South Town, Cheltenham - 200 Years of Local Trading History
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  • South Town
  • Interactive Map
    • Tivoli map >
      • An Introduction to Tivoli
      • Tivoli Triangle >
        • 2a) Severn Furnishing
        • 3a) ATC Floors and Doors
        • 4) Tivoli Stores
        • 5) Tivoli Butchers
        • 6) W. L. Langsbury
        • 7) The Tivoli Pub
      • Tivoli Street >
        • 8) Patrick Oliver Antiques
        • 9) St. Stephens Sports and Social Club
        • 10) W.A. Williams clock repairs
        • 11a) Nick's Barber Shop
        • 11b) Helene Hair and Sun
      • Andover Road (West side) >
        • 12a) Catherine Colebrook
        • 12b) Cheltenham Hot Tubs and Spas
        • 13) Tivoli Trading
        • 14) Hard Pressed for Time
        • 15) Read Maurice Estate Agents
        • 16) Charterhouse Estate Agents
        • 17) Maison Chaplais
        • 18) Vale Kitchens
        • 19) Tivoli Wines
      • Lypiatt Street Area >
        • 20) Tivoli Glass
        • 21) Groves Batteries
        • 22) Prinbox Works
        • 23) The Royal Union
        • 24) St. Stephen's Anglican Church
        • 25) www.glos.info
    • The Suffolks map >
      • An Introduction to The Suffolks
      • Suffolk Parade area >
        • 1) The Beehive
        • 2) Roylan Cycles
        • 3) Ebury Interiors
        • 4) Watts Butcher
        • 6) Capability
        • 5) Moss Prints
        • 7) The Suffolk Kitchen
        • 8) Gorgeous Hair
        • 9) The Retreat
        • 10) Charlie Allen's Canine Comforts
        • 11) Zizzi
        • 12) India Lounge
        • 13) Vallenders
        • 14) Moka
      • Suffolk Parade (Daffodil Street to Suffolk Road) >
        • 16) Cheltenham Festivals
        • 17) Cheltine
        • 18) Falcon Estates
        • 19) The Suffolk Anthology
        • 20) The Daffodil
        • 21) Chef's Pantry
        • 22) The Copy Shop
        • 23) The Triton Gallery
        • 24) Edward Cox Goldsmith
        • 25) David Hayward Design
        • 26a) The Giltwood Gallery
        • 26b) Harriet Sanders
        • 27) Spice Fusion
        • 28) Bodega Spa
        • 29) The Old Grocer's
      • Suffolk Road (Suffolk Parade to Bath Road) >
        • 30) RJ Spicer Jewellery
        • 31) Atelier 19
        • 32) Centrepiece
        • 33) Paco Delgado
        • 34) Daniel Keenan Interiors
        • 35) Cheltenham Computer Centre
        • 36) Signature Barber's
        • 37) Cotswold Physiotherapy Centre
      • Suffolk Road, south side (east of Suffolk Villas) >
        • 38) HSBC
        • 39) Information pending
        • 40) My Face
        • 41) Dominic Osman
        • 42) B Ten Tandoori
        • 43) Siam Smile
        • 44) Antique Restoration
        • 45) Mo22 Gallery/Turtle Framing
        • 46) The Guild Hairdressing
        • 47a/b) QEC Militaria and Cotswold Dental Lab
        • 48) Le Champignon Sauvage
        • 49) The House Clearance Shop
      • Suffolk Road, west of Suffolk Villas (south side) >
        • 49a) 32-38 Suffolk Road
        • 50) The Suffolk Arms
        • 51) Holistic Health Centre
        • 52) Eden Health and Beauty Spa
        • 53) Newcombe Residential Lettings
        • 54) Brasserie HPJ
        • 55) Fifty Lounge Bar
        • 56) bhoomi
        • 57) Armada Exports
      • Great Norwood Street (Suffolk Rd. to Bath Terr.) >
        • Part 1 >
          • 58) Cheltenham Balti
          • 59) El Barbero
          • 60) Cygnini
          • 61) Cafe Boho
          • 62) Tea at Ten
        • Part 2 >
          • 63) Revamp
          • 64) Bloomers
          • 65) Mint
          • 66) Hounam
          • 67) Gilchrist
      • Great Norwood St (Bath Terr. to Andover Rd.) >
        • Part 1 >
          • 68) The Shoe Repairer
          • 69) MacDonald vets
          • 70) Leckhampton Chiropractic Clinic
          • 71) Antique & Modern Fireplaces
          • 72) ShoeMed
          • 73) Sam Oldfield Photography
          • 74) Graeme Wright Hairdressing
        • Part 2 >
          • 75) Wonder Food
          • 76) Llewellyn-Smith & Co.
