Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants: Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants are permanently closing across the UK this week. In a major restructuring move by parent company Whitbread (which also owns Premier Inn), the hospitality giant is retiring all of its standalone restaurant brands to focus heavily on its hotel operations. Here’s everything you need to know about the Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants Closing in the UK.
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants: Shutdown Timeline
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Brewers Fayre: All 89 locations are shutting down permanently today, Monday, 7 September 2026.
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Beefeater: All 106 locations will serve their final meals on Thursday, 10 September 2026.
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Other Whitbread Brands: The company also closed its remaining Bar + Block, Cookhouse + Pub, and Table Table locations earlier this month (3 September 2026).
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants: Full List of Closing Locations
Parent company Whitbread is permanently shutting down all remaining Beefeater and Brewers Fayre outlets across the UK. All 89 Brewers Fayre branches are closing down today, Monday, 7 September 2026, while all 106 Beefeater sites will serve their final meals on Thursday, 10 September 2026.
The 195 total closures affect regions across the UK, with notable examples including:
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Wales: Abergavenny, Afon Conwy, Barry Island, and Crossways.
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London & South: Bobbing Apple, Brookers Oast, Chafford Hundred, Chequers Corner, and Clarence Pier.
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Midlands & East: Bedford South, Bicester, Brampton Hut, Burton House, and Central Park.
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North & Yorkshire: Aire & Calder, Barrow-in-Furness, The Carousel, Cheswold Lodge, and Whitley Bay.
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Scotland: Bankhead Gate and Craig House.
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants: Affected Locations
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London & South East: Bobbing Apple (Kent), Brookers Oast (Kent), Chafford Hundred (Essex), Chequers Corner (Essex), Clarence Pier (Hampshire), Duke of York (Kent), Eureka Park (Kent), Crows Nest (Hertfordshire), Rising Sun (Hertfordshire), The Swallow (Suffolk), The Windmill (Sussex), Crossbush (Sussex), The Bull (Kent), The Beacon (Kent), Winsor House (Beckton).
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Midlands & East Anglia: Bedford South (Bedfordshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire), Brampton Hut (Cambridgeshire), Burton House (Lincolnshire), Central Park (Warwickshire), Flagstaff Island (Leicestershire), Freebridge Farm (Norfolk), The Hampton (Peterborough), Hanley (Staffordshire), King William IV (Nottinghamshire), The Redwood (Staffordshire), Telford Lodge (Northamptonshire), Bentley Green (Walsall), The Anchor (Lincolnshire), The Applecart (Oxford), Badgers Sett (Worcestershire), The Barn (Buckinghamshire), The Dukes Worksop (Nottingham), Euston Way (Shropshire).
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North & Yorkshire: Aire & Calder (Yorkshire), Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria), The Carousel (Yorkshire), Castlewood (Derbyshire), Cheswold Lodge (Yorkshire), Cockermouth (Cumbria), Cottams Field (Lancashire), Dalesway (Yorkshire), The Howgate (Cumbria), Lakeland Gate (Cumbria), Lock Keeper (Derbyshire), Royal Quays (Newcastle), Stable Gate (Lancashire), The Wessington (Sunderland), Wheatlea Park (Lancashire), Rhubarb Triangle (Yorkshire), Turnpike (Yorkshire), Water Mill (Yorkshire), Border Gate (Cumbria), The Brecks (South Yorkshire), Broomside Park (County Durham).
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South West: The Belgrave (Devon), Countess Wear (Devon), Carnon Inn (Cornwall), Bideford (Devon), Cepen Park (Wiltshire), Exeter (Devon), Glastonbury (Somerset), Gordano Gate (Bristol), Kembrey Inn (Wiltshire), Lewins Mead (Bristol), Lodmoor (Dorset), The Wessex Flyer (Bristol), Whittle Inn (Gloucestershire).
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Several sites across Wales are affected, including locations in Abergavenny, Conwy, Vale of Glamorgan, Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Gwent, Port Talbot, and Newport.
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Closures and conversions impact various Scottish regions such as Fife, Edinburgh, Highland, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Dundee.
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Locations in areas including Derry City and The Harbour are also affected.
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants: Why is it Closing?
The massive overhaul impacts roughly 195 sites and puts about 3,800 jobs at risk. The properties will be handled in a few different ways:
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Premier Inn Extensions: A significant portion of the restaurants attached to existing hotels will be converted into an integrated, hotel-guest-only food and beverage service, unlocking space to build roughly 600 new Premier Inn rooms.
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Value Pub Rebrand: Hospitality group Queensway Inns has agreed to conditionally purchase 53 sites, with plans to rebrand and operate them as a new chain of value pubs, potentially saving around 900 jobs.
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Other Sales: Rival hospitality firm Mitchells & Butlers previously acquired a small package of sites to convert them into brands like Toby Carvery and Miller & Carter.
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants: 53 Sites Saved & Rebranding
While many units will make way for hotel extensions, 53 locations have been conditionally sold to Queensway Inns to operate as a new value pub concept.
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Selected Saved Beefeater Sites: Includes locations such as Bentley Green (Walsall), Malta Inn (Maidstone), Watermill (Paisley), alongside several others. For the complete inventory of saved branches, please consult the referenced source documents.
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Selected Saved Brewers Fayre Sites: Includes locations such as Royal Quays (North Shields), Tindale Crossing (Bishop Auckland), and Afon Conwy (Conwy). The comprehensive list of all 53 saved sites is available in the referenced web documents.
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre Restaurants: Alternative Acquisitions
A smaller group of locations was acquired by Mitchells & Butlers for conversion into concepts like Toby Carvery or Miller & Carter steakhouses.
