Two much-loved UK restaurant chains with over 200 locations closing for good

The remainder of the Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants across the UK are set to close their doors for good across 200 locations.

Owned by Whitbread, the company, which also owns Premier Inn, said the locations, which are normally inside the hotels, will close soon.

Some 30,000 employees currently work at the locations across the UK and Ireland.

Dominic Paul, Whitbread’s chief executive, said: ‘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.

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It’s the latest of dozens of shops on the British high street are facing closures in April 2026, with Claire’s Accessories being the latest retail chain to join them, although it’s now set to make a comeback.

Metro has compiled a list of all the closures and administration announcements for April 2026 so you can check if your local shop, bank or restaurant is affected.

Which Brewers Fayre locations will close down?

• 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)


• Winsor House (Greater London).

Which Beefeater locations will shut down?

• 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 (Greater 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 (Greater 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 (Greater London)


• 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)