Wetherspoon have announced six new branches of their popular pubs will be opening in 2025 – will there be one near you?
With over 800 pubs, and over 50 hotels, across the UK, the chances are you may already have a branch of JD Wetherspoon on your high street. But fans of the British pub chain will no doubt be pleased to hear that more branches will be popping up in 2025.
Wetherspoon have confirmed they’ll be opening six new pubs, with a variety of interesting locations from a repurposed industrial site in West London, to a former 1920s cinema in a market town. Four of the locations will also include a pub garden area for outdoor drinking and dining.
While the chain saw a rise in food and drink sales at the end of 2024, they took the step of closing several pubs last year, such as the The Spon Gate in Coventry. According to a spokesperson at the time, this was a ‘commercial decision’.
However, new branches have already popped up this year in locations including Marlow, Buckinghamshire, London Waterloo Station, and on the Isle of Man – the first ‘Spoons to make it to the island.
Wetherspoon have also gone into partnership with Haven Holidays, with plans to extend the number of branches in their holiday parks. The first on-park Wetherspoon opened last year in Yorkshire’s Primrose Valley, and four more locations followed in 2025, including a branch in Haven’s Devon Cliffs park.
A spokesman for Wetherspoon confirmed there would be further Haven locations opening in future, but was unable to give dates at the time.
The new ‘Spoons branches will be set in a variety of interesting locations. The recently opened Walham Green, Fulham is set in the old entrance building and ticket hall of Fulham Broadway tube station, and railway enthusiasts will love the nods to its past in the train-themed décor.
New branch The Sun Wharf in London Bridge may also look familiar to those who’ve visited a certain family attraction in the capital. For 39 years, the building was home to the London Dungeon, which moved to County Hall on the Southbank in 2013. While the horror-themed décor might have been removed, the beautiful brick arches will remain.
Outside of London, new openings include the The Chiltern, Beaconsfield, which was originally a 500-seat Picture House. The cinema first opened in 1927, and entertained moviegoers for decades. It then became a Prezzo, which has since closed, and will be re-opening as a Wetherspoons in December.
Full list of new Wetherspoon openings
- Walham Green, Fulham – just opened
- The Dictum of Kenilworth, Kenilworth – July 29
- The Sun Wharf, London Bridge – September 2
- The Sir Alexander Fleming, Paddington – September 23
- Sigered, King of Essex, Basildon – September 30
- The Chiltern, Beaconsfield – December 2