Beefeater Memories1974 – 2026
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Great Yarmouth Seafront, Great Yarmouth – now The Dunes

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Last service: 10 September 2026

Now: The Beefeater closed before the national final date and reopened under Queensway Inns as The Dunes on 20 August 2026. This is a confirmed successor use, not merely a proposed sale outcome.

Last checked: 31 October 2026

: Queensway’s pub information now includes Great Yarmouth Seafront.

Great Yarmouth Seafront was the Beefeater at South Beach Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3DD. It opened as a Beefeater in 2019.

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Opening and last night

The new hotel and restaurant at the Edge leisure park opened in June 2019. Local reporting gives 17 June for the opening, after strong winds had delayed construction. GY Mercury ↗ build story ↗

Local record

History of this pub

Great Yarmouth's seafront Beefeater opened at 6.30am on Monday 17 June 2019, part of a £7.5 million Premier Inn development on South Denes, right on the seafront next to the Pleasure Beach. With 151 covers and a beachside terrace, it was then the only Beefeater in Norfolk, and more than half the hotel's rooms had sea views across to the port, Nelson's Monument and Scroby Sands. Pleasure Beach boss Albert Jones welcomed it as the start of a wider leisure scheme known as The Edge.

CAMRA’s September update identifies the Queensway operator as The Dunes at 5 Beach Parade, NR30 3DD, supporting the match to the former Great Yarmouth Seafront restaurant.

Current status

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The final listing

Opening hours and facilities

Historical Beefeater hours and facilities.

Restaurant and bar hours

  • Mon-Sat 11.30am - 11pm
  • Sun 12pm - 10.30pm

Breakfast service

  • Weekdays 6:30am - 10:30am Weekends 7am - 11am

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Evidence

Sources

  1. Final Beefeater location page

    Great Yarmouth Seafront’s former Beefeater page supplies the Great Yarmouth address and the historical hours and facilities below.

    View source ↗ (beefeater.co.uk, site closed September 2026)
  2. Food Standards Agency record

    The official hygiene register identifies this address as The Dunes, classified as pub/bar/nightclub, and records the inspection published by Great Yarmouth.

    View source ↗
  3. Great Yarmouth Mercury (opening date)

    Reports the £7.5m investment, the 81-room hotel and Beefeater, and the planned Edge leisure complex.

    View source ↗
  4. Great Yarmouth Mercury (Pleasure Beach reaction)

    Confirms the 151-cover Beefeater opening on Monday 17 June, the only one in Norfolk, the sea views and Albert Jones's comments.

    View source ↗
  5. Great Yarmouth Mercury (decade of change)

    Confirms the Premier Inn and Beefeater on South Beach Parade were built in 2019.

    View source ↗
  6. Current Queensway venue page

    Queensway Inns lists The Dunes at South Beach Parade, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3DD, with current opening hours.

    View source ↗
  7. The Dunes opens

    Eastern Daily Press reporting records Queensway Inns taking the closed Beefeater and reopening it as The Dunes on 20 August 2026.

    View source ↗
  8. First Queensway conversion

    Hospitality-trade reporting identifies this as the first former Whitbread site in Queensway’s conversion programme.

    View source ↗
  9. CAMRA: The Dunes September record

    Checked 8 October 2026: CAMRA’s September update identifies the Queensway operator as The Dunes at 5 Beach Parade, NR30 3DD, supporting the match to the former Great Yarmouth Seafront restaurant.

    View source ↗
  10. Queensway venue and dining information

    Current pub information; menus and hours can change.

    View source ↗
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