WETHERSPOONS has confirmed plans to reopen four pubs which suddenly closed earlier this year.
The first pub will reopen in just days, before two more open as early as next week.
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Wetherspoons is one of the biggest pub chains in the country, with over 800 sites across Britain.
However, some of the company’s sites were suddenly closed earlier this year in a huge blow to pubgoers.
The shuttered pubs are located on both ends of the country, but Wetherspoons has confirmed that four of the sites are set to reopen.
Members of The JD Wetherspoon Appreciation Society revealed which pubs would be reopening, which the pub chain later confirmed.
The Thomas Ingoldsby site in Canterbury will open in just days, with the pub preparing to welcome punters from Friday.
Meanwhile, the Sir Richard Owen pub in Lancaster will reopen on September 2.
On the same day, the Square Bottle will open up again in Chester.
Finally, the Claude du Vall in Camberley will put the shutters up on October 28.
The news comes after Wetherspoons confirmed that it would be bringing back a hugely popular item on its menu.
The pub chain removed the option to have tuna on its jacket potatoes, until Adam Gale, a regular at The Rodboro Buildings in Guildford, wrote a letter to the brand’s founder Sir Tim Martin.
Adam wrote: “I love visiting Wetherspoons pubs across the country. Yet I am disappointed to see, at my local Wetherspoon in Guildford, that the tuna filling is no longer available for the wonderful jacket potato menu option.
“Your other fillings, such as cheese and baked beans, are lovely. But the tuna one was so nice. Can we please have the tuna filling back on the Guildford menu?”
Sir Tim Martin responded personally, revealing that he also loved tuna on his jacket potatoes.
He said: “For several decades, I was a tuna-and-jacket-potato guy. But I switched to a chicken wrap and salad for lunch a few years back, so I hadn’t noticed the tuna had vamoosed.
“No sooner is my back turned. Seriously though, as we speak, tuna has been reinstated. Your wish is my command, as they say.”
Meanwhile, the pub company is preparing to open a new branch in the heart of London.
The Sun Wharf pub will be opening up on Tooley Street in Southwark, in a building previously occupied by the London Dungeon.
The walls will reportedly be covered in vintage portraits, which will be paired with the company’s iconic patterned carpets.
It will be based next to London Bridge station, near the famous Borough Market, The Shard and Hay’s Galleria.
Here’s where the new Wetherspoons pubs are opening this year…
- Manchester Airport – Terminal Two
- Fulham – Fulham Broadway Station
- Bath – George Street
- Beaconsfield – Station Road
- Wetherby – High Street
- Tooley Street – London Bridge
- Fareham – Whiteley shopping centre
- Cleethorpes Beach – Lincolnshire
- Devon Cliffs – Devon
- Kent Coast – Kent
- Haggerston Castle – Northumberland
- Marlow, Buckinghamshire (already open)
- London Waterloo station (already open)
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