          • 77) Goose Chase Quilting
          • 79) The Jolly Brewmaster
          • 80) The Stick Club
          • 81) Cleevely Motors
          • 82) UK NARIC
          • 83) Falcon Residential Lettings
    • Bath Road map >
      • Bath Road (North) >
        • Suffolk Road to Victoria Place >
          • 80) Thirlestaine House
          • 1) Christian Science Reading Room
          • 2) Moran's
        • Kew Place to Clare Street >
          • 3) Perry Bishop
          • 4) Subway
          • 5) Cheltenham Independent Eyecare Centre
          • 6) Indian Brasserie
          • 7) Andy's and Co.
          • 8) The Natural Grocery Store
        • Victoria Retreat to Bath Terrace >
          • 9) V.W. Lane
          • 10) Cheltenham Nutrition Centre
          • 11) Sainsbury's
          • 12) Rowlands Pharmacy
          • 13) Balti Walla
          • 14) Age UK
          • 15) Nat West Bank
        • Clare Street to Exmouth Street >
          • 16) Coral
          • 17) Bath Road Butchers
          • 18) TSB
          • 19) Big Fish
          • 20) Dodwells Direct
          • 21) Post Office
          • 22) Cotswold Care Hospice
          • 23) Andrews Estate Agents
          • 24) Newman & Bloodworths
          • 25) Norville Opticians
          • 26) Parsons
        • Bath Terrace to Upper Bath Street >
          • 27) Bath Road Cards
          • 28) Domino's
          • 29) Michael Gerald Hairdressers
          • 30) Sue Ryder Care
        • Upper Bath Street to St. Phillip's Street >
          • 32) Mulberry Cottages
          • 33) Toasties
          • 34) The Exmouth Arms
      • Bath Road (South) >
        • Exmouth Street to Hermitage Street >
          • 35) MY Coffee
          • 36) The Co-Operative
          • 37) Jane's Pantry
          • 38) British Red Cross
          • 39) Red Cross Bookshop
          • 40) Thompson Dry Cleaners
          • 41) The Curious Cafe
          • 42) Burger Star
          • 43) Ella Hairdressing Salon
          • 44) Lee Longland
        • St. Phillip's Street to Suffolk Street >
          • 45) Bargain Booze
          • 45a) Milano Cafe
          • 46) Emporium
          • 47) Beauty Box
          • 48) Lloyds Bank
        • Hermitage Street to Francis Street >
          • 49) Adcock Shoes
          • 50) Flames Restaurant
          • 51) Ocean Fayre
          • 52) Hair Systems
          • 53) Indus Tandoori
          • 54) Linc
          • 55) Inside Out
          • 56) Five Alls
        • Suffolk Street to Gratton Road >
          • 57) The Cheltenham Clinic
        • Francis Street to Norwood Roundabout >
          • 58) The Corner Shop
          • 59) Happy Gathering
          • 60) Jim's Barber Shop
          • 61) Timpson
          • 62) Robi's Indian Takeaway
          • 63) The Brown Jug
          • 64) Rowlands Pharmacy
        • Grafton Road to Shurdington Road >
          • 65) Rosa Blue
          • 66) La Rocca
          • 67) Adams Estate Agents and Residential Lettings
        • Norwood Roundabout >
          • 68) Daisychain Benevolent Fund
          • 69) Fat Flyers
          • 70) Cook
          • 71) Roots and Fruits
          • 72) Bath Road Market
          • 73) The Norwood Arms
        • Shurdington Road >
          • 74) Norwood Interiors
          • 75) The Record Shop
          • 76) Peter Ball and Co.
