Economy
Tetbury is renowned for its antique and bric a brac shops.The town centre also has a number of banks, charity shops and estate agents. The lifestyle clothing brand Overider and a branch of the auction house Bonhams.
A Tesco supermarket was opened a quarter of a mile from the town centre in July 2002. Despite fears that the supermarket would threaten the existence of the town's main shopping streets, the majority of businesses have survived, and there are a number of specialist award-winning shops selling cheese (House of Cheese), breads (Hobbs House) and meats (Jesse Smiths).
The town has pubs and hotels, including The Royal Oak Inn—which was featured in the 1971 film Dulcima and in an episode of BBC1's Bonekickers—The Priory Inn, The Crown Inn,The Close Hotel, The Greyhound Inn, The Ormond at Tetbury, and The Snooty Fox. The Trouble House is immediately outside the town. Between 1959 and 1964, the latter was served by Trouble House Halt, possibly the only railway "Halt" in England built specifically to serve a pub.
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