WETHERSPOONS fans may soon have to find a new local as more sites prepare to call last orders.
Punters could lose dozens of Wetherspoons drinking spots as more branches shut their doors.
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The Saltoun Inn in Fraserburgh, Scotland, shut for good on on July 30, while The Bankers Draft in Eltham, London, is set to close on August 20.
Plus, The Nightjar in Ferndown, Dorset, will not have its lease renewed in September, as The Sun previously revealed.
It comes after the chain – which has 827 pubs across the UK – warned last September that 32 pubs were being put up for sale.
Now the total number of venues that have closed stands at 29.
The pubs which have already closed were smaller, older, or have a second Wetherspoons fairly close by, the company said in a trading update published in July.
But it’s not all bad news as three new Wetherspoon pubs have opened over the past year.
Here is the full list of 13 Wetherspoons pubs that are currently under offer and at risk of closure:
The Alfred Herring, Palmers GreenThe Cross Keys, PeeblesGeneral Sir Redvers Buller, CreditonThe Butlers Bell, StaffordThe Percy Shaw, HalifaxFoxley Hatch, PurleyAsparagus, BatterseaMillers Well, East HamHudson Bay, Forest GateCapitol, Forest HillThe Bankers Draft, Eltham – will close on August 20The Widow Frost, MansfieldCoronet, London
The following nine pubs are currently up for sale and at risk of shutting for good – but for now they are open as usual:
Wrong ‘Un, BexleyheathJolly Sailor, HanhamResolution, MiddlesbroughThe Rising Sun, RedditchSennockian, SevenoaksLord Arthur Lee, FarehamPlough & Harrow, HammersmithMoon on the Hill, HarrowThe Sir John Arderne, Newark
While the 29 pubs below have already shut their doors for good.
The John Masefield, New FerryAngel, IslingtonThe Silkstone Inn, BarnsleyThe Billiard Hall, West BromwichAdmiral Sir Lucius Curtis, SouthamptonThe Colombia Press, WatfordThe Malthouse, WillenhallThe John Masefield, New FerryThomas Leaper, DerbyCliftonville, HoveTollgate, HarringayLast Post, LoughtonHarvest Moon, OrpingtonAlexander Bain, WickChapel an Gansblydhen, BodminMoon on the Square, BasildonCoal Orchard, TauntonRunning Horse, Airside Doncaster AirportWild Rose, BootleEdmund Halley, Lee GreenThe Willow Grove, SouthportPostal Order, WorcesterNorth and South Wales Bank, WrexhamThe Sir John Stirling Maxwell, GlasgowThe Knight’s Templar, LondonChristopher Creeke, BournemouthThe Water House, DurhamThe Worlds Inn, RomfordThe Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
Wetherspoons, like many other pub chains and retailers, has been hit hard by rising costs brought on by high inflation.
Wetherspoons’ boss Tim Martin also said far more people now drink in their homes rather than in pubs.
Restaurant and pub chains across the country have been closing venues due to energy bills and high inflation.
Just under 4,600 premises closed over the year to March say the industry experts at consumer research brands CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners.
Marston’s Brewery has put 61 pubs up for sale following a review of its estate.
Italian dining chain Prezzo revealed plans to shut 46 restaurants in May.
The Restaurant Group (TRG) revealed it is considering shutting dozens of its loss-making restaurants over the next two years, in an effort to boost earnings.
It will cut the number of Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito restaurants by around 30% over the next two years.
Byron Burger also announced it was closing nine restaurants after falling into administration in January.
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