Seaside town Wetherspoons reveals plans to open brand new 30-room hotel
A WETHERSPOONS right next to the beach has revealed plans to open a brand new hotel.
The Sir Henry Segrave, in Southport, is just steps from the main beach which is home to the much-loved Pleasureland theme park.
Also known for it’s huge pier, Southport is a popular seaside resort for holidaymakers, with plans to transform the coastline with a new water attraction.
And the town’s Wetherspoons is set to open 30 rooms on top of the hotel.
A new application submitted to the local council shows the new rooms on the first, second and third floors.
The ground floor would be turned into a hotel reception with a dedicated entrance, along with bar and kitchen upgrades.
The first, second and third floors would include the bedrooms, as well as a “plant room” and even tower suite.
The application states: “By taking into account history and heritage, they are able to meaningfully revive and restore existing structures to become spaces that are open and inviting to the public.”
It is yet to be given the go-ahead, so no official opening has been confirmed.
The building dates back to 1880, although the pub opened in 1995.
It is named after Sir Henry Segrave, who raised the land-speed record to 231mph in 1929 when Southport was the leading destination for motor racing.
He died in 1930 on Lake Windemere during a trial run for the water speed record.
The Southport pub is not the only Wetherspoons pub in the UK with hotel rooms inside.
The first Wetherspoons hotel opened back in 1998, being the 22-bedroom Shrewsbury hotel.
There are now more than 40 across the UK, with the majority above or next to the pub.
Here’s what one Brit thought when staying in a Wetherspoons hotel.
While impressed with the free water and biscuits, he said it was “nothing special” and compared it to a Travelodge hotel.
And also set to open in the UK is Wetherspoon‘s first “Super Spoons”.
The £5million attraction will have the UK’s biggest beer garden, as well as 26 bedrooms.
The Mile Castle, in Newcastle, is to close next week, and reopen on September 3.
We’ve also rounded up some of the most beautiful Wetherspoons in the UK.
Which Wetherspoons pubs have already closed?
44 Wetherspoon pubs have already closed their doors. Here's the full list:
- The John Masefield, New Ferry
- Angel, Islington
- The Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
- The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich
- Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
- The Colombia Press, Watford
- The Malthouse, Willenhall
- The John Masefield, New Ferry
- Thomas Leaper, Derby
- Cliftonville, Hove
- Tollgate, Harringay
- Last Post, Loughton
- Harvest Moon, Orpington
- Alexander Bain, Wick
- Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin
- Moon on the Square, Basildon
- Coal Orchard, Taunton
- Running Horse, Airside Doncaster Airport
- Wild Rose, Bootle
- Edmund Halley, Lee Green
- The Willow Grove, Southport
- Postal Order, Worcester
- North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham
- The Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow
- The Knight’s Templar, London
- Christopher Creeke, Bournemouth
- The Water House, Durham
- The Widow Frost, Mansfield
- The Worlds Inn, Romford
- Hudson Bay, Forest Gate
- The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
- The Bankers Draft, Eltham, London
- The Sir John Arderne, Newark
- The Capitol, Forest Hill
- Moon and Bell, Loughborough
- Nightjar, Ferndown
- General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
- The Rising Sun, Redditch
- The Butlers Bell, Stafford
- Millers Well, East Ham
- Foxley Hatch, Purley
- The Coronet, London
- The Percy Shaw, Halifax
- Resolution, Middlesborough