UK restaurant chain shuts all 89 sites after 45 years – full list of locations

It comes as part of a major restructuring

The chain was founded in 1981 and officially said its goodbyes on Monday (7 September).

Brewers Fayre has closed all 89 of its UK branches after its parent company Whitbread, who owns Premier Inn, announced a major restructuring which would see £250m in savings.

A Brewers Fayre pub-restaurant. Image: Adobe Stock.

Whitbread is also planning on shutting all 109 Beefeater restaurants this Thursday (10 September) and follows the closure of all Cookhouse + Pub, Table Table and Bar + Block restaurants.

As per reports, the parent company plans to convert some of the restaurant sites into additional Premier Inn rooms and sell off around £1.5 billion worth of freehold properties to fund further expansion.

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 has been a rigorous process and we’ve approached all options with an open mind.

“Our new five-year plan builds on our strengths and drives a significant acceleration of our strategy.

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

“We’re going to go further and faster to deliver a great experience for our guests and high-quality growth and returns for our shareholders.”

Full list of locations

1. Abergavenny — Abergavenny
2. Afon Conwy — Conwy
3. Aire & Calder — Yorkshire
4. Bankhead Gate — Fife
5. Barrow-in-Furness — Cumbria
6. Barry Island — Vale of Glamorgan
7. Bedford South — Bedfordshire
8. Bicester — Oxfordshire
9. Bideford — Devon
10. Bobbing Apple — Kent
11. Brampton Hut — Cambridgeshire
12. Brookers Oast — Kent
13. Burton House — Lincolnshire
14. The Carousel — Yorkshire
15. Castlewood — Derbyshire
16. Central Park — Warwickshire
17. Cepen Park — Wiltshire
18. Chafford Hundred — Essex
19. Chequers Corner — Essex
20. Cheswold Lodge — Yorkshire
21. The Clarence Pier — Hampshire
22. Cockermouth — Cumbria
23. Cottams Field — Lancashire
24. Craig House — Edinburgh
25. Crossways — Caerphilly
26. Dalesway — Yorkshire
27. Derry City — Northern Ireland
28. The Drove — Sussex
29. Duke of York — Kent
30. Exeter — Devon
31. The Farrier — Lincolnshire
32. Flagstaff Island — Leicestershire
33. Freebridge Farm — Norfolk
34. Glastonbury — Somerset
35. Gordano Gate — Bristol
36. The Hampton — Peterborough
37. Hanley — Staffordshire
38. The Harbour — Northern Ireland
39. The Howgate — Cumbria
40. Inn On The Quay — Devon
41. Inshes Gate — Highland
42. Kembrey Inn — Wiltshire
43. Kincardine Way — Falkirk
44. King William IV — Nottinghamshire
45. Lakeland Gate — Cumbria
46. Lewins Mead — Bristol
47. Lock Keeper — Derbyshire
48. Lodmoor — Dorset
49. Loggans Moor — Cornwall
50. Mains of Balquharn — Aberdeenshire
51. The Marina — Leicestershire
52. The Mayflower — Essex
53. Minehead — Somerset
54. Monkey Puzzle — Hampshire
55. Mulberry Tree — Essex
56. Newhaven Quay — Edinburgh
57. Oakenhurst Farm — Lancashire
58. Oaks — Norfolk
59. Ocean Park — Cardiff
60. Ocean Plaza — Merseyside
61. Old Nelson — Gloucestershire
62. Old West Quay — County Durham
63. Orbital — Staffordshire
64. Papermill — Buckinghamshire
65. Pirnhall Inn — Stirlingshire
66. Queens Crossing — Edinburgh
67. The Redwood — Staffordshire
68. Rhubarb Triangle — Yorkshire
69. Rising Sun — Hertfordshire
70. Royal Quays — Newcastle
71. The Sandpiper — Carmarthenshire
72. Stable Gate — Lancashire
73. The Swallow — Suffolk
74. Swansea Vale — Swansea
75. Telford Lodge — Northamptonshire
76. Tindale Crossing — County Durham
77. Tirfounder Fields — Rhondda Cynon Taff
78. Turnpike — Yorkshire
79. Victoria Park — Gwent
80. Walsall — West Midlands
81. Water Mill — Yorkshire
82. The Wessex Flyer — Bristol
83. The Wessington — Sunderland
84. Wheatlea Park — Lancashire
85. Whittle Inn — Gloucestershire
86. Widnes — Cheshire
87. Willen Dragon — Buckinghamshire
88. The Windmill — Sussex
89. Winsor House — Beckton, London