Almost 200 Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants across the UK are set to close their doors this week, as parent company Whitbread pivots away from standalone restaurant chains. A total of 89 Brewers Fayre restaurants will close today, Monday, September 7, while 106 Beefeater locations will shut on Thursday, September 10.
Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inn, first announced the closures of both brands back in April. The company also revealed dozens of closures across three more of its restaurant and pub brands: steakhouse Bar + Block, Cookhouse + Pub, and family-friendly pub chain Table Table. When combined, 261 Whitbread-owned restaurants and pubs are closing this month across the UK as the company moves to shut all standalone restaurant chains and pivot to an ‘integrated food and beverage offer’.
Which Beefeater restaurants are closing down?
On Thursday, September 10, 106 Beefeater restaurants are closing, including: The Anchor (Lincolnshire), The Applecart (Oxford), Badgers Sett (Worcestershire), Bagle Brook (Port Talbot), Balmoral Inn (Hampshire), The Barn (Buckinghamshire), The Beacon (Kent), The Belgrave (Devon), Bentley Green (West Midlands), Border Gate (Cumbria), The Brache (Bedfordshire), The Brecks (South Yorkshire), Broomside Park (County Durham), The Bull (Kent), Carnon Inn (Cornwall), Centre (Dundee), The Coldra (Newport), Countess Wear (Devon), The Cricketers (Surrey), Crossbush (Sussex), Crows Nest (Hertfordshire), Deer Park (West Lothian), The Dukes Worksop (Nottingham), Eureka Park (Kent), Euston Way (Shropshire), The Farmhouse (Cheshire), Farnborough (Hampshire), The Fountain (Twickenham, London), The Foxburrow (Suffolk), Frome Flyer (Bristol), George In The Tree (West Midlands), The Gifford (Bristol), Gourdie Croft (Dundee), The Granary (Cambridgeshire), Great Oak (Hampshire), Great Yarmouth Seafront (Norfolk), Griff House (Warwickshire), Halfway House (Bedfordshire), Halifax (West Yorkshire), Hamilton (Glasgow), Harbour Lights (Hampshire), Harlow Mill (Essex), The Haywain (Essex), Heaton Park (Lancashire), The Kingswood (East Yorkshire), Lady Nairne (Edinburgh), The Ladybridge (Staffordshire), The Lakeside (South Yorkshire), Liberty Bell (Essex), London Woolwich (Woolwich, London), The Longbow (Rhondda Cynon Taff), Longbridge (West Midlands), Longford House (Staffordshire), The Longwall (Oxford), The Lydiard (Wiltshire), Malta Inn (Kent), Manor Farm (Kent), Marsh Mills (Devon), Medina Quay (Isle of Wight), Mill House (Surrey), Mill Lodge (Lincolnshire), Millers Barn (Nottingham), The Millfield (York), Moor Mill (Hertfordshire), Morris Dancers (Lancashire), Morton Park (County Durham), Moseley Park (West Midlands), Oakley Hay (Northamptonshire), Oast & Squire (Hampshire), The Orchard (Worcestershire), Oxford Kidlington (Oxford), Oyster Reach (Suffolk), Packet Steamer (Merseyside), The Parkway (Surrey), The Pavilion (Somerset), The Plough (Kent), Preston Brook (Merseyside), Priory Marina (Bedfordshire), Quay House (Lancashire), Rackstraws Farm (Berkshire), Red Lion (Lancashire), Redditch (West Midlands), Roman Way (Nottingham), Sir Thomas Wyatt (Kent), Smugglers Haunt (Dorset), The Somerford (Dorset), The Southcote (Berkshire), Springwood Park (Cheshire), Spruce Goose (Hampshire), Stag & Rainbow (Merseyside), Strawberry Field (Essex), The Talpore (County Durham), The Three Fish (Shropshire), Travellers Rest (Harrow, Middlesex), The Turnpike (Northamptonshire), Twelve Bells (Gloucestershire), Walston Castle (Cardiff), Ware (Hertfordshire), The Waterfront (Swansea), The Watermill (Essex), White Hart (Sussex), White Lodge (Somerset), White Rock (Devon), Whitegate Inn (Lancashire), Whitley Bay (Northumberland), and The Woolpack (Kent).
