Located on Kellaway Avenue, The Gloucester Old Spot was the winner of the “Stonegate Group Pub Partners Pub of the Year” award.<br /><br />Amy Devenish took over the pub 10 years ago and changed everything about it: “the name, the way it looks, everything.”<br /><br />When asked about the name of the pub, Amy replied: “People kept changing the name, but it was always The Kellaway or The Kellaway Arms. And then when I took over, I knew that we needed to change the name just as a totally fresh start. <br /><br />“So, actually, I think my dad came up with it. We were sitting in another local pub, The Wellington, and we were talking about names and we were talking about animals and I think my dad said ‘I think we should call it The Gloucester Old Spot’, and we looked it up, ‘is there another Gloucester Old Spot in the country?’<br /><br />“And there was just one, and we said, ‘well, we can get away with that.’ So that’s where it came from.”<br /><br />Above all, The Gloucester Old Spot is community pub as became evident from Amy’s fondest memories of the pub: “There’s been countless occasions where we’ve hosted somebody’s wedding, and then they get married and they come in with their baby.<br /><br />“It’s a community pub. So we’ve see people bring their kids in from a young age, and now they’re washing dishes in our kitchen.<br /><br />“It’s the sort of feel that you get from a local pub, really. <br /><br />“So yeah, it’s been a long 10 years. Lots has been going on.”<br />
