Wetherspoon has more than 790 pubs across the UK, but the range could soon be reduced by 10 as some sites are put up for sale.
Sites in Cardiff, Swindon, Felixstowe and elsewhere have been listed on the market and are looking for new owners. Many were listed last year, although some have since been taken off the market, including The Gate House, Doncaster.
In September 2023, the Gate House on Priory Walk was named as one of ten to be launched by Wetherspoon. But Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon told the Doncaster Free Press on March 21 that the pub was “no longer for sale” and would “continue as a Wetherspoon pub”.
It follows the closure of at least a dozen ‘Spoons’ locations already this year. The latest is the London & Rye Wetherspoon in Catford, which closed its doors permanently after 24 years on Sunday 25 August. The pub was put up for sale after agent Savills submitted offers from £850,000 earlier this year.
Owner Tim Martin said the company has largely closed venues that are “small and older” or where it has another location nearby.
All Wetherspoon pubs currently for sale
- of Pontlottyn, Abertillery
- Ivor Davies, Cardiff
- Spa Lane Vaults, Chesterfield
- Sir Daniel Arms, Swindon
- Plow and Harrow, London
- Sennockian, Sevenoaks
- Hain Line, St Ives
- Lord Claud Hamilton, Felixstowe (underdeveloped site)
- Baridi Department Store, Hamilton (underdeveloped site)
- Foot of the walk, Leith
- Thomas Drummond, Fleetwood
- Quay, Poole
In addition to these, some pubs are currently “on offer”:
As for other pub closures, some have been re-established as new boozers. The marquee in Holywell was scrapped as a Wetherspoon and has since reopened under new management with similar “cheap” food and drink promised by its new owner, according to local news reports.
A third Wetherspoon site, The Regent, in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, has also been re-established as a new pub, in addition to The Mockbeggar Hall, Moreton, which closed its doors for good on March 17. Elsewhere, Wetherspoon is still trying. and sell it to Christopher Creeke on Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth. The chain closed this pub in March 2022.
It’s not all bad news though, as the pub chain has confirmed the opening of two brand new sites in September; Lion & The Unicorn at London Waterloo Station on Tuesday 3rd September and Grand Assembly at Marlow on Tuesday 24th September.
