Whitbread to close 66 UK restaurants today - the full list

Whitbread previously announced plans to close all its standalone branded restaurants in September.

The move is part of a five-year strategy to save £250 million and will result in the closure of 261 restaurants across the UK and the loss of around 3,800 jobs.

Whitbread said it will replace the closed sites with restaurants inside Premier Inn hotels.

Dominic Paul, chief executive of Whitbread, said: "We always challenge ourselves to improve and, in light of significant cost increases in the form of business rates and national insurance, as well as the implied market discount to our inherent value, we’ve looked hard at the options open to us to maximise value creation over the medium and long-term.

"This plan will transform Whitbread into a higher-margin, higher-returning pure-play hotel business."

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Full list of the 66 Whitbread restaurants closing today

Of the 261 restaurants set to close, 66 of them will be shutting today:

Table Table (32)

• Ashbridge Inn (Cwmbran)
• Balkerne Gate (Essex)
• Barley Twist (Yorkshire)
• Barum Gate (Devon)
• The Bishopsgate (Lancashire)
• Bowling Green (Essex)
• The Callywith (Cornwall)
• The Colliers (Staffordshire)
• The Derby Lodge (Merseyside)
• French Connection (Kent)
• The Gateway (Hampshire)
• The Harbour (Gwynedd)
• Horse & Jockey (Bedfordshire)
• John Milne (Lancashire)
• Langton Inn (Leicestershire)
• The Lee Burn (Lanarkshire)
• Marine Court (Kent)
• Mill Of Mundurno (Aberdeenshire)
• Morfa (Denbighshire)
• The Nelson (Norfolk)
• The Ormonde (Suffolk)
• Pantruthyn Farm (Mid Glamorgan)
• Parc Britannia (Gwynedd)
• Pentrebach House (Merthyr Tydfil)
• The Red Lion (Hampshire)
• The Ridgacre (West Midlands)
• The Showground (Norfolk)
• Smugglers Retreat (Kent)
• The Stanhope Arms (Staffordshire)
• Swinging Bridge (Lancashire)
• The Trevithick Inn (Cornwall)
• Willow Farm (Essex)

Bar + Block (20)

• Bath
• Belfast
• Birmingham (Exchange Square)
• Birmingham (Waterloo Street)
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Leamington Spa
• London (Aldgate)
• London (Hammersmith)
• London (Kings Cross)
• London (Paddington)
• London (Southwark)
• London (Sutton)
• London (Wimbledon)
• Milton Keynes
• Newcastle
• Nottingham
• Portsmouth
• Whiteley
• Winnersh

Cookhouse + Pub (14)

• The Brickfield
• Butterley Park
• Cotton Mill
• The Freeman
• The Highwayman
• Honourable Pilot
• Inn on the Park
• Lockyers Quay
• Penhale Round
• Potters Arms
• The Queen Inn
• The Steamboat
• Three Piers
• Woodhorn Grange

Other Whitbread restaurants set to close in September

The other restaurant chains affected by the Whitbread closures are:

• Brewers Fayre (89 locations) - closing on September 7
• Beefeater (106) - September 10

Queensway Inns rescues 53 Whitbread sites

Of the 261 Whitbread sites earmarked for closure, 53 have been sold to Queensway Inns, who plan to relaunch them as a new chain.

A Whitbread spokesperson, speaking to Newsquest, previously said: "Whitbread has reached an agreement for the conditional sale of 53 branded restaurant sites to Queensway Inns, subject to a number of final conditions being met.

"Queensway Inns has extensive experience operating hospitality businesses across the UK and intends to operate the sites as going concerns.

"Subject to completion of the sale and following the relevant TUPE information and consultation processes, around 900 team members could transfer and will be supported through the process."

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The 53 sites are reportedly a mix of all Whitbread brands earmarked for closure.

Queensway plans to rebrand and relaunch the sites as affordable pubs, but the new name, menu pricing, and reopening dates are yet to be confirmed.

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