Furniture Village in Gloucester
1 showroom · Mid-High (£££)Est. 1989
Furniture Village is a family-run retailer with 54 showrooms across the UK. They offer one of the largest in-store sofa selections, spanning budget to premium ranges, with frequent promotions and interest-free credit options.
Known for: Quality & style focus
Furniture Village occupies that sensible middle ground — better than the budget lot, less pretentious than the designer crowd. Over 200,000 Trustpilot reviews at 4.8 stars prove they're getting it right for most people. Fifty-nine showrooms nationwide, genuinely nice pieces if you're willing to dig, and a customer track record that speaks for itself.
“200K reviews prove the middle ground works”
Showroom Details
Furniture Village Cheltenham
Gloucester, GL51 9PX
What to Expect at Furniture Village
- Price Range
- Mid-High (£££)
- Trustpilot Rating
- ★ 4.8 / 5(Positive)
- Sofa Styles
- Contemporary, Traditional, Classic
- Style Focus
- Modern & traditional blend
- Customisation
- medium
- Delivery Time
- 6-8 weeks
- Delivery Type
- Mostly 3rd-party delivery
Finance Options
0% APR via Novuna Personal Finance (Mitsubishi HC Capital). Terms: 20mo (£625+), 30mo (£1,250+), 40mo (£2,500+). 10% min deposit (options: 10%/20%/50%). No arrangement fees. Early repayment allowed. FCA authorised credit broker.
Warranty
20-year structural guarantee (frames, springs, webbing, timber, veneers, joints) on orders from 07.06.2019+. 2-year on recliner mechanisms, sofa bed actions, motors, covers & stitching, handles/hinges/runners. 7-year garden furniture. Clearance items: 2-year structural.
After-sales: 20-year structural guarantee; 45+ stores for in-person support
Returns Policy
14 days from receipt. Self-return to any FV collection point: full refund. Paid collection: 25% of item price. Cancel before delivery at no charge. Exceptions: bespoke/custom, clearance, used mattresses, opened hygiene items.
Sustainability
Low (limited public eco-initiatives)
Contact Furniture Village
- Phone
- 0345 646 1702
- Live Chat
- Available on website
- online@furniturevillage.co.uk
Sofa Shopping in Gloucester
Gloucester's 9 sofa showrooms split between Gloucester proper and Cheltenham — Gloucestershire's two main retail centres essentially share a catchment. Gloucester itself has Dunelm at the Peel Centre on St Ann Way (GL1 5SH) and ScS on St Oswalds Road (GL1 2UE), covering the budget end at the city's edges. The bigger cluster sits up at Cheltenham's Gallagher Retail Park at GL51 9PX/9RR and the adjacent Kingsditch Lane area — DFS, Furniture Village, ScS Cheltenham, and Sofology all working the same Tewkesbury Road retail strip. That's classic out-of-town retail park efficiency: park once, hit four showrooms. The properly interesting pulls are the design-led brands. Sofas & Stuff has two showrooms in the area — one at Stroud's Woodchester Mill on Selsley Road in North Woodchester (GL5 5NN) and another on Portland Street in Cheltenham itself (GL52 2NX). The Stroud showroom is set in a converted Victorian mill, which suits Sofas & Stuff's British-craft positioning perfectly and is a genuinely lovely place to spend an hour with fabric swatches. Neptune Cheltenham on 4 North Place (GL50 4DW) anchors the luxury end with proper country-house style. With 4 budget, 1 mid, 3 mid-to-high and Neptune at the high end, price coverage is genuinely solid for a smaller city catchment. What's missing: no Italian houses, no John Lewis, no IKEA, no Arlo & Jacob. Premium-Italian shoppers head to Bath or Birmingham. Practical bits: Gallagher Retail Park is easy off the A40, parking is free and plentiful, and combining the Gloucester end with Cheltenham works well as a half-day expedition. The Stroud detour adds 25 minutes but rewards you with Cotswolds scenery and one of the prettier showrooms in England. Avoid Saturday afternoons — Gallagher gets properly busy. Gloucestershire's spread-out furniture geography is annoying for time-poor shoppers but quietly excellent for variety.
Browse all sofa showrooms in Gloucester →Compare Sofa Brands in Gloucester
In Gloucester, Furniture Village is one of 7 sofa brands with showrooms. Benny rates Furniture Village 4/5. Here's how it compares:
| Brand | Rating | Price | Showrooms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture Village | £££ | 1 | |
| DFS | £ | 1 | |
| Dunelm | £ | 1 | |
| Neptune | £££ | 1 | |
| SCS | £ | 2 | |
| Sofas & Stuff | £££ | 2 |
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