Wetherspoons abruptly closes another pub with dozens still at risk – is your local going?

A POPULAR branch of Wetherspoons has abruptly closed and dozens more boozers are still at risk of shutting for good.

Punters could lose as many as 19 Wetherspoon drinks spots as more locations prepare to shut their doors.

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The Butler’s Bell in Stafford has become the latest Spoons to close, calling last orders in late October.

While the General Sir Redvers Buller in Crediton, Devon, closed on October 8, according to local news reports.

The Rising Sun in Redditch and Millers Well in East Ham have also shut their doors, although an exact date is yer to be confirmed.

Plus, Resolution in Middlesborugh has poured its last pint, according to its listing on Google, and it no longer appears on the Wetherspoons pub locator.

Meanwhile, The Jolly Sailor in Hanham, Bristol, has recently gone “under offer”.

This means that a buyer has presented an offer that is being considered by the seller.

It doesn’t mean that the sale is guaranteed, and it could still remain open if it doesn’t complete.

The Sun has contacted Wetherspoons for comment.

The chain – which has 827 pubs across the UK – warned last September that 32 pubs were being put up for sale.

But in September The Sun revealed that Wetherspoons had put 11 more pubs up for sale, leaving fans gutted that their local branch could be lost forever.

Below is the full list of Wetherspoons pubs that are currently up for sale:

• The Pontlottyn, Abertillery
• The Ivor Davies, Cardiff
• Spa Lane Vaults, Chesterfield
• The Gate House, Doncaster
• The Market Cross, Holywell
• The Regent, Kirkby in Ashfield
• The Mockbeggar Hall, Moreton
• The Hain Line, St Ives
• The Sir Norman Rae, Shipley
• The Sir Daniel Arms, Swindon
• The White Hart, Todmorden
• Lord Arthur Lee, Fareham
• The Plough and Harrow

The pubs are mainly freehold – meaning the properties are owned outright by Wetherspoons – and one is leasehold.

Each boozer will remain open until a sale is completed.

Of the 19 that are currently up for sale, six are under offer. A full list of these pubs is as follows:

• Wrong ‘Un, Bexleyheath
• The Percy Shaw, Halifax
• The Alfred Herring, Palmers Green
• Foxley Hatch, Purley
• The Cross Keys, Peebles
• Asparagus, Battersea

While the 41 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 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
• The Capitol, Forest Hill
• Moon and Bell, Loughborough
• Nightjar, Ferndown
• General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
• Resolution, Middlesbrough
• The Rising Sun, Redditch
• The Butlers Bell, Stafford
• Millers Well, East Ham

Plus, the Coronet pub in London has been taken off the market after a buyer was found, but the venue will not remain as a Wetherspoons.

A date for its closure is yet to be confirmed, but we will update this article as soon as we know more.

It comes as a number of UK pubs have closed their doors for good amid a turbulent economic backdrop.

Inflation remains stubbornly high meaning households have less expendable cash to burn.

Increased energy and wage costs are piling further pressure on businesses.

Retailers on the high street have been hit hard too.

Cath Kidston, Paperchase, M&Co and popular discounter Wilko have all crashed into administration this year.

Wilko has since announced plans to return to the high street, with branches in Plymouth, Exeter and Luton set to open within weeks.

Plus, Paperchase reopened inside 250 Tesco supermarkets in June M&Co relaunched online.

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