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closed pubs closed pubs recording the slow sad death of the british pub the waggon horses the waggon horses handforth cheshire a massive roadhouse type pub close to the a555 just over the southern boundary of stockport which closed in september this year originally built by greenalls in 1935 it later passed into the hands of greene king and in its later years traded under a family dining format reportedly the site is going to be redeveloped for an aldi supermarket my own recent picture posted by curmudgeon on monday december 01 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cheshire the red lion the red lion burslem staffordshire a modern styled pub in the centre of one of the potteries six towns that was the childhood home of robbie williams when it was run by his parents recent streetview images show a commemorative panel relating to robbie williams to the right of the pub posted by curmudgeon on sunday november 23 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels staffordshire the norton arms the norton arms norton in the moors staffordshire a white painted pub on a crossroads on the north eastern fringes of stoke on trent it appears to have closed some time after 2012 and is now used as a business centre posted by curmudgeon on sunday november 16 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels staffordshire the brickmakers arms the brickmakers arms warrington lancashire a four square redbrick victorian pub in an area on the eastern side of the town centre where surrounding housing has been demolished leaving it standed on the fringes of a retail park it was damaged by fire in august 2025 posted by curmudgeon on sunday november 09 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels lancashire the tipperary the tipperary meer end warwickshire a former davenports pub standing at an isolated rural road junction south east of birmingham in the pre motorway era the main road it is on was an important route for bypassing the conurbation it is still open on streetview in 2023 posted by curmudgeon on sunday november 02 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels warwickshire the belle vue the belle vue preston lancashire a four square former boddingtons pub on the main a59 road on the east side of the city it closed in 2014 and the building now houses an ethnic delicatessen posted by curmudgeon on sunday october 26 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels lancashire the golden lion the golden lion caterham surrey a grey painted street corner pub in caterham on the hill the upper part of this prosperous surrey commuter town someone has patriotically hung a coupleof union flags outside it closed in september 2019 and a planning application has been submitted for change of use to a retail unit with flats above posted by curmudgeon on sunday october 19 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels surrey the ark the ark southampton hampshire a functional modern pub in the midanbury district on the east side of the city it closed in 2013 and appears to have been demolished between 2016 and 2017 posted by curmudgeon on tuesday october 14 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels hampshire the devonshire arms the devonshire arms alfreton derbyshire one of many currently closed pubs in the samuel smith s estate situated just off the a61 on the western edge of the town close to alfreton park posted by curmudgeon on sunday october 05 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels derbyshire the dog gun the dog gun leeds yorkshire a large piub on the a64 york road to the east of the city centre that once had a boxing gym upstairs in the mid 2010s it was turned into a supermarket as shown but this in its turn did not prove successful and it was later demolished and redeveloped as flats posted by curmudgeon on sunday september 28 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels yorkshire the theobald arms the theobald arms nunney somerset a rural pub situated at nunney catch south of nunney village with its well known castle it closed in 2002 after having been left on a dead end following the construction of a new road and is now in a very derelict state posted by curmudgeon on tuesday september 23 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels somerset the windmill the windmill tabley cheshire a substantial white painted pub prominently situated right next to m6 junction 19 in the 2000s it was expensively converted by robinson s brewery to an upmarket dining format but obviously this did not prove enough to save it still open on streetview my own recent pictures posted by curmudgeon on sunday september 07 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cheshire older posts home subscribe to posts atom search this blog a farewell to pubs the british pub as we know it is slowly but surely dying this blog aims to mark its passing with a collection of google streetview links to images of closed pubs if you have any further suggestions please send them to me by e mail i m happy to accept photos of pubs that have shut after being pictured on gsv but do need pics actually showing them closed some of these pubs as people have reported in the comments have subsequently reopened if that happens it s good news i acknowledge the copyright of google maps in some of the pictures used on this blog although a growing number are original photographs by me and other contributors numerous people have contributed photos and suggestions for this blog but i would particularly like to thank midlands residents dan bishop and peter allen and yorkshire residents luke h and kyle reed for their prolific input you are welcome to use the photographs elsewhere but i would appreciate it if you acknowledged the source recent comments recent comments blogger widget your browser does not support javascript you may also be interested in retiredmartin lincolnshire has fallen august 2026 skegness lincolnshire as you ll know i m not intending to complete the beer guide again once in a lifetime is scary enough as david byrne s 1 day ago lost pubs of bolton rocket hotel new lane bolton the rocket pictured in may 2012 in march 1960 bolton council granted planning permission to local brewery magee marshall and co for a new pub at new 1 day ago lost pubs bikes beer and bygone boozers jävla getingbo jävla getingar the wasps nest a lost pub in mirfield yorkshire 1 day ago life after football do i not like that well yes i do let s be honest worksop isn t going to win any awards for north nottingham s most picturesque town in fact if you go on the camra website it might win 5 days ago merseyside pub guide a wander in town perhaps a sunny saturday in august is not the best time for a survey in central liverpool but here we are according to my database i haven t been in th 6 days ago campaign for real pubs the old swan the old swan atherstone warwickshire cv9 1ah atherstone is a market town in the northern panhandle of warwickshire standing on the main west coas 9 months ago brapa british real ale pub adventure brapa in ere wig go again more from newport last post on blogger gwenty is plenty part 7 14 last blog on blogger actually wrote this before edinburgh when the photo upload was just about bearable join me on wix from tomorrow link at the bo 3 years ago pubs then now 291 the navigation kilby bridge leicestershire 1986 to 2021 our first ever visit to the navigation inn was on the evening of wednesday 23rd july 1986 this was our summer vacation and my first time along 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