Wetherspoons closes more pubs with dozens of boozers across Britain earmarked for closure..is YOUR local calling last orders?
- The pub chain has closed 29 pubs so far this year and 22 more are at risk of getting the axe
- In September 2023 the company announced would put 32 of its pubs up for sale
More Wetherspoons pubs are set to pull their final pints this year with 22 at risk of calling their last orders.
Two more locations are now confirmed to have closed, or be shutting soon, The Sun reports.
The Bankers Draft in Eltham, London is set to shut its doors on August 20, while The Saltoun Inn in Scotland shut up shop on July 30.
The total of Wetherspoon pub closures this year now stands at 29.
The hospitality company – which has 827 pubs throughout the UK – said ‘almost all’ of the pubs facing closure were located nearby another Wetherspoons.
Their recent pre-closure trading update suggests the closures were due to ‘difficult trading circumstances for the hospitality industry in recent years.’
Boss Tim Martin, said that customers are opting to stay at home and drink cheap supermarket beer instead of going out to their locals.
Wetherspoons has 827 pubs throughout the UK. This map shows the 22 Wetherspoon pubs at risk of closure or are up for sale
Seeing Wetherspoon’s signs like this (pictured in central London) may be less common as 22 are at risk of closure. 29 have already shut so far this year
The pub chain has denied that its series of pub closures was ‘a money raising exercise’.
Among the list of 13 Wetherspoon pubs listed as under offer and are at risk of shutting their doors are:
- The Alfred Herring – Palmers Green
- The Cross Keys – Peebles
- General Sir Redvers Buller – Crediton
- The Butlers Bell – Stafford
- The Percy Shaw – Halifax
- Foxley Hatch – Purley
- Asparagus – Battersea
- Millers Well – East Ham
- Hudson Bay – Forest Gate
- Capitol – Forest Hill
- The Bankers Draft, Eltham – set to shut on August 20
- The Widow Frost – Mansfield
- Coronet – London
An additional nine boozers are listed as for sale, which means they could close for good, but at the moment they continue to operate as usual:
- Wrong ‘Un – Bexleyheath
- Jolly Sailor – Hanham
- Resolution – Middlesbrough
- The Rising Sun – Redditch
- Sennockian – Sevenoaks
- Lord Arthur Lee – Fareham
- Plough & Harrow – Hammersmith
- Moon on the Hill – Harrow
- The Sir John Arderne – Newark
These 22 potential closures aren’t a first for the chain, as last September the company announced it would put 32 of its pubs up for sale
A Wetherspoons large breakfast (pictured) is a staple in the chain. Among those 29 already closed are The Silkstone Inn in Barnsley, Angel in Islington, and Postal Order in Worcester
The pub chain has opened three new venues this year and the chain is setting their sights ahead to the next financial year.
In a pre-close trading update published in July, Tim Martin, said the following:
‘The company expects profits in the current financial year to be in line with market expectations
‘As a result of a continued improvement in sales and a slightly reduced expectation for cost increases, for example energy costs, the company anticipates an improved outcome for the next financial year.’