The Beehive

You'll find yourself on one of Cheltenham's loveliest residential streets, where The Beehive sits as the kind of pub that hasn't tried too hard to be cool—it just is. Walk in and you're greeted with exposed brick, a genuinely welcoming bar, and the sort of regulars who've probably been coming here for years. The real pull here is unpretentious hospitality: decent cask ales that rotate, a menu that knows what it's doing without getting too clever, and staff who actually know their regulars' names. It's the pub you want round the corner from your house, except it's on Montpellier—one of Cheltenham's best residential neighbourhoods, full of Regency terraces and independent shops.