JD Wetherspoons to dispose of 32 pubs across the UK
Perhaps it’s a sign of the challenging trade environment when the UK’s largest pub operator JD Wetherspoon announces the sale of 32 pubs across the UK, including premium sites in London and the South East.
The properties comprise a mix of 10 freehold and 22 leasehold units, either for sale individually or as a portfolio. The pub operator has instructed CBRE and Savills to market the properties, which are listed as follows:
Barnsley – Silkstone Inn
Beaconsfield – Hope & Champion
Bexleyheath – Wrong ‘Un
Bournemouth – Christopher Creeke
Cheltenham – Bank House
Durham – Water House
Halifax – Percy Shaw
Hanham – Jolly Sailor
Harrow – Moon on the Hill
Hove – Cliftonville Inn
London Battersea – Asparagus
London East Ham – Miller’s Well
London Eltham – Bankers Draft
London Forest Gate – Hudson Bay
London Forest Hill – Capitol
London Hornsey – Toll Gate
London Holborn – Penderel’s Oak
London Islington – Angel
London Palmers Green – Alfred Herring
Loughborough – Moon & Bell
Loughton – Last Post
Mansfield – Widow Frost
Middlesborough – Resolution
Purley – Foxley Hatch
Redditch – Rising Sun
Sevenoaks – Sennockian
Southampton – Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis
Stafford – Butler’s Bell
Watford – Colombia Press
West Bromwich – Billard Hall
Willenhall – Malthouse
Wiral – John Masefield
A spokesperson from JDW described the move as a “commercial decision” and confirmed that the units will continue to operate until sold.
