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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Last few tickets available for 'Artisan Art: vernacular wall paintings in Gloucestershire, 1550-1620' - an introduction to historic wall paintings by Kathryn Davis, visiting fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford and independent heritage and planning consultant.This talk takes place 12pm at The Folk of Gloucester this Saturday, 9th September. See you there!www.tickettailor.com/events/gloucestercivictrustlimited/976755? ... See MoreSee Less
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Find your way through Gloucester’s history with Cathedral Quarter’s giant labyrinth in Westgate Street 🏘️The labyrinth will be joined in the street by the @gloucester_bid Makers Market tomorrow and Saturday - the perfect reason to come down to Westgate and see for yourself 🛍️And when you’re done, head over to @gloucestercathedral to walk an exact replica of the medieval labyrinth in France’s Chartres Cathedral ⛪️#gloucester #historichighstreets #gloucestershire #westgategloucester #labyrinth ... See MoreSee Less
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