        • Norwood Road >
          • 77) Paul Malvern
          • 78) Shurdington Stores
          • 79) Studio 19
  • Tramroad
    • The Norwood Triangle Project
  • Local Memories
    • Percy Nash Fruit and Flowers
    • E.C. Waltham, Butchers
    • Armada Antiques
    • R.E. Caudle, Fruiterer
    • E.C. Waltham horsemeat article
    • E.C. Waltham Golden Jubilee article
    • E.C. Waltham 60 Years feature
    • Gilbey Cooles, Ironmonger
    • Thomas's Newsagents 9 Suffolk Parade
    • Leckhampton Dairies
    • Burrows Newsagents, 54 Tivoli Street
    • Gurnsey Cottages
    • V.W. Lane, Butchers
    • R.R. Skemp
    • Banks Bakers & Confectioners, 17 Suffolk Parade
    • Arthur & Mary Chapman
    • Robert Young's
    • The Five Alls
  • Books
  • Local School Projects
    • 2011 Local Trading History Project
  • Cheltenham Connect
  • Contact
  • Links

Bath Road

Bath Road is the central hub for this part of Cheltenham. With its wide variety of shops and restaurants, it has a thriving community feel that attracts a wide range of visitors from the larger town. For those coming by car there is a large ‘pay and display’ car park at Bath Terrace. There are five pubs, and both the Exmouth Arms and the Norwood Arms have good-sized outside gardens.

At first named the New Bath Road, it  was enabled by an Act of Parliament in 1813 and was originally a turnpike, or toll road, with numerous side gates leading to other roads. The road ran from Cambray via Bath Street to Leckhampton, and then via Shurdington and Painswick to Bath and was fully opened by 1822. The last part of today's Bath Road, from Bath Street to the High Street, was not completed until 1854. Development of the houses and shops was gradually completed during the 19th century and many of the shop fronts were extended into the former gardens to meet the pavement.  

To read the histories, either click on the business name below or on the numbers on the map. Please note that not all businesses have histories yet, as this is a work in progress. If you have any memories or historical information you would like to share via this website, please get in touch via our Contact page.


