Working with local people and partners, the Cathedral Quarter project is breathing new life into Westgate Street which is rich in heritage and full of potential, making it more attractive to residents, businesses, tourists and investors.

High Street Heritage Action Zones are a national heritage-led regeneration initiative by Historic England.

Street Scene

Our project includes:

  • Making Open Spaces More Attractive
  • Using Open Spaces For Activities
  • Using Open Spaces For Events

Events & Activities

Our events programme includes:

  • Arts & Cultural Events
  • Heritage Awareness Events
  • Workshops for Professionals

Westgate Stories

Do you remember the old Westgate?

  • Share Your Memories With Us
  • Did You Know?
  • Where Was It?

Education

Our education programme includes:

  • Gloucester Through The Ages
  • Be A Building Detective
  • Architectural Trail

Street Scene

Our project includes:

  • Making Open Spaces More Attractive
  • Using Open Spaces For Activities
  • Using Open Spaces For Events

Events & Activities

Our events programme includes:

  • Arts & Cultural Events
  • Heritage Awareness Events
  • Workshops for Professionals

Westgate Stories

Do you remember the old Westgate?

  • Share Your Memories With Us
  • Did You Know?
  • Where Was It?

Education

Our education programme includes:

  • Gloucester Through The Ages
  • Be A Building Detective
  • Architectural Trail

SHOPFRONT SCHEME

Grants to property owners for minor repairs and reinstating traditional fascia signage

Our Projects

41 Westgate Street

How the funding is being used 39 and 41 Westgate Street are early timber framed buildings, dating from the middle of the 16thC which may originally have been built as one property. 39 was extended upwards in the early 1800s....

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29 Westgate Street

29 Westgate Street

How the funding was used Cathedral Quarter funding has helped install a new shopfront on 29 Westgate Street, drawing on Art Deco-style features in the upper windows to inform a period-appropriate design. Before and afters

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88 Westgate Street

88 Westgate Street

How the funding is being used Sitting on the corner of Westgate Street and Three Cocks Lane, No 88 occupies a prominent location in Gloucester city centre but represents a 'gap site' in the Cathedral Quarter streetscape. With...

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Where to shop and eat

Whether you’ve been here before or are just visiting today, everything that Westgate Street has to offer is set out for you in this quick guide

Keep Up To Date

5 days ago

Cathedral Quarter Gloucester
✍️ Write the Spirit of Westgate: Creative Writing Workshop🗓 7-9pm Thursday 30th March📍 The Folk of Gloucester 99-103 Westgate Street Come and join current Westgate artist-in-residence- stand-up poet and theatremaker Jonny Fluffypunk- for a fun and engaging two-hour creative writing workshop that aims to look at this ancient quarter of the city not only with fresh eyes, but also bird’s eyes, ghost’s eyes, and surreally-playful eyes, and in so doing we’ll hopefully come face-to-face with the untameable, unquenchable, multi-faceted and parti-coloured Spirit of Westgate. Our mission is to capture it’s snapshot likeness in a poem. No two will be the same. Oh, and maybe we’ll do a bit of sctibbling, too. Warmth and supportiveness guaranteed. Open to beginners and established writers alike.📧 Max 15 participants; email jonseagrave23@yahoo.co.uk to book a place#gloucesterevents #gloucester #westgategloucester #creativewritingworkshop #historichighstreets ... See MoreSee Less
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1 week ago

Cathedral Quarter Gloucester
🖼 A Journey into Abstractsion🗓 28 Mar 2023 – 16 Apr 2023 🕓 10-5pm daily except SundaysAn exhibition by Samantha Wilkins @abstractsion at 21 Westgate Street, Gloucester. “A eclectic collection of semi abstract landscapes based on scenes from in and around Gloucestershire, a mini collection of landscapes based on my recent Scottish trip and some pure abstract works.A percentage of all sales will go to support unicef and the local charities Linc and Maggies Cheltenham. I am also committed to providing affordable art for all so there will be a number of unframed works on paper at an inexpensive price.” ... See MoreSee Less
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Gloucester History Festival has three events in its Spring programme linked to the history of Westgate Street, including a film premiere with City Archaeologist Andrew Armstrong! Find out more and book your tickets at www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

Cathedral Quarter Gloucester
The west end of Gloucester Cathedral was rebuilt c. 1420 in the fashionable ‘Perpendicular’ style of Gothic architecture. The most recognisable feature of this particular mode of Gothic is the intersecting vertical and horizontal lines, creating a grid of strong straight lines across almost every surface. The style emerged in England in the fourteenth century, with the east end of Gloucester Cathedral being one of the earliest examples. The actual glass dates to 1859 and was installed as a memorial to Bishop J. H. Monk.#gloucestercathedral #gloucester #gothicarchitecture #perpendiculargothic #stainedglass This photo is by Diliff/Wikimedia Commons ... See MoreSee Less
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