New Wetherspoon pubs 2026: 11 confirmed new locations

You can never have too many JD Wetherspoon pubs. There are more than 800 Wetherspoons in operation across the UK, selling cheap pints and hearty fry-ups in old cinemas, former magistrate courts and even a retired opera house. What’s a few more, eh? 

There are 11 new Wetherspoons pubs coming to the UK over the next few months. Three of the new ’Spoons are in London, with two lined up for the city centre and one opening at Heathrow Terminal 2. The rest are spread across the likes of Manchester, Southampton, Edinburgh and St Andrews. 

Manchester Airport will get its first ever Wetherspoons pub at the start of September. Located in Terminal 2, it’ll be named the Belle Vue, after the city’s historic Victorian show ground that once housed a pub, zoological gardens, and stadium with a greyhound racing and speedway track. It will be the last major food and drink venue to launch at the hub as part of its enormous £1.3bn transformation. 

Another new ’Spoons of note will open at the University of St Andrews just in time for the return of students. The Red Gown is the brand’s first Scottish university franchise and will launch on September 4 in spite of student pushback. Elsewhere in Scotland, ’Spoons will take over a former Revolution bar on Chambers Street in Edinburgh and open on November 3. 

Full list of confirmed Wetherspoons opening in the UK 2026

• The Sir Frank Whittle - Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 (opening Summer 2026)
• Home Farm - Ferriby Rd, Hull, Hessle, HU13 0JA (August 12)
• The Marshfield Bank Farm House - Coppenhall Lane, Woolstanwood, Crewe, CW2 8SD (September 1)
• The Heath Hotel - Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4PW (September 8)
• The Cranborne Hundred - Ringwood Road, Ferndown, BH22 9BB (September 16)
• The Fletton Brick - Marsh Leys Cottages, Kempston, MK42 7FY (September 29)
• The Belle Vue - Manchester Airport Terminal 2 (September 8)
• The Red Gown - Students’ Association, St Andrews University (September 4)
• Piccadilly Hall -The Trocadero, 30 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7EP (October 13)
• The Benjamin Franklin - 11 Strand, London, WC2N 5HR (November 24)
• The William Chambers - 30a Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HU (November 3)

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