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Visit Gloucester launches Christmas Campaign, Gloucester Believes… with reasons to visit the city this Christmasoucester launches Christmas Campaign, Gloucester Believes… with reasons to visit the city this Christmas
Visit Gloucester has launched the city’s Christmas Campaign, Gloucester Believes, summing up all the amazing things you can do in the city this festive season. The campaign is aimed at encouraging visitors to come to the city during the festive season as Gloucester...
Green light for £11 million Greyfriars Quarter to transform Gloucester city centre
Plans for an ambitious new scheme that will transform Gloucester city centre have been given the green light with the news that it will receive £11 million of Levelling Up Funding. The bold new vision for a vibrant garden quarter in the heart of the city proposed by...
Gloucester Cathedral launches new Corporate Partnership Programme
This programme offers local businesses the unique chance to get up close to this remarkable building, and WSP Solicitors has become the first to join As well as being a place of worship, a world-famous heritage site, an iconic landmark and a charity, Gloucester...
Gloucester City Council announces new interim leisure facilities provider
Freedom Leisure, one of the UK’s leading charitable and not-for-profit leisure trusts that manages over 100 leisure and cultural facilities across England and Wales, will be the new interim provider of leisure facilities in Gloucester. Following a procurement...
Project Solace – October Update
Here is the latest update on Project Solace from Adam Stevens, Street Aware Lead Officer, Gloucester "Just a quick update for you regarding the work that is still ongoing in the City regarding anti-social behaviour. Whilst the enhanced section of Operation Ebrius has...
Dredging programme back underway at Gloucester Docks
The Canal & River Trust has recommenced the programme of dredging at Gloucester’s historic docks to increase the depth of the water and improve access for boaters at the UK’s most inland port. This year two dredging projects have already removed 20,000 cubic...
The Forum takes shape as photos show facades being fitted to £107m building
Progress continues for Gloucester’s £107m flagship development at The Forum as the construction team fit vibrant, contemporary facades. More than 1,000 intricately designed aluminium and glass panels are being fitted to the exterior of The Forum as phase two of the...
Gloucester City Safe Receives High Praise in National Standard Accreditation
Gloucester City Safe, which enjoys a close partnership with local authorities, neighbourhood policing teams in Gloucester and Stroud, has renewed its National Standards Accreditation – recognising it has achieved the highest standards of management practices and...
Gloucester City Centre Conservation Area Appraisal is Now Open for Public Consultation
The City Centre Conservation Area Appraisal Public Consultation is now live and comments on the document and the management proposals within it are invited. The closing date for comments is 20th December 2023. If you wish to view the document and comment on it you can...
Gloucester’s Long-Hidden Costume Collection Takes Centre Stage in New Exhibition
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. Buttons, Badges and Blazers, on display at the Museum of Gloucester until January...
Time for a Feast Fit for a King at King’s Square!
King’s Feast, Gloucester’s first ever dedicated street food celebration, will be popping up in the city’s King’s Square for its debut this weekend, on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October. This free entry event, featuring a wealth of regional street food and drink...
WATCH: Amazing projections inside Gloucester Cathedral
An immersive art show is being shown inside Gloucester Cathedral until Saturday. Luxmuralis shows projections which help tell the story of the building’s history. Gloucester News Centre - http://gloucesternewscentre.co.uk
Summer campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour proves a success
A summer campaign aimed at targeting alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in Gloucester has seen hundreds of bottles and cans of booze confiscated. Operation Ebrius, which saw Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucester City Council, Solace and City Protection Officers...
Gloucester’s Big Pub Push is Here to Celebrate and Support City’s Inns
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...
Makers’ Market to Take Over Gloucester’s Westgate Street with Unique Gifts and Stalls
Handmade arts, crafts and all sorts besides will be on offer in Gloucester’s Westgate Street this week as a new market makes only its second appearance in the city. The Cathedral Quarter Makers’ Market will feature vibrant stalls selling lovingly crafted,...
There’s less than a week to go until Light Eternal arrives at Gloucester Cathedral!
The countdown is on until this brand-new light and sound installation, created by Luxmuralis, opens to the public and there’s still time to purchase your tickets to see it Between 19 and 28 October, members of the public are invited to come and experience Gloucester...
Swimming pool welcomes back historic club
Gloucester City Swimming Club will once again return to its home at GL1 from Monday. It forms part of the phased reopening of the city’s leisure facilities by Gloucester City Council and its partners after the provider Aspire Trust announced it was going into...
WATCH: Paintings of Korean War veterans to feature at Gloucester exhibit
An exhibition of paintings of Korean War veterans by the former Gloucestershire cricketer, Jack Russell, is due to open this weekend at the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum in Gloucester Docks. Many of the surviving soldiers from the famous Battle of Imjin River...
Gloucester Promotes National Anti-Violence Campaign to ‘ShopKind’!
Gloucester Business Improvement District is supporting the National Business Crime Centre’s ‘Safer Business Action Week’, which is taking place between 16th-21st October this year. In partnership with Gloucester City Safe, we will be focussing on raising the awareness...
New Food Dock brings wildlife to Gloucester Docks
Gloucester Food Dock are working with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to create a wildlife corridor at Gloucester Docks Not only will this exciting new food and drink venue showcase an incredible variety of local eateries, it will also showcase what people can do for...
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