Hesters Way

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Hesters Way is an area in the western part of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It is home to Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology (Gloscat) and Pate's Grammar School. In accordance with the last Census the district has a population of 5,605 and an average unemployment rate of 4.75% of people who are of economically active age, which is 16-74.

Hesters Way has a relatively large retail centre within it named Coronation Square which includes two food markets (Farm Foods and Somerfield) an opticians, a dental practice, a café (Carmello's) and five fast food outlets.

Hesters Way has undergone reform in recent years with a newly built community resource centre and the demolition of several council flats (most recently Pakistan House and India House) which were destitute and deemed an eyesore. They were replaced however with new council houses which were much more modern and pleasant.

Hesters Way has developed its own culture within Cheltenham, becoming the centre of a news report in which it was alleged that the Cheltenham Ladies College had created the term "chav" in relation to the youths who lived around the area, it stood for Cheltenham Average. However this has been disproved as the orientation of the term chav in the modern context^{[citation needed]}.

Gloscat - Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology