Where is the Gosta Green?

The Gosta Green is at Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4BG. On the corner of Woodcock Street, near Aston University and near the science parks.

In brief

A public house in a red brick building dating to 1906, originally built as offices for Ansells, later the Holt Brewery. After the brewery closed down in the early 1970s, the building was converted into a pub called the Pot of Beer, but was later renamed to the Gosta Green.

Gosta Green at Holt Street and Woodcock Street (February 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

Gosta Green - history

The red brick building at the corner of Holt Street and Woodcock Street was originally built as the offices of Ansells' No. 2 Brewery, Gosta Green in 1906.

This was the old Holt's brewery, it was rebuilt in 1965, but closed just seven years later.

The offices later became the Pot of Beer pub, but was renamed years later to the Gosta Green.

There is still a ghost sign on the side of the Gosta Green pub, from when it was part of the Holt Brewery.

Gosta Green at Holt Street and Woodcock Street (January 2011). Photography by Elliott Brown

The former brewery land behind it became derelict for a long time, until Birmingham City Council had offices built there during 2011-12.

Gosta Green at Holt Street and Woodcock Street (February 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown