Before the last Beefeaters shut in September 2026, many familiar names had already disappeared from the public restaurant list. A building might still stand beside a Premier Inn, yet no longer welcome local diners. Others went to a different pub company, and some were demolished. This register brings those earlier places together without adding them to the final 106.
Whitbread announced its Accelerating Growth Plan on 30 April 2024. It planned to sell 126 lower-returning restaurants as going concerns and convert another 112 into integrated hotel restaurants. The space could provide up to 3,500 extra hotel rooms. Around 1,500 jobs were expected to go, from a UK workforce of 37,000. These figures covered Beefeater and Brewers Fayre together; there was no separate Beefeater total. The plan left 196 branded restaurants.
On 4 and 5 July, many restaurants stopped serving the public and became breakfast and evening dining rooms for hotel guests. In October 2024, Whitbread reported accepted offers for 51 sites totalling £56m. Buyers were not named then. Later reports identified the Papas Group and Heartwood among the buyers. Earlier disposals had already reshaped the estate: in 2003, 34 of 51 marketed Beefeaters were sold, leaving 160 in the chain.
Where sources give different dates, we show the broader period.
Sources for The July 2024 closure wave
London and the South East
Enfield: Halfway House
The first Beefeater opened here in July 1974, at 801 Great Cambridge Road, EN1 3PN. CAMRA records its conversion to Toby Carvery in April 2009. The old Halfway House name has stayed familiar locally.
The first Beefeater at Enfield →
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Travellers Rest, Kenton →
Sources for Enfield: Halfway House
Long Reach Tavern, Whitstable
The Thanet Way restaurant, CT5 3DB, closed to local diners on 5 July 2024. CAMRA records its continuing use for Premier Inn residents.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Plough, Dover →
Sources for Long Reach Tavern, Whitstable
Woodlands, Gravesend
The building on Wrotham Road, DA11 7LF, began as a private home associated with the Wood family. Its Beefeater public dining ended in early July 2024. Its longer-term future remains uncertain.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Beacon, Dartford →
Sources for Woodlands, Gravesend
Uxbridge, Riverside Way
This Beefeater at 3 Riverside Way, UB8 2YF, opened in 2015. It stopped public service in early July 2024 and became a restaurant for hotel guests.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Travellers Rest, Kenton →
Sources for Uxbridge, Riverside Way
Hayes: Millington Road and The Grapes
The two Hayes sites were at Millington Road, UB3 4AZ, and 362 Uxbridge Road, UB4 0HF. The local CAMRA account places both public closures in early July 2024. Millington Road serves the hotel above; The Grapes was also understood to have become guest-only.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Fountain, Twickenham →
Sources for Hayes: Millington Road and The Grapes
Monkey Puzzle, Chessington
The Leatherhead Road restaurant, KT9 2NE, was in Kingston borough, near the theme park. It closed to public diners on 5 July 2024 and continued for Premier Inn guests. It is separate from Queensway’s Monkey Puzzle in Farnborough.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Fountain, Twickenham →
Sources for Monkey Puzzle, Chessington
Coombe Lodge
The listed house at 104 Coombe Road, Croydon, remained a Beefeater until 2 September 2025. The Papas Group bought the freehold, and a Wetherspoon opened on 19 December 2025.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Mill House, Redhill →
Sources for Coombe Lodge
Ragged Robin (formerly The Manor Inn)
Heartwood bought the former Beefeater on Guildford Road, Farncombe, in May 2024. The Ragged Robin gastropub opened on 17 June 2025.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Farnborough, Farnborough →
Sources for Ragged Robin (formerly The Manor Inn)
Park Place
The Beefeater opened in August 1996 in listed Almonds House, Mitcham, a building dating to 1649. It passed to Mitchells & Butlers in the 2008 swap and now trades as Toby Carvery.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Fountain, Twickenham →
Sources for Park Place
Crown
The pub at 155 Bromley Common occupies an 1866 building. CAMRA identifies it as a former Beefeater, now a Toby Carvery.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: London Woolwich, Woolwich →
Sources for Crown
Stanborough
The restaurant on Stanborough Road, Welwyn Garden City, opened with a Premier Inn in 1999 and closed in the 2024 cuts. A later McDonald’s proposal remains unconfirmed in this research.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Moor Mill, Radlett →
Sources for Stanborough
Beefeater Farnham
