| Pub name | The Gloucester Arms |
| Location | Oxfordshire |
| Town | Oxford |
| Street Address/Directions | Friar's Entry
Gloucester Green
Oxford |
| Description | The Gloc is Oxford's Rock, Goth, Metal and Alternative hangout. It's small but fairly friendly, and you can always be sure to run into a few freaks here. |
| Submitted by | grimoire |
| Submitted on: | 2000-09-08 |
| User comments |
| Submitted by: | the_reflecting_god
/ 2001-01-30 |
Comment:
| Really cool pub, right next to the bus stop so when you hit Oxford you can dive straight in. Good selection on the jukebox though the drinks can be on the tad expensive side. |
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| Submitted by: | gothkate
/ 2001-02-20 |
Comment:
| Mark, the landlord of the Gloc, is on record as saying he puts up his drink prices to "keep the student scum out of his pub". Goth events used to take place here, but like a lot of other goth events in Oxford, they eventually crashed and burned. |
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| Submitted by: | the_reflecting_god
/ 2001-02-26 |
Comment:
| Absynthe and aftershock (blue and red), they also serve Snake bite and black (Or diesel as I call it) unlike most of the other pubs around which look at you blankly and go 'huh?' when u ask, then say 'sorry mate, not allowed to pour it'. |
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| Submitted by: | F4llen
/ 2002-08-19 |
Comment:
| drinks expensive?,.. depends what your drinking really,... with house doubles on vodka, whiskey, gin, and bacardi @£1.65 and carlsberg @ £1.65 a pint and tetley's @£1.50 still pretty cheap if you ask me,decent juke box and dj's every thursday (70's,80's,90's) and fridays (4 different dj's on a four week rotation) but then again i'm probably biased cos i work there (shameless Plug i know) and it's only 5 minutes walk from intrusion!!! |
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| Submitted by: | kryin
/ 2002-10-14 |
Comment:
| you can now get geen aftershock here. this is a realy cool pub where every one is friendly dont worry they dont bite unless you want them too!!!!!! |
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| Submitted by: | the_reflecting_god
/ 2002-11-02 |
Comment:
| A lot more is happening here at the moment... DJ's and stuff are being used to spice it up a bit. The landlord hasnt changed the jukebox sine 1784 though..... Good for a laugh... my local. |
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| Submitted by: | Willow_Jade
/ 2003-03-12 |
Comment:
| watch out for the monk! |
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| Submitted by: | bloodsuckergoth
/ 2003-05-26 |
Comment:
| Monk?
Yup, this place is definately in my list of favourite hang-outs! When the DJs are there you can request certain music to be played, depending on what the theme of the night is (i.e. 1970's and 1980's music.etc). |
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| Submitted by: | SomethingInteresting
/ 2003-08-09 |
Comment:
| Probably my favorite pub in Oxford, I practicaly lived there for a whole year when I was 15/16, and then for some reason they started IDing all of a sudden. |
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| Submitted by: | amenangeluk
/ 2003-10-31 |
Comment:
| i spend most of my free time there...good music, cheap drinks and nice people... |
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| Submitted by: | Octobers_Raven
/ 2003-11-03 |
Comment:
| Are the drinks cheap now? I don't remember them ever being cheap?
Mind you I don't spend much time in Oxford these days, so compared to London they are probably very cheap!!! |
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| Submitted by: | slayergirl
/ 2003-12-13 |
Comment:
| this is proably one of the cheapest places to drink in Oxford, i have no idea why people are saying it's expensive? Vodka double for c.£2 and it's Smirnoff too not cheap nasty shit. Tetleys £1.50 a pint. Pretty good if you ask me. |
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| Submitted by: | liq
/ 2003-12-16 |
Comment:
| at the mo we have 3 dj's at the gloc. suffer/kate is on thursday, playing punk (new and classic), ska etc. friday night is classic rock night, playing anything from 60s, 70s and 80s with dj ramone. and then on a saturday we have dj sparky playing modern rock and metal. so yeah.... 1.73 carlsberg, 1.74 double house spirits, 1.53 tetleys. D |
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| Submitted by: | Octobers_Raven
/ 2003-12-27 |
Comment:
| This must have changed since I was last in this pub, I seem to remember the drinks being very expenive..or maybe it was the amount of drinks I was consuming thathas clouded my memory..I guess I will have to go back and check this out! |
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| Submitted by: | Lord_Emperor
/ 2004-01-03 |
Comment:
| This place is as close to the Devonshire Arms in Camden as Oxford really gets. Has anyone else noticed the huge amounts of sediment that you get in the snakebite-and-blacks sometimes? |
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| Submitted by: | imprus
/ 2004-01-14 |
Comment:
| a nice pub, but a lot of things hav changed there, trying to go up market, can be a little bit crowded but hey, i still go there when i bak in oxford
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| Submitted by: | faeriegraver
/ 2004-01-18 |
Comment:
| I went last on a Saturday night and to be honest if I wanted to go to a place packed full of people with music so loud you can't think I'd go to a club. I really can't stand this place... Some of the people there are horrible as well. |
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| Submitted by: | Octobers_Raven
/ 2004-01-22 |
Comment:
| Wash your Mouth out, Lord Emperor!, really darling this place does not compare to The Dev.....but I suppose there are only a tiny handful of places in Oxford (pubwise) that are worth visiting and I guess sadly this in one of them.
