Which Wetherspoons are closing down? Full list of UK pub closures

8 March 2023, 16:21

By Alice Dear

Is your local Wetherspoons up for sale? UK pub chain confirm two more closures as the chain confirms 34 branches will be shutting in 2023.

Pub chain Wetherspoons announced in 2022 they will be selling 32 branches across the UK and today confirmed they will shutting two more for good.

The pub favourite, popular for its cheap food and drinks, said that putting these pubs up for sale was a "commercial decision".

They added that the Wetherspoon locations will continue to run as usual until they are sold.

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This announcement comes months after boss Tim Martin said that changes would be happening to the company as a result of increased labour, food and energy costs.

A Wetherspoon spokesman said: “Most businesses in the hospitality industry have had to deal with big price increases in the past year or two.

"We have tried to keep our prices competitive, bearing in mind that customers have suffered from inflation too."

It is believed the company employ around 43,000 people across the United Kingdom.

You can find the full list of Wetherspoon locations up for sale here:

• The Butlers Bell, Stafford
• Worlds Inn, Romford
• Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
• Wrong ‘Un, Bexleyheath
• The Percy Shaw, Halifax
• Jolly Sailor, Hanham
• The Alfred Herring, Palmers Green
• The Moon & Bell, Loughborough
• The Widow Frost, Mansfield
• Resolution, Middlesbrough
• Foxley Hatch, Purley
• The Rising Sun, Redditch
• Sennockian, Sevenoaks
• Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
• The Colombia Press, Watford
• The Malthouse, Willenhall
• The John Masefield, New Ferry
• The Crosse Keys, Peebles
• Lord Arthur Lee, Fareham
• The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
• General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
• Plough & Harrow, Hammersmith
• Thomas Leaper, Derby
• Tollgate, Turnpike Lane
• Asparagus, Battersea
• Millers Well, East Ham
• Hudson Bay, Forest Gate
• Angel, Islington
• The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich
• Capitol, Forest Hill
• The Bankers Draft, Eltham
• Moon on the Hill, Harrow
• The Bank House, Cheltenham
• Last Post, Loughton

Wetherspoons pubs that have already closed:

• Harvest Moon, Orpington
• Alexander Bain, Wick
• Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin
• Moon on the Square, Basildon
• Coal Orchard, Taunton
• Running Horse, Airside Doncaster Airport
• Wild Rose, Bootle
• Edmund Halley, Lee Green
• The Willow Grove, Southport
• Postal Order, Worcester
• North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham
• The Colombia Press, Watford
• Thomas Leaper, Derby
• Cliftonville, Hove