Wetherspoons issues update on pub closures - full list of 31 locations affected

WETHERSPOONS has issued an update on pub closures as 27 boozers remain at risk.

It comes after The Sun revealed that the pub giant has now closed 34 boozers it put up for sale over the last 18 months.

But Wetherspoon has also put 27 more pubs up for sale over the last 12 months - 10 of which are under offer. — But Wetherspoon has also put 27 more pubs up for sale over the last 12 months – 10 of which are under offer.Credit: PA

But the Wetherspoon has today announced that it has swung back to a significant profit as higher food sales helped its post-pandemic sales recovery continue.

The company, which runs 826 pubs across the UK, saw total sales rise by 10.6% to £1.92 billion for the year to July 30.

Wetherspoon said like-for-like sales grew by 12.7% year-on-year, as it benefitted from a significant rise in food sales, which increased by 17.7%.

Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said: “Wetherspoon continues to perform well.

“The company currently anticipates a reasonable outcome for the financial year, subject to our future sales performance.”

But while profits rose, Wetherspoon slightly trimmed its pub estate, as it sold, closed or terminated the leases of 31 pubs in the most recent financial year.

It said there was a £7 million cash boost after fees as a result. Wetherspoons also opened three pubs.

Three other pubs closed for good at the end of the chain’s previous financial year too.

Here’s a full list of the 34 pubs that have closed in the last 18 months:

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 Widow Frost, Mansfield
The Worlds Inn, Romford
Hudson Bay, Forest Gate
The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
The Bankers Draft, Eltham, London
The Sir John Arderne, Newark
Moon and Bell in Loughborough

Off the back of the positive results released today, Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said: “Wetherspoon continues to perform well.

“The company currently anticipates a reasonable outcome for the financial year, subject to our future sales performance.”

But Wetherspoon has also put 27 more pubs up for sale over the last 12 months – 10 of which are under offer.

While many fans will be gutted to learn that more Spoons sites are set to disappear from the high street, new branches have been popping up across the country.

A spokesman for the chain previously told The Sun: “Wetherspoon is continuing to invest in its business and has recently reopened The Square Peg in
Birmingham and The Lord Palmerston in Southsea, after major refurbishment, costing approximately £1.5 million.

“The company is also currently redeveloping and extending pubs in Wakefield, central Cardiff and central Glasgow at a total cost of approximately £8 million.

“The company is also proceeding with plans for a number of new pubs and hotels as well as major upgrades to existing pubs involving a total investment of around £100 million.”