Gloucester offers the full range of criminal law, family law and prison law services, as well as advice, assistance and representation concerning issues relating to mental health and Court of Protection.
Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and colony in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis.
It was granted its first charter in 1155 by Henry II. In 1216 Henry III, aged only nine years, was crowned with a gilded iron ring in the Chapter House of Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester’s significance in the Middle Ages is underlined by the fact that it had a number of monastic establishments, including St Peter’s Abbey founded in 679 (later Gloucester Cathedral), the nearby St Oswald’s Priory, Gloucester founded in the 880s or 890s, and Llanthony Secunda Priory, founded 1136. The town is also the site of the siege of Gloucester in 1643, during which the city held out against Royalist forces in the First English Civil War.
A major attraction of the city is Gloucester Cathedral, which is the burial place of King Edward II and Walter de Lacy, and features in scenes from the Harry Potter films. Other places of interest include the museum and school of art and science, the former county jail (on the site of a Saxon and Norman castle), the Shire Hall (now headquarters of the County Council) and the Whitefield memorial church. A park in the south of the city contains a spa, a chalybeate spring having been discovered in 1814.
Economically, the city is dominated by the service industries, and has strong financial, research, distribution and light industrial sectors. Historically it was prominent in the aerospace industry.
HOW TO FIND US
BY CAR
Leave the M5 at junction 12 towards Gloucester/A38
At the next roundabout take the 3rd exit onto A340, continue straight, at the roundabout take the 3rd exit A38
At the next roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Waterwells Drive, take the 2nd exit at the next roundabout continuing straight in Waterwells Drive.
After 0.3 miles turn right into Pure Offices, Kestrel Court.
Reeds are in the main building
BY TRAIN
Gloucester has one main station (Gloucester Station) in the centre.
To find the office from this station, please follow the directions below.
BY FOOT
Head out of the city centre on the Bristol Road, continue for 1.7 miles.
Take the first exit on the roundabout on to Waterwells Drive.
Take the 2nd exit at the next roundabout continuing straight in Waterwells Drive.
After 0.3 miles turn right into Pure Offices, Kestrel Court.
Reeds are in the main building