XxX |
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| Submitted by: | Jez_Wolf
/ 2004-01-23 |
Comment:
| Great place, has a kewl Jukebox, n friendly people :) I don't visit Oxford as much as I used to, but I always go for a night out at the Gloc |
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| Submitted by: | liq
/ 2004-02-09 |
Comment:
| lord... the sediment in the snakebite is from the addlestones. its proper cider with bits, they dont show up til mixed with blackcurrant. so yeah :) and faerie to be fair, ppl are only horrible in there if youre horible to them. but meh. still best place in oxford for atmosphere and cheap drinks. :) D |
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| Submitted by: | faeriegraver
/ 2004-03-01 |
Comment:
| I'm not horrible :-P. I know most of the barstaff who work here and they're nice. I last came in and sat down quietly and there were loads of people barging about seemingly only thinking about themselves. |
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| Submitted by: | Octobers_Raven
/ 2004-03-04 |
Comment:
| I actually find that the London pubs I go to are much more friendly than anywhere in Oxford..which you would presume wouldn't be the case!
XxX |
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| Submitted by: | daemonlord
/ 2004-04-01 |
Comment:
| The only real decent place to go in Oxford if you're a goth/rocker/metaller. Even if it is just to hear Master of Puppets on the jukebox just as it reaches kicking out time, and to take advantage of the cheap booze and the generally friendly atmosphere. Not too impressed by the DJ's to be honest, but I guess thats just down to personal taste. Oh, and if you're hoping to hear a song off the jukebox, make sure you get it on EARLY! |
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| Submitted by: | Helium Pixie
/ 2004-07-17 |
Comment:
| I found that the best way to meet peole at the Gloc is already to know someone. A bit like this whole scene really. A catch 22, but once you're in with the crowd (goths, being cliquey and pretentious? us?) it's awesome. |
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| Submitted by: | Octobers_Raven
/ 2004-07-29 |
Comment:
| We are not cliquey!
I have never found this to be the case..people worth talking to will allways chat to you!
XxXxX |
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| Submitted by: | fairyinboots
/ 2004-09-23 |
Comment:
| I can often be found in the Gloc, and although I do not know many people, I always find it friendly! |
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| Submitted by: | LuciferNightmare
/ 2005-04-08 |
Comment:
| The gloc...chirst,aint been there in years...Think I might rally the troops and hit that place end of the month,well overdue for that. |
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| Submitted by: | LuciferNightmare
/ 2005-04-10 |
Comment:
| Ok, turned up on a Saturday, purposely on my own. Yeah there are some good friendly folks here, like withing 30mins I'd been invited to join an old biker couple for most of the night. DJ Ramone was on, enjoyed his music. Only problem I had was the lack of women, but thats not the pubs fault and only matters if you're on the market.
Carlsberg £1.69? Bargin |
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| Submitted by: | Elf
/ 2005-10-04 |
Comment:
| The Pub has been de-rocked by The Spirit Group and will be sold. |
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| Submitted by: | faeriegraver
/ 2006-04-27 |
Comment:
| The pub is currently still a rock pub, although it is on lease so may be brought and changed at some point in the future. |
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| Submitted by: | MadGutts
/ 2008-09-30 |
Comment:
| Currently closed due to lease problems, St johns College not extending the lease... :(
Closed on 19th April 2008...
But there are talks happening at the moment to re-open the venue... |
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| Submitted by: | WingsofFire
/ 2009-12-21 |
Comment:
| The Pub is Open! (and has been for a long period)
Sunday - Selected drinks £2 all day & Pub Quiz in evening.
Monday - Rock karaoke in evening.
Nice pub, The Gloc is a small but friendly with great staff and manager. |
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