What to do, see and eat in a quick visit to Gloucester

What to do, see and eat in a quick visit to Gloucester

I have a brother that lives near to Gloucester so we are spending a night there to break up our Journey to the north of England, he has lived there for many years, yet I have never actually visited the city.

As we have plenty of time to spare, we take a trip to the city centre. We park by the docks and I realise that it is really quite small compared to other cities in the UK.

We stroll by the docks and head into the centre, as we are trying to decide what to eat for lunch we see a food market. Some of the options look fantastic. This is a local farmers maket called Fresh N Local (click on link)

I opt for a funky falafel and cannot recommend it highly enough. There is more than enough food and you watch the person make it fresh in front of you (not sure how happy she was with the photos though) here is a link FUNKY FALAFEL (and no I’m not on commission I was just so impressed)

John opts for a pig roast sandwich, and I couldn’t help noticing the difference to a pig roast in France, there was not a pig head in sight, again the food was really good.

The cost was £5 (GBP) each and was worth every penny.

We continue our walk around the centre and see some great buildings, 

But the most impressive had to be the cathedral, we were able to enter and walk around for no cost (a rarity in the UK, but we did leave a donation)

Just outside the cathedral on a little cobbled lane is a small cafe called The Comfy Pew, as the sun was shining we stopped for a drink and the staff were so friendly and helpful, we didn’t actually have the cake, (mainly because we were still so stuffed) but they did look very appetising.

As I said it did not take long to walk around Gloucester as it is a small city, unless we missed something, but if you are in the area it is definitely worth a visit, especially on market day.