristol or Birmingham will happily take Gloucester as a base.
10 minutes by carapprox. 4 miles
Bristol Airport
The nearer of the two airports, straight down the M5.
1 hour 20 by carapprox. 44 miles
Birmingham Airport
Better long-haul connections, and roughly the same door-to-door time.
1 hour 10 by carapprox. 62 miles
Working in Gloucestershire
If you are booking beds for a crew rather than a holiday, this is the table that matters. Drive times from the front door to the places our guests are actually working.
Morelands Trading Estate
Seventy-plus units on Bristol Road itself — fit-out crews, installers and visiting engineers.
under 0.5 miles
Gloucester Quays & the Docks
Retail, leisure and hospitality fit-outs; event and seasonal staffing.
approx. 0.6 miles
Kings Quarter — The Forum & City Campus
£200m regeneration, with Forum Phase 2 proceeding and the university's City Campus now open.
approx. 1.2 miles
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Locum and agency clinicians on rotation, and internationally recruited staff needing four to twelve weeks.
approx. 1.6 miles
EDF Energy Nuclear Generation, Barnwood
Specialist and outage contractors on defined engagements.
approx. 4 miles
Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth
Large corporate estate — project teams, auditors and systems implementers.
approx. 6 miles
M5 Junction 10 Improvements
A £363m civils programme with main works running to 2028. Gloucester is the affordable side of that market.
approx. 11 miles
Cheltenham & Golden Valley
Overflow when Cheltenham rates spike, and cyber and defence programme staffing.
approx. 10 miles
Distances are estimates from GL1 5TA for planning purposes. If a precise drive time to your site would decide the booking, ask and we will check it properly rather than guess.
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