Two UK restaurant chains to close with nearly 200 locations and 3,800 jobs cut - full list

Patrick O'Donnell
Fri, 01 May 2026 09:08:07 +0000

Two iconic restaurant chains are closing down for good, with nearly 200 locations to shut down and 3,800 set to be cut, in a major blow to the UK economy.

Whitbread, the parent company of Premier Inn, has confirmed plans to close the remaining Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants as part of its five-year business plan.

This comes following additional tax pressure placed on the hospitality industry, with around 12 per cent of Whitbread's 30,000-strong workforce in the UK and Ireland to be impacted.

Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants are usually situated next to, or inside, Premier Inn hotels, with Whitbread confirming impacted employees are being consulted about their future.

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.

"Our continued efforts to drive our commercial plan and efficiencies will extend our market-leading position and allow us to take share from our competitors, many of which are struggling to grow."

Whitbread is already in the process of converting underperforming restaurants into hotel rooms, with this plan set to be rolled out across the nearly 200 remaining sites.

Part of the company's plan is to sell and lease back £1.5billion of its freehold properties in an effort to bolster profit across Premier Inn locations.

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Here is a full list of the Brewers Fayre restaurants set to close under the restructuring plan:

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).

Here is a full list of the Beefeater restaurants set to close under the restructuring plan:

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)

The Woolpack (Kent)