All Brewers Fayre restaurants shutting
Today, almost 90 Brewers Fayre restaurants are closing, including several branches across Essex and London. The full list is: Abergavenny (Abergavenny), Afon Conwy (Conwy), Aire & Calder (Yorkshire), Bankhead Gate (Fife), Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria), Barry Island (Vale of Glamorgan), Bedford South (Bedfordshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire), Bideford (Devon), Bobbing Apple (Kent), Brampton Hut (Cambridgeshire), Brookers Oast (Kent), Burton House (Lincolnshire), The Carousel (Yorkshire), Castlewood (Derbyshire), Central Park (Warwickshire), Cepen Park (Wiltshire), Chafford Hundred (Essex), Chequers Corner (Essex), Cheswold Lodge (Yorkshire), The Clarence Pier (Hampshire), Cockermouth (Cumbria), Cottams Field (Lancashire), Craig House (Edinburgh), Crossways (Caerphilly), Dalesway (Yorkshire), Derry City (Northern Ireland), The Drove (Sussex), Duke of York (Kent), Exeter (Devon), The Farrier (Lincolnshire), Flagstaff Island (Leicestershire), Freebridge Farm (Norfolk), Glastonbury (Somerset), Gordano Gate (Bristol), The Hampton (Peterborough), Hanley (Staffordshire), The Harbour (Northern Ireland), The Howgate (Cumbria), Inn On The Quay (Devon), Inshes Gate (Highland), Kembrey Inn (Wiltshire), Kincardine Way (Falkirk), King William IV (Nottinghamshire), Lakeland Gate (Cumbria), Lewins Mead (Bristol), Lock Keeper (Derbyshire), Lodmoor (Dorset), Loggans Moor (Cornwall), Mains of Balquharn (Aberdeenshire), The Marina (Leicestershire), The Mayflower (Essex), Minehead (Somerset), Monkey Puzzle (Hampshire), Mulberry Tree (Essex), Newhaven Quay (Edinburgh), Oakenhurst Farm (Lancashire), Oaks (Norfolk), Ocean Park (Cardiff), Ocean Plaza (Merseyside), Old Nelson (Gloucestershire), Old West Quay (County Durham), Orbital (Staffordshire), Papermill (Buckinghamshire), Pirnhall Inn (Stirlingshire), Queens Crossing (Edinburgh), The Redwood (Staffordshire), Rhubarb Triangle (Yorkshire), Rising Sun (Hertfordshire), Royal Quays (Newcastle), The Sandpiper (Carmarthenshire), Stable Gate (Lancashire), The Swallow (Suffolk), Swansea Vale (Swansea), Telford Lodge (Northamptonshire), Tindale Crossing (County Durham), Tirfounder Fields (Rhondda Cynon Taff), Turnpike (Yorkshire), Victoria Park (Gwent), Walsall (West Midlands), Water Mill (Yorkshire), The Wessex Flyer (Bristol), The Wessington (Sunderland), Wheatlea Park (Lancashire), Whittle Inn (Gloucestershire), Widnes (Cheshire), Willen Dragon (Buckinghamshire), The Windmill (Sussex), and Winsor House (Beckton, London).
Why are the restaurants shutting?
Announcing the closures, Dominic Paul, Whitbread’s chief executive, said at the time: ‘We plan to convert all our remaining branded restaurants to an integrated food and beverage offer that is preferred by our hotel guests and will unlock the addition of more highly profitable extension rooms.’
Paul added: ‘Our continued efforts to drive our commercial plan and efficiencies will extend our market-leading position and allow us to take share from our competitors, many of which are struggling to grow.’
The news comes as more shops and chains on the British high street are currently facing closures. Most recently, it was revealed that 100 Morrisons Daily stores are to be axed, while the summer saw closures hit Quiz Clothing, popular accessories brand Radley, and corner shop chain Foreways.
