This financial stability allowed the club to build a new clubhouse and install floodlights (something Twickenham only did in 1995).
Trophies appeared with great regularity during the early 1980’s with Berry Hill winning the Forest of Dean Cup during the 1983/84/85 and 1986 seasons. The club also won the Gloucestershire County Cup four times from 1983 to 1988.
A great highlight was the successful run in the John Player Cup (now the Tetley Bitter Cup) in 1988, when Berry Hill having reached the last 16 clubs, bowed out to a narrow defeat by The Harlequins.

The advent of league rugby in 1987 in England saw Berry Hill R.F.C start in South West Division 2, in 1988 promotion was gained to South West Division 1 without losing a game. In 1992 the achievements of the club gained in the 1980’s and early 1990’s was finally rewarded with promotion to National Division 4. Berry Hill finished the 1995/96 season in fifth position, their highest yet, in spite of several talented players leaving the club to join First and Second Division Clubs. In the Season 1996/97 Berry Hill were unlucky to find themselves fourth from bottom of the table, and so were relegated into South-West division One due to the restructuring of the leagues.

The success of the First XV has always been supported by the success of the teams further down the club. The United XV winning the Forest of Dean Combination Cup in 1992 (the 1st XV no longer are eligible), they also swept the board in the 1992/3 season by winning the South West Merit Table for the first time.