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Soon cheap pints, greasy fry-ups and questionable carpets will be coming to 12 new locations in the UK – and abroad – as Wetherspoons gears up to open a slew of new watering holes. The pub chain has announced it will open 11 UK boozers, and one in Europe, within the next six months.
The first-ever European Wetherspoon will open its doors in Alicante Airport, Spain next month. The new pub will be named Castell de Santa Bàrbera and will serve its first cerveza on February 9. The Spanish ’Spoons will open seven days a week, from 6am to 9pm, and will have an outdoor terrace alongside 1,000 square feet of space inside.
Wetherspoons pubs are also coming to Birmingham University, Edinburgh, Bath and Hayle in Cornwall – with four new boozers at Haven Holiday Parks in Hayle. The news comes after the pub group recently issued a profit warning, revealing its costs rose by £45 million in the first half of this financial year. This includes rising bills for energy, wages and business rates, with profits predicted to be lower year on year.
Yesterday (January 27) Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that pubs and music venues in England will be given a 15 percent discount on their business rates bills from April, after widespread backlash against the November Budget that said all business rates would rise.
Full list of new Wetherspoon pubs and opening dates
Here are all the new ’Spoons locations set to open across the UK between now and July 2026.
- Alicante Airport – February 9
- Bath – March 3
- Flookburgh (Cumbria) – March 3
- Great Yarmouth – March 24
- Blackpool – March 31
- Hayle, Cornwall (four pubs to open at Haven Holiday Parks) – April 2
- Fareham – April 7
- Birmingham University – May 25
- Edinburgh – July 21
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