The North Gate of Gloucester was the main entrance from London and by the middle ages Northgate St. had become a large trading area . THE New Inn dates from around 1450, and was built by Gloucester Abbey as an inn for pilgrims who came to the Cathedral and has a medieval courtyard with galleries on all sides. Although it has been sadly neglected by previous owners, the Chapman Group have just bought it and promise to restore the bedrooms that were converted into offices, and refurbish the buildings. It has been described as the finest example of a medieval galleried Inn to be seen in Britain today. It was originally built by St Peters Abbey between 1430 and 1450 and replaced an earlier Inn, giving it the Title New Inn.
Local legend has it that it was so narrow at one point that an ox got stuck on the way to market .
A local nursery rhyme relates this . Just off Kings Square is Gloucester bus station , occupying the old cattle market position . If you have a good connection to the web, you can see video clips of Gloucester on our broadband Gloucester section. You can get to the Via Sacra here and walk through through the cathedral gardens. Hare Lane , next on the left also leads to the Via Sacra , and thence to Gloucester cathedral .