1. Christian Science Reading Room
2. Moran's
3. Perry Bishop
4. Subway
5. Cheltenham Independent Eyecare Centre
6. Indian Brasserie
7. Andy's & Co Barber Shop
8. The Natural Grocery Store
9. V.W. Lane Butcher
10. Cheltenham Nutrition Centre
11. Sainsbury's
12. Rowland's
13. Balti Walla
14. Age UK 
15. Nat West
16. Coral
17. Bath Road Butcher
18. TSB 
19. Big Fish
20. Dodwells Direct
21. Post Office
22. Cotswold Care Hospice
23. Andrews Estate Agents
24. Newman & Bloodworths
25. Norville Opticians
26. Parsons Bakery
27. Bath Road Cards  
28. Domino's 
29. Michael Gerald Hairdressers
30. Sue Ryder Care
31. Sue Ryder Care
32. Mulberry Cottages 
33. Toasties
34. The Exmouth Arms
35. MY Coffee 
36. The Co-operative Food
37. Jane's Pantry 
38. British Red Cross
39. British Red Cross (books)
40. Thompson Dry Cleaners
41. The Curious Cafe
42. Burger Star
43. Ella Hairdressing Salon
44. Lee Longland
45. Bargain Booze
45a.Milano
46. Emporium
47. Beauty Box
48. Lloyd's Bank
49. Adcock's Shoes
50. Flames Takeaway
51. Ocean Fayre
52. Hair Systems
53. Indus Tandoori
54. Linc
55. Inside Out
56. The Five Alls
57. The Cheltenham Clinic of Traditional Acupuncture & Chiropractic
58. The Corner Shop
59. Happy Gathering
60. Jim's Barber Shop
61. Timpson
62. Robi's Indian Takeaway
63. The Brown Jug
64. Rowland's Pharmacy
65. Rosa Blue
66. La Rocca 
67. Adams Estate Agents
68. Daisy Chain
69. Fat Flyers
70. Cook
71. Roots & Fruits
72. Bath Road Market 
73. The Norwood Arms
74. Norwood Interiors
75. The Record Shop
76. Peter Ball & Co.
77. Paul Malvern 
78. Shurdington Stores
79. Studio 19
​80. Thirlestaine House








Bath Road (North) 1. Christian Science Reading Room 2. Moran's 3. Perry Bishop 4. Subway 5. Cheltenham Independent Eyecare Centre 6. Indian Brasserie 7. Andy's & Co Barber Shop 8. The Natural Grocery Store 9. V.W. Lane Butcher 10. Cheltenham Nutrition Centre 11. Sainsbury's 12. Rowland's 13. Balti Walla 14. Age Concern 15. Nat West 16. Coral 17. R. Jenkins Butcher 18. Cheltenham & Gloucester 19. The Rainbow 20. Dodwells Direct 21. Post Office 22. Cotswold Care Hospice 23. Andrews Estate Agents 24. Newman & Bloodworths 25. Norville Opticians 26. Norths Bakery 27. Hallmark 28. T&M Chinese Takeaway 29. Michael Gerald Hairdressers 30. Sue RyderCare 31. Vacant premises 32. Cotswold Estate Agents 33. Toasties 34. The Exmouth Arms 35. Jack in the Box 36. The Co-operative Food 37. Cooks Kitsch-in 38. British Red Cross 77. Paul Malvern
Bath Road map (South) 24. Newman & Bloodworths 25. Norville Opticians 26. Norths Bakery 32. Cotswold Estate Agents 33. Toasties 34. The Exmouth Arms 35. Jack in the Box 36. The Co-operative Food 37. Cooks Kitsch-in 38. British Red Cross 39. British Red Cross (books) 40. Thompson Dry Cleaners 41. The Curious Cafe 42. Burger Star 43. Bath Road Shoes 44. Lee Longland 45. Bargain Booze 46. Televid 47. Beauty Box 48. Lloyd's Bank 49. Adcock's Shoes 50. Flames Takeaway 51. Ocean Fayre 52. Hair Systems 53. Indus Tandoori 54. Linc 55. Inside Out 56. The Five Alls 57. The Cheltenham Clinic of Traditional Acupuncture & Chiropractic 58. The Corner Shop 59. Happy Gathering 60. Jim's Barber Shop 61. Timpson 62. Robi's Indian Takeaway 63. The Brown Jug 64. Rowland's Pharmacy 68. Daisy Chain 65. Rosa Blue 66. Vacant premises 67. R.A. Bennett & Partners 69. Fat Flyers 70. Cook 71. Roots & Shoots 72. Dawn Nurseries 73. The Norwood Arms 74. Norwood Interiors 75. The Record Shop 77. Paul Malvern
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  • Home
  • South Town
  • Interactive Map
    • Tivoli map >
      • An Introduction to Tivoli
      • Tivoli Triangle >
        • 2a) Severn Furnishing
        • 3a) ATC Floors and Doors
        • 4) Tivoli Stores
        • 5) Tivoli Butchers
        • 6) W. L. Langsbury
        • 7) The Tivoli Pub
      • Tivoli Street >
        • 8) Patrick Oliver Antiques
        • 9) St. Stephens Sports and Social Club
        • 10) W.A. Williams clock repairs
        • 11a) Nick's Barber Shop
        • 11b) Helene Hair and Sun
      • Andover Road (West side) >
