Where is The Goose at the OVT?

The Goose at the OVT is at 561 Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6AF

In brief

The Bournbrook Hotel was a public house built for the Holt Brewery Co Ltd. It is now a student pub called The Goose at the OVT and is close to the University of Birmingham.

The Goose at the OVT on the Bristol Road in Selly Oak (December 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown

The Goose at the OVT - history

There was a pub on this site called the Bell and Shovel Inn from at least 1839 (or before).

It was renamed to the Malt Shovel from 1859.

The Holt Brewery changed it to Bournbrook Hotel around 1876.

For a short period it was Firkin Pub.

And now of course the Goose at the OVT.

OVT stands for Old Varsity Tavern.

The Goose at the OVT on the Bristol Road in Selly Oak (December 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

The pub can be seen from Dawlish Road if you are coming down on the no 76 bus.

It is also on the 61 and 63 bus routes along the Bristol Road.

A pop up cycle lane was built in front of the pub in 2020.

It was reopened following a refurbishment in 2021.

The pub is close to the University of Birmingham.

The Goose at the OVT seen from Dawlish Road in Selly Oak (February 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown

Contact details

The Goose at the OVT

561 Bristol Road

Selly Oak

Birmingham

B29 6AF

0121 472 3186

goose.sellyoak@stonegategroup.co.uk