Nightclubs

Crackers, Lansons/The Quay Club, Liquid and Jumping Jak's are the current late-night destinations for Gloucester's party people, all within a five-minute stagger of The Cross.

Older inhabitants have golden hazy memories of Cinderella Rockerfellas, Victoria's Club, Fifth Avenue...fashions in clothes, music and drinks change but the basic ingredients of a Gloucester night out remain the same. Queuing (to get in; for the cloakroom; for drinks, for a kebab, for a taxi) chatting up, dancing, maybe a bit of fighting somewhere. High heels and salad discarded on the pavement, some singing/shouting. Seeing your relations, workmates, schoolmates across the dancefloor. Or your future partner.