Site of the Assembly Rooms

Lloyds Bank stands on the site of the Assembly Rooms, which, as one of the main centres of fashionable society in Cheltenham in 1898, hosted a lecture by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) about his Arctic travels. This attracted over 3,000 people, including Ted’s father, who later reflected, ‘Little did we think that one day our dear Ted would be telling of his own adventures in the far South.’

Continue down the High Street and, opposite Bennington Road, on your right, take a narrow cut-through on your left into the grounds of Cheltenham Minster, St Mary's.