village hall moved to new premises: the Gate on the Green had been used as a chapel since 1926 until services ended in 2010. The name was officially changed to Quenington Village Hall and the facility opened on 11 May 2013. In film, literature and the media The village pub, The Keepers Arms, featured in the Four In A Bed reality series made by Channel 4 in the summer of 2014 and were crowned winners of the competition. The episode aired in early 2015. The pub also featured in Channel 5's Fifth Gear, where Dom Joly pointed a tank at it. It stood in as the List and Newt pub in the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom in the 1990s TV series Noel's House Party. Notable residents Kenton Cool (born 30 July 1973) English mountaineer, alpinist and IFMGA mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine climbers and he has successfully climbed Mount Everest eleven times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes' 2008 and 2009 Expeditions. He has completed 21 successful expeditions in the Greater Ranges. In 2013, he and his climbing partner became the first people to traverse Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse in a single expedition without returning to base camp. The botanist Prof Charles Chesters FRSE (1904–1993) retired here in 1969 and died here. References External links Villages in Gloucestershire Cotswold District Civil parishes in Gloucestershire