The Guildford Road restaurant closed on 5 July 2024. A July 2025 application proposed replacing it with hotel rooms; an application is not evidence that the work is complete.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Farnborough, Farnborough →
Sources for Beefeater Farnham
Reading Gateway
The Imperial Way restaurant, RG2 0TA, has served Premier Inn residents only since 5 July 2024.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Southcote, Reading →
Sources for Reading Gateway
South West
Emersons Green, Bristol
At 200–202 Westerleigh Road, BS16 7AN, the old Beefeater and today’s Wetherspoon share an address. BristolWorld reported a brief Great British Pub Co reopening in July 2025. The Papas Group franchise announcement later named Emersons Green. The address match is clear, but the full handover sequence has not been researched.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Gifford, Stoke Gifford →
Sources for Emersons Green, Bristol
Bristol Fashion, Broadmead
The Haymarket restaurant had a bar downstairs and dining upstairs. It traded as Grill Bar before returning to Beefeater. CAMRA’s dates conflict, so spring 2024 is the safest closure description. The building was demolished that August for residential use.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Gifford, Stoke Gifford →
Sources for Bristol Fashion, Broadmead
Grandstand
The Kingsteignton restaurant opened on Newton Abbot Racecourse’s car park in January 2012. It became resident-only on 5 July 2024.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Belgrave, Torquay →
Sources for Grandstand
Beefeater Weymouth
Public service at Mercery Road ended on 5 July 2024. A demolition application followed in October, and CAMRA records work beginning in September 2025 to make room for hotel accommodation.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Somerford, Christchurch →
Sources for Beefeater Weymouth
Cross Hands
The Tewkesbury Road restaurant, Cheltenham, became a Premier Inn restaurant on 5 July 2024. It later appeared in the M&B seven-site deal, but the intended brand was not assigned to it.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Twelve Bells, Gloucester →
Sources for Cross Hands
Scotland
The Dovecote, Cumbernauld
The former Beefeater at 4 South Muirhead Road, G67 1AX, is now associated with Premier Inn’s own restaurant. The old restaurant link redirects to Premier Inn. The Beefeater closure date is not confirmed.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Hamilton, Hamilton →
Sources for The Dovecote, Cumbernauld
Black Bear
The former Beefeater on Hamilton Road, Broomhouse, beside Premier Inn Glasgow East, reopened as a Wetherspoon in December 2025. Dram Scotland reported a £1m investment. Its accompanying picture is not used to identify the pub.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Hamilton, Hamilton →
Sources for Black Bear
Loch Ness House
The Glenurquhart Road Beefeater in Inverness became a restaurant for Premier Inn guests only from 5 July 2024.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Gourdie Croft, Dundee →
Sources for Loch Ness House
Beefeater Stirling
The Forthside Way restaurant, FK8 1QZ, moved to resident-only service in July 2024. CAMRA’s long-term closure record gives 31 July; that record does not confirm a later public reopening.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Deer Park, Livingston →
Sources for Beefeater Stirling
Castle
The Greenlaw restaurant on Crookfur Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6NP, was listed as long-term closed in a July 2024 CAMRA update.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Hamilton, Hamilton →
Sources for Castle
Midlands and East Anglia
Kingswinford, Dudley Road
The former restaurant at DY6 8WT closed before the final national estate. Accommodation was approved under application P24/1309; no restaurant reopening date is confirmed.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Badgers Sett, Hagley →
Sources for Kingswinford, Dudley Road
Dog & Duck, Wellingborough
The London Road pub, NN8 2DP, later used the plain Beefeater name. CAMRA’s July 2024 update lists it as long-term closed, but does not provide an exact closure day.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: The Turnpike, Harpole →
Sources for Dog & Duck, Wellingborough
The Albert, Colchester
At Cowdray Avenue, CO1 1UT, the Albert’s locked doors attracted local reporting during the 2024 changes. CAMRA listed it as long-term closed that July. A June 2026 report put it in the seven-site Mitchells & Butlers package, without assigning Miller & Carter or Toby Carvery to this building.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Oyster Reach, Ipswich →
Sources for The Albert, Colchester
Travellers Rest, Cambridge
The Huntingdon Road pub, CB3 0DL, closed on 4 July 2024. The cited account records plans to convert the space into hotel rooms. This is separate from the Kenton Travellers Rest.
Nearest Beefeater in our final 106: Priory Marina, Bedford →
Sources for Travellers Rest, Cambridge