        • 12a) Catherine Colebrook
        • 12b) Cheltenham Hot Tubs and Spas
        • 13) Tivoli Trading
        • 14) Hard Pressed for Time
        • 15) Read Maurice Estate Agents
        • 16) Charterhouse Estate Agents
        • 17) Maison Chaplais
        • 18) Vale Kitchens
        • 19) Tivoli Wines
      • Lypiatt Street Area >
        • 20) Tivoli Glass
        • 21) Groves Batteries
        • 22) Prinbox Works
        • 23) The Royal Union
        • 24) St. Stephen's Anglican Church
        • 25) www.glos.info
    • The Suffolks map >
      • An Introduction to The Suffolks
      • Suffolk Parade area >
        • 1) The Beehive
        • 2) Roylan Cycles
        • 3) Ebury Interiors
        • 4) Watts Butcher
        • 6) Capability
        • 5) Moss Prints
        • 7) The Suffolk Kitchen
        • 8) Gorgeous Hair
        • 9) The Retreat
        • 10) Charlie Allen's Canine Comforts
        • 11) Zizzi
        • 12) India Lounge
        • 13) Vallenders
        • 14) Moka
      • Suffolk Parade (Daffodil Street to Suffolk Road) >
        • 16) Cheltenham Festivals
        • 17) Cheltine
        • 18) Falcon Estates
        • 19) The Suffolk Anthology
        • 20) The Daffodil
        • 21) Chef's Pantry
        • 22) The Copy Shop
        • 23) The Triton Gallery
        • 24) Edward Cox Goldsmith
        • 25) David Hayward Design
        • 26a) The Giltwood Gallery
        • 26b) Harriet Sanders
        • 27) Spice Fusion
        • 28) Bodega Spa
        • 29) The Old Grocer's
      • Suffolk Road (Suffolk Parade to Bath Road) >
        • 30) RJ Spicer Jewellery
        • 31) Atelier 19
        • 32) Centrepiece
        • 33) Paco Delgado
        • 34) Daniel Keenan Interiors
        • 35) Cheltenham Computer Centre
        • 36) Signature Barber's
        • 37) Cotswold Physiotherapy Centre
      • Suffolk Road, south side (east of Suffolk Villas) >
        • 38) HSBC
        • 39) Information pending
        • 40) My Face
        • 41) Dominic Osman
        • 42) B Ten Tandoori
        • 43) Siam Smile
        • 44) Antique Restoration
        • 45) Mo22 Gallery/Turtle Framing
        • 46) The Guild Hairdressing
        • 47a/b) QEC Militaria and Cotswold Dental Lab
        • 48) Le Champignon Sauvage
        • 49) The House Clearance Shop
      • Suffolk Road, west of Suffolk Villas (south side) >
        • 49a) 32-38 Suffolk Road
        • 50) The Suffolk Arms
        • 51) Holistic Health Centre
        • 52) Eden Health and Beauty Spa
        • 53) Newcombe Residential Lettings
        • 54) Brasserie HPJ
        • 55) Fifty Lounge Bar
        • 56) bhoomi
        • 57) Armada Exports
      • Great Norwood Street (Suffolk Rd. to Bath Terr.) >
        • Part 1 >
          • 58) Cheltenham Balti
          • 59) El Barbero
          • 60) Cygnini
          • 61) Cafe Boho
          • 62) Tea at Ten
        • Part 2 >
          • 63) Revamp
          • 64) Bloomers
          • 65) Mint
          • 66) Hounam
          • 67) Gilchrist
      • Great Norwood St (Bath Terr. to Andover Rd.) >
        • Part 1 >
          • 68) The Shoe Repairer
          • 69) MacDonald vets
          • 70) Leckhampton Chiropractic Clinic
          • 71) Antique & Modern Fireplaces
          • 72) ShoeMed
          • 73) Sam Oldfield Photography
          • 74) Graeme Wright Hairdressing
        • Part 2 >
          • 75) Wonder Food
          • 76) Llewellyn-Smith & Co.
          • 77) Goose Chase Quilting
          • 79) The Jolly Brewmaster
          • 80) The Stick Club
          • 81) Cleevely Motors
          • 82) UK NARIC
          • 83) Falcon Residential Lettings
    • Bath Road map >
      • Bath Road (North) >
        • Suffolk Road to Victoria Place >
          • 80) Thirlestaine House
          • 1) Christian Science Reading Room
          • 2) Moran's
        • Kew Place to Clare Street >
          • 3) Perry Bishop
          • 4) Subway
          • 5) Cheltenham Independent Eyecare Centre
          • 6) Indian Brasserie
          • 7) Andy's and Co.
