Pubs and Breweries in Gloucestershire Past and Present
Kingshill Inn, Kingshill Road, Dursley
Built for Stroud Brewery and opened in September 1939. The pub was an integral part of the nearby Kingshill residential development. It has changed very little in the intervening 60 years. It was a Whitbread pub until it was acquired by Wadworth of Devizes in 1990.
Citizen: Saturday 23rd January, 1988: Kingshill changes – New pub managers Chris and Christina Parsons are ringing the changes at the Kingshill Inn, Dursley. Besides expanding the food side of the Whitbread Severn Inns pub, they plan to drum up lots of enthusiasm for pub teams and charity fund-raising. Chris (25) first started working for Whitbread as a glass collector when he was just 14. The couple, who met in their home town of Bournemouth, took over their first pub near Swansea three years ago. Tony and Julie Pollard, who previously ran the Kingshill Inn, have moved to The Stonehouse, in Newport.
Winter 1982. Image: Ian Thomas
Above: The Kingshill pub sign May 1987 (Chris Heaven)
Licensing Details:
Owner in 2007: Wadworth Brewery, Devizes
Facebook Post 3rd July 2025:
Well, this isn’t the easiest post to write — but after lots of thought, we’ve decided it’s time for us to close the doors of The Oak at Kingshill, with our last day being this Sunday 6th July 2025.
This decision hasn’t come lightly, but with some recent health challenges and a growing need to put family first, we’re taking this as our chance to slow down a bit and see where life takes us next.
We honestly can’t thank you all enough for the love, laughs, and support over the last 5 and a half years — through the chaos of COVID, the good times, the tough times, and everything in between. We’ve made some amazing memories (and even better friends) and we’ll be forever grateful for that. We’ll really miss seeing your lovely faces, but this is the right move for us personally and financially.
We’re still open for drinks tomorrow and Saturday evening 4-10pm and we’ll be doing our final Sunday Roast on Sunday 6th July, but we are fully booked for this as it was a pre booked function but please feel free to pop in for a drink our doors will be open 12-5pm.
Also, if anyone might be interested in running The Oak at Kingshill, we’re open to enquiries as we figure out the best next step for the venue. Feel free to reach out — we’re happy to chat.
Thank you again for all your support and kindness. It means the world to us.
