The North East’s final Beefeater list brings together Durham, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and Whitley Bay. There is no longer a Beefeater restaurant to book, but Broomside Park is among the buildings welcoming diners under a new operator. Its Queensway page belongs to the pub’s next chapter, while the Beefeater hours preserved on the venue page describe its earlier life.
The four places offer different clues for a remembered visit: Belmont’s Broomside Park, Morton Park by Darlington’s eastern bypass, the Talpore beside the Tees Barrage and Whitley Bay beside the Spanish City Dome. If the name is half-forgotten, those settings can help you find the right restaurant before following its local history. Broomside Park’s new menu belongs to Queensway Inns.
What happened in North East?
- Reopened
- 1
- Hotel guests only
- 0
- Converted or redeveloped
- 0
- Plans announced
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- No news yet
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Three local stories
The Talpore, Stockton-on-Tees
At Stockton-on-Tees, the Talpore’s nautical name had a local industrial connection. A troop steamer called Talpore was built in Stockton in 1860 by M. Pearse and Co. for service on India’s Lower Indus. The restaurant stood by the Tees Barrage on White Water Way, making the water theme part of both its name and its setting. CAMRA’s description includes a substantial beer garden and a children’s play area. A memory of stopping here after a riverside walk therefore has a particular local background, rather than being a generic story about a roadside chain restaurant.
Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay
Whitley Bay’s restaurant belonged to the town’s seafront redevelopment beside the restored Spanish City Dome. The Premier Inn and its Beefeater restaurant and bar were completed in June 2017: sixty-eight hotel rooms and space for 190 restaurant diners. The building’s exterior was designed to sit alongside the Dome, with conservation officers involved and render chosen to match its neighbour. This makes Whitley Bay one of the clearer examples of a Beefeater fitting into a wider local regeneration scheme. The seafront setting, rather than just the restaurant name, may be the clue that brings back a remembered holiday meal.
Broomside Park, Durham
Broomside Park’s local story includes an occasion beyond ordinary restaurant service. ChronicleLive reported in 2021 that its staff helped a Durham couple hold a wedding reception at short notice. The account ties the building to one family’s celebration and to the people working there, without supplying a full construction history. At the Belmont address on Broomside Lane, Queensway’s current pub page now describes all-day dining. The venue has therefore moved from the Beefeater family-restaurant years into another public pub chapter, while the wedding story remains part of what happened in this particular building.
A wedding reception remembered ↗ · Queensway directory: 8 October check ↗ · Queensway venue and dining information ↗ ·
Every final Beefeater in North East
Help find photographs of the missing venues →
- Broomside Park, Durham — Reopened · DH1 1GG
- Morton Park, Darlington — No news yet · DL1 4PJ
- The Talpore, Stockton-on-Tees — No news yet · TS17 6QB
- Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay — No news yet · NE26 1GB
Earlier Beefeaters in North East
Moor Farm, Annitsford
The restaurant by the A19/A189 junction, NE23 7QA, had used both Brewsters and Beefeater names. The Papas Group took it in July 2025. CAMRA records the New Moor Farm Wetherspoon opening on 22 October 2025.
motorwayservices.uk: Moor Farm ↗ · CAMRA WhatPub 193670 ↗ · Morning Advertiser ↗ ·