HAVEN is getting ready to open even more of the popular boozers at its sites ready for spring 2026.
The holiday park announced it will have four new JD Wetherspoon pubs, taking its total across the UK up to nine.
The Haven sites that will welcome the new watering holes are Cala Gran in Blackpool, Hopton in Norfolk, Lakeland in the Lake District and Riviere Sands in Cornwall.
Not much has been revealed about the new pubs including their names although Haven has said will be “linked to the proud heritage of the local areas our parks are located in.”
However, first-look images for the Wetherspoons at Lakeland has revealed its new interiors.
It will have brightly coloured patterned carpet with striped chairs, a bar area and pendant lights that hang from the ceiling.
Another angle shows cosy booth seating with benches, huge windows and skylights.
The holiday park first signed an agreement with the famous pubs last year.
The new £9million pub expansion is part of a bigger £14million investment in Haven’s food and drink across the parks.
Other brands already at certain sites include Burger King, Papa Johns and Millie’s Cookies.
And the company is splashing out £10million on a new water park at their Kent Coast site as well as a renovated show bar at Martin Mere and a new supermarket at Haven Kent Coast.
Last year, it was also confirmed that a new Wetherspoons will open in Haven Presthaven in North Wales.
The proposals show the pub – called The Boathouse – that would open at Haven Presthaven in North Wales.
Haven opened its first Wetherspoons at Haven’s Primrose Valley in Filey in March 2024.
Called The Five Stones, it has the iconic Wetherspoons carpets as well as 250 seats inside.
It opens at 8am; punters can’t order anything alcoholic until 10am (although it stays open until 1am in the summer so you have more than enough time to drink).
One man who was having a drink at Filey during opening day said: “It’s a ten-minute walk to the beach from the Haven site and we’ve made a lot of lovely friends among the other caravan owners on the site. A Wetherspoons is a bonus.”
Wetherspoons CEO John Hutson said: “Our pub at Primrose Valley has proven a great success and we are confident that the four new pubs will be welcomed by guests and owners.”
There are four other Haven sites that also have Wetherspoons pubs; one is in Devon Cliffs which is called The Red Rocks.
Another is The Humber Stone at Cleethorpes Beach in Lincolnshire, and The Sir Thomas Hagiston in Northumberland.
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Some UK airports have Wetherspoons, but I have never come across one in a train station before.
Sat at one end of Cannon Street Station in London, you will find the Sir John Hawkshaw, complete with just 42 tables.
Whilst that might sound a lot, compared to the usual London Spoons, this is considerably less.
And the obscurities about this spot just continue – if you need to use the toilet, well then you’ll need to head to the other end of the station and down a set of stairs.
I tested out the journey myself, and it took me around one minute (no good if you’re desperate!).
For those who love to train spot, sit outside on the terrace, which is essentially like sitting on one of the platforms.
The boozer opened back in 2014 and is named after one of the co-designers of the original station building, which first opened in 1866.
Inside, it does have a more cosy feel than most Wetherspoons pubs I have visited.
Despite its small size, the pub still features Spoons’ extensive menu and the service isn’t impacted either.
To learn more about the pub, look for a blue plaque on the veranda.
It states: “The station had eight platforms under a single span arch roof. Far below the station are the remains of a Roman palace, built in the first century.”
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