          • 8) The Natural Grocery Store
        • Victoria Retreat to Bath Terrace >
          • 9) V.W. Lane
          • 10) Cheltenham Nutrition Centre
          • 11) Sainsbury's
          • 12) Rowlands Pharmacy
          • 13) Balti Walla
          • 14) Age UK
          • 15) Nat West Bank
        • Clare Street to Exmouth Street >
          • 16) Coral
          • 17) Bath Road Butchers
          • 18) TSB
          • 19) Big Fish
          • 20) Dodwells Direct
          • 21) Post Office
          • 22) Cotswold Care Hospice
          • 23) Andrews Estate Agents
          • 24) Newman & Bloodworths
          • 25) Norville Opticians
          • 26) Parsons
        • Bath Terrace to Upper Bath Street >
          • 27) Bath Road Cards
          • 28) Domino's
          • 29) Michael Gerald Hairdressers
          • 30) Sue Ryder Care
        • Upper Bath Street to St. Phillip's Street >
          • 32) Mulberry Cottages
          • 33) Toasties
          • 34) The Exmouth Arms
      • Bath Road (South) >
        • Exmouth Street to Hermitage Street >
          • 35) MY Coffee
          • 36) The Co-Operative
          • 37) Jane's Pantry
          • 38) British Red Cross
          • 39) Red Cross Bookshop
          • 40) Thompson Dry Cleaners
          • 41) The Curious Cafe
          • 42) Burger Star
          • 43) Ella Hairdressing Salon
          • 44) Lee Longland
        • St. Phillip's Street to Suffolk Street >
          • 45) Bargain Booze
          • 45a) Milano Cafe
          • 46) Emporium
          • 47) Beauty Box
          • 48) Lloyds Bank
        • Hermitage Street to Francis Street >
          • 49) Adcock Shoes
          • 50) Flames Restaurant
          • 51) Ocean Fayre
          • 52) Hair Systems
          • 53) Indus Tandoori
          • 54) Linc
          • 55) Inside Out
          • 56) Five Alls
        • Suffolk Street to Gratton Road >
          • 57) The Cheltenham Clinic
        • Francis Street to Norwood Roundabout >
          • 58) The Corner Shop
          • 59) Happy Gathering
          • 60) Jim's Barber Shop
          • 61) Timpson
          • 62) Robi's Indian Takeaway
          • 63) The Brown Jug
          • 64) Rowlands Pharmacy
        • Grafton Road to Shurdington Road >
          • 65) Rosa Blue
          • 66) La Rocca
          • 67) Adams Estate Agents and Residential Lettings
        • Norwood Roundabout >
          • 68) Daisychain Benevolent Fund
          • 69) Fat Flyers
          • 70) Cook
          • 71) Roots and Fruits
          • 72) Bath Road Market
          • 73) The Norwood Arms
        • Shurdington Road >
          • 74) Norwood Interiors
          • 75) The Record Shop
          • 76) Peter Ball and Co.
        • Norwood Road >
          • 77) Paul Malvern
          • 78) Shurdington Stores
          • 79) Studio 19
  • Tramroad
    • The Norwood Triangle Project
  • Local Memories
    • Percy Nash Fruit and Flowers
    • E.C. Waltham, Butchers
    • Armada Antiques
    • R.E. Caudle, Fruiterer
    • E.C. Waltham horsemeat article
    • E.C. Waltham Golden Jubilee article
    • E.C. Waltham 60 Years feature
    • Gilbey Cooles, Ironmonger
    • Thomas's Newsagents 9 Suffolk Parade
    • Leckhampton Dairies
    • Burrows Newsagents, 54 Tivoli Street
    • Gurnsey Cottages
    • V.W. Lane, Butchers
    • R.R. Skemp
    • Banks Bakers & Confectioners, 17 Suffolk Parade
    • Arthur & Mary Chapman
    • Robert Young's
    • The Five Alls
  • Books
  • Local School Projects
    • 2011 Local Trading History Project
  • Cheltenham Connect
  • Contact
  • Links
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