Music pubLewes Road

The Gladstone

Punk gigs, queer-friendly regulars, and a heated beer garden

7.6/10

Local score

No. 44 of 212 pubs & bars on r/brighton, from 50 locals across 30 threads.

88% would send a mate. Still recommended in 2026.

Regulars describe the Gladstone as a genuinely welcoming, LGBTQ-friendly local with decades of gig history (punk, drum and bass, benefit nights) and a nice heated beer garden. It came under fire in a viral 'white supremacist hub' thread that most posters strongly denied, though at least one visitor described a group in the garden making unpleasant comments about women and immigrants.

Go for
Live gigs and a queer-friendly beer garden
Heads up
Rare reports of unpleasant, abusive punters in the garden

What locals say

I’m confused I don’t think there’s ever been a time I’ve gone into the Gladstone and not been welcomed as a visibly Queer POC . I’ve worked behind the bar there before, have gone to loads of events sunk many a pint for nearly 3 years, and never have I witnessed or experienced anything like this from customers. I feel I know for a fact is not something the staff wouldn’t tolerate, as…
u/Successful_Coyote328, 202523 upvotes“The Gladstone pub is becoming a hub for white supremacists”
As someone who’s a daily regular at the Gladstone. This entire thread is beyond laughable. Nothing could be further from the truth and I genuinely plead for anyone to come to the pub and have a conversation with myself or with any of the staff, come and see just how wrong this is. Personally the wording of this is actually malicious, damaging and so…
u/PastFew5637, 202560 upvotes“The Gladstone pub is becoming a hub for white supremacists”
Lies and fucking slander. The Gladstone is run by one of my best friends and I occasionally do shifts there to help out. Were all WOKE QUEER LEFTIES. To suggest this pub is some sort of right wing racist bloke hot spot is disgusting, and you're literally ruining the reputation of a good queer friendly pub with this absolute…
u/Curious-Building-131, 202517 upvotes“The Gladstone pub is becoming a hub for white supremacists”
I popped in the Gladstone with my 15 year old daughter in the summer holidays on a weekday and sat in the garden. There were a group of utter tools really effing and jeffing with every other word the c word interspersing some really unppleasent shit about women and immigrants. Neither of us cared about the swearing but the…
u/Disastrous-Roof-2135, 202515 upvotes“The Gladstone pub is becoming a hub for white supremacists”

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