Fleece Inn

Pub is The Hub - The Fleece Inn

The Fleece at Hillesley in Gloucs was taken over by the community in June 2012 and has been a community-run pub ever since. Here's the start of their story - since then they have gone from strength to strength, see their website:

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From Winterbourne through the back streets of Yate, through Chipping Sodbury to the Fleece pub in Hillesley with the Bristol Thursday Old Time Cyclists.

Hillesley cricket song

Me sing

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Hillesley Cricket Dinner 2012 - Youth Policy

Prince Charles pulls pints and plays darts in Gloucestershire

The Prince of Wales has met with Patrons of The Fleece Inn in Gloucestershire, a pub supported by the 'Pub is the Hub' initiative. Report by Sarah Duffy.

Official Opening of the 3rd Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival

Welcome address followed by the launch of several new books, including festival founder Debbie Young’s novel Best Murder in Show,
a tribute to Jane Austen for her bicentenary, and an opening speech
by special guest Orna Ross, named by The Bookseller as one of the UK’s 100 Most Influential People in Publishing.

Recorded at the 3rd Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival, Saturday 22 April 2017.

The Somerset Memorial near Hawkesbury Upton in Gloucestershire

A ride past the historic monument.

The monument was erected in 1846 to commemorate General Lord Edward Somerset, who was a soldier son of the 5th Duke of Beaufort, (whose ancestral home is at Badminton), who had served with distinction at Waterloo.

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Hawkesbury Upton - Hawkesbury Road (ORPA, N-S)

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NGR Start: ST765878

NGR Finish: ST767869

Byway Number: N/A

Date: 09.03.14

Condition: A mixture of paved road and hard stone track.

Notes: Grazed by sheep and gated at both ends. Care must be taken in use.