These 10 pubs all over the country will no longer be serving their regulars this month (Picture: Metro Graphics)
Some 10 Wetherspoons pubs are shutting their doors this month, is your favourite on the list?
The British staple pub chain announced it was selling 35 of its boozers last September.
Several have since been sold, including the following which will close over the next few weeks:
Running Horse at Airside Doncaster Airport
Moon on the Square in Basildon, Essex
Chapel in Gansblydhen in Bodmin, Cornwall
Wild Rose in Bootle, Merseyside
Edmund Halley in Lee Green, south-east London
Harvest Moon in Orpington, Bromley, Greater London
Coal Orchard in Taunton, Somerset
Alexander Bain in Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Postal Order in Worcester, West Midlands
North and South Wales Bank in Wrexham, Wales
The company, owned by Tim Martin, made the ‘commercial decision’ to sell amid warnings it could lose up to £30 million due to upkeep and wages.
All these pubs remained trading until their deals were secured, giving regulars their last chance to get a pint at their favourite spot.
There are still another 35 pubs up for sale all over the country – up for a guide price range between £1.25million to £350,000.
The Edmund Halley in Lee Green, south-east London, is amoung those closing (Picture: Google)
Spoons boss Tim Martin announced the chain would be raising the price of a pint by 10p across the country, and 20p in London (Picture: Getty)
The sale of the venues is being handled by CBRE and Savills, who describe the properties as ‘a rare opportunity to acquire substantial, landmark public houses with a high standard of fit out in high profile locations’.
Spoons spokesman Eddie Gershon previously said: ‘On occasion, Wetherspoon does put some of its pubs up for sale. This is a commercial decision.
‘We understand that customers and staff will be disappointed with it. The pubs will continue to operate as Wetherspoon outlets until they are sold.’
In May, Spoons boss Tim Martin announced a series of widespread changes to the business as a result of increased labour, food and energy costs.
This included a series of price hikes which saw punters throughout the country pay 10p more for a pint, with Londoners facing a 20p bump.
The move is the latest setback for the 43,000 workers employed by the pub giant, who received a raise of just 20p an hour this year amid a cost of living crisis which has seen wages outstripped by soaring inflation.
During the pandemic, Martin told his staff to ‘get jobs at Tesco’ after refusing to pay his workers during lockdown.
These are the pubs still for sale:
Battersea – Asparagus
Bexleyheath – Wrong ‘Un
Cheltenham – The Bank House
Crediton – General Sir Redvers Buller
Derby – Thomas Leaper
East Ham – Millers Well
Eltham – The Bankers Draft
Fareham – Lord Arthur Lee
Forest Gate – Hudson Bay
Forest Hill – Capitol
Fraserburgh – The Saltoun Inn
Halifax – The Percy Shaw
Hammersmith – Plough and Harrow
Hanham – Jolly Sailor
Harrow – Moon on the Hill
Hove – Cliftonville
Islington – Angel
Loughborough – The Moon and Bell
Loughton – Last Post
Mansfield – The Widow Frost
Middlesbrough – Resolution
New Ferry – The John Masefield
Palmers Green – The Alfred Herring
Peebles – The Crosse Keys
Purley – Foxley Hatch
Redditch – The Rising Sun
Romford – Worlds Inn
Sevenoaks – Sennockian
Southampton – Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis
Stafford – The Butlers Bell
Turnpike Lane – Tollgate
Watford – The Colombia Press
West Bromwich – The Billiard Hall
Willenhall – The Malthouse
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