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Country
Pub. Features Include:
Big Screen Sky TV, Darts Board, Fruit Machines, Bar Games,
Beer Garden, Disabled Access, Quiots, Bar Dog
Drink Specialities:
Real Ale, Draught Cider & Guinness, Wine List, Draught
Cider, Alcopops, Smooth
Food: Curries
served throughout opening hours
Music:
Background, Live Bands, |
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The
Jovial Forester
Star Hill
Forest Green
Nailsworth
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL6 0NH
Ph:
01453 832254
Opening
Times:
Mon - Sat
12 noon to 11:00pm
Sunday
12 noon to 10:30pm
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Attractions |
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For
visitors to the area, the pub is ideally located
for so many attractions. On the doorstep is the
market town of Nailsworth with its local independent
shops, the National Trust properties, Minchinhampton
Common, Rodborough Common, Woodchester Mansion
and viewpoint Coaley Peak. Nearby the Leisure
Centre, outdoor swimming pool and museum are located
in Stratford Park at Stroud.
The Jovial Forester, the ‘local’
pub for ‘locals’ and ‘visitors’
alike, is an ideal place for lunch or to wind
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The History behind Nailsworth |
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since Saxon times and important in the 18th and
17th centuries for its cloth mills, Nailsworth has
only had a separate civic identity since 1894, when
it became an urban district. The turnpike roads
and the railway brought new prosperity to Nailsworth,
a pleasant community and Shopping Centre and a small
town of unexpected charm for those who turn off
the busy Stroud-Bath road. Nailsworth itself lies
in the valley but there are pleasant hamlets above
it, not least Forest Green, Newmarket, Shortwood,
Watledge and Windsoredge. The poet W.H. Davies,
of Super-Tramp fame, lived his last years in Watledge.
Many of the former Mill buildings have been converted
for use by modern industry. Of particular interest
is Egypt Mill - even the name is full of intrigue.
It is said that before the Mill was first built
during the reign of Edward III, the 'travelling
people from Egypt', (i.e. gypsies) laden with
goods and chattels, camped on the Mill site hence
the title reaches far back in time.
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