Full list of Wetherspoons pubs at risk of closing down – is your local going?

WETHERSPOONS has closed dozens of pubs in the past year - and more locations could soon follow, the chain has confirmed.

Punters could lose as many as 24 Wetherspoons drinking spots as more branches shut their doors.

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 28.

The pubs which have already closed were smaller, older, or have a second Wetherspoons fairly close by, the company said in a trading update today.

The chain added that it was a “misinterpretation” to suggest the move was down to difficult trading conditions.

Its chairman, Tim Martin, said: “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."

In May, Wetherspoons predicted record sales for the year to July after sales jumped 12.2% in the three months to April 30.

Plus, three new Wetherspoon pubs have opened over the past year.

Here is the full list of 14 Wetherspoons pubs that are currently under offer and at risk of closure:

• The Alfred Herring, Palmers Green
• The Cross Keys, Peebles
• The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
• 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
• The Widow Frost, Mansfield
• Coronet, London

Plus, The Nightjar in Ferndown, Dorset, will not have its lease renewed in September.

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, 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

While the 28 pubs below have already shut their doors for good.

• The John Masefield, New Ferry
• Angel, Islington
• The Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
• The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich
• Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
• The Colombia Press, Watford
• The Malthouse, Willenhall
• The John Masefield, New Ferry
• Thomas Leaper, Derby
• Cliftonville, Hove
• Tollgate, Harringay
• Last Post, Loughton
• 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 Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow
• The Knight's Templar, London
• Christopher Creeke, Bournemouth
• The Water House, Durham
• The Worlds Inn, Romford

Wetherspoons, like many other pub chains and retailers, has been hit hard by rising costs brought on by high inflation.

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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