JD Wetherspoon is set to open 12 new pubs in the coming months.
The pub chain already has more than 800 venues scattered across the UK.
Wetherspoons has opened several new pubs in 2026, including in Cornwall, Bath, and Blackpool.
These come after the company opened its first overseas venue last year at the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport.
Full list of 12 new Wetherspoon pubs opening
Now, Wetherspoons has confirmed the location of its next 12 pubs.
One will be located inside Barcelona Airport (opening in November), while the other 11 will be opening in the UK:
- The Sir Frank Whittle - Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 (opening Summer 2026)
- Home Farm - Ferriby Rd, Hull, Hessle, HU13 0JA (August 12)
- The Marshfield Bank Farm House - Coppenhall Lane, Woolstanwood, Crewe, CW2 8SD (August 11)
- The Heath Hotel - Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4PW (August 11)
- The Cranborne Hundred - Ringwood Road, Ferndown, BH22 9BB (August 18)
- The Fletton Brick - Marsh Leys Cottages, Kempston, MK42 7FY (September 1)
- The Belle Vue - Manchester Airport Terminal 2 (September 8)
- The Red Gown - Students’ Association, St Andrew University (September)
- Piccadilly Hall -The Trocadero, 30 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7EP (October 13)
- The Benjamin Franklin - 11 Strand, London, WC2N 5HR (November 24)
- The William Chambers - 30a Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HU (November 3)
Wetherspoons bans Meta Glasses from all UK pubs
Meanwhile, Wetherspoons has announced that customers can no longer wear Meta Glasses (or any other smart glasses) at any of its UK pubs.
The devices, which can record video, photos and audio, have raised privacy concerns due to their ability to film without drawing attention.
The Wetherspoons ban follows growing reports of people secretly recording strangers and sharing footage online.
A JD Wetherspoon spokesperson, explaining the ban, said: "Like many hospitality companies, Wetherspoon has CCTV cameras for security reasons, but their use is strictly controlled by data legislation.
"Apart from that, the general code that applies in our pubs, and most pubs, is that you can’t film customers or employees without their permission.
"Meta glasses seem to breach this code, and common sense, by enabling surreptitious surveillance, so our instinct is to say turn off the cameras.
"This is akin to our efforts to stop audible playing of videos in our pubs, which also invades people’s space."
Meta reassured people that their glasses have a light that turns on to let people know when a photo or video is being taken.
A spokesperson for the company added: "People use our glasses because they're helpful and help them stay in the moment, from listening to music to live translation or hands-free calls.
"They also provide critical new technology for people who are low-sighted or hard of hearing and limiting how people can use this technology would be a major step backwards.
"Naturally some places shouldn't be filmed at all and that's reasonable but rules should be applied consistently."
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