Part of an occasional series in which the latest pub closures/openings in and around Newport are mentioned. Errors and omissions accepted, if any readers have anything further to add please put them in the comments section. NB Comment moderation is enabled due to spam.
Photo above is the former King's Arms, Belmont Hill (Enterprise Inns). Currently being converted into Indian restaurant.
Newport Pub Closures since 1997:
- Simpsons, High St, Closed – empty building
- Chartist Arms, High St – closed – premises converted into a restaurant
- Carpenters Arms, High Street – closed – freehold for sale
- Lloyds, Cambrian Rd, became Jarcals, then Tesco Extra. Beer quality has improved!
- Breeze, Cambrian Rd, closed, lying empty
- Newport Brewhouse, Market St, now a nightclub
- Trout, Market St, became Can-Cans, closed, building derelict
- Ale House, ex-Sovereign, John Frost Square, closed and demolished
- Welsh Prince, Commercial St, closed – premises converted into a Thai restaurant. Freehold for sale.
- Langtons, Charles St, closed – premises auctioned 11.08
- King William IV, Commercial St, closed – derelict building
- Scrum Half, Commercial St, closed, retail premises
- Westgate Hotel, Commercial St, closed, part retail premises
- Royal Exchange, became Harveys in Pill, Commercial Rd. Closed, building derelict
- Mariners Hotel, Commercial Rd, closed
- Welcome Home, Commercial Rd, closed, residential accommodation
- Black Horse, formerly Celtic Bar/Falcon, Commercial Rd
- Waterloo Inn, Alexander Rd, closed and re-opened as a restaurant and hotel
- Cumberland house, Courtybella Tce, - closed -residential
- Orange Tree, St Michael St, - closed and demolished
- White Hart, Tredegar St, closed, business unit
- Old Rising Sun, Malpas Rd, closed, building derelict
- Pentwyn House, Bettws – closed
- Chaplins, Caerleon, demolished, residential development
- Cotton Club, Cambrian rd
- Three Salmons, Rogerstone, now an Indian Restaurant
- Jolly Roger, Rogerstone, now an Indian restaurant
- Old Globe, Rogerstone , now an Indian/Chinese restaurant
- Dolphin, Dolphin St, Pill, closed residential
- Seven, was Yates Wine Lodge, converted from the Tredegar Arms, High Street. Closed
- Victoria, Corporation Rd, closed – converted into restaurant
- Crown Inn, Albert Avenue, closed
- Seven Styles, was Lliswerry Hotel, closed and demolished, residential development
- King, Somerton, closed, awaiting demolition, residential development
- Black Horse, Somerton, closed, awaiting demolition, Tesco Extra
- Pullmans, Spytty, demolished, KFC on site
- New Inn, Bishton, now residential
- King's Arms Belmont Hill, Enterprise Inns, conversion to Indian restuarant
- Waterloo, Pill, converted to restaurant and hotel
- O'Reilleys, Baneswell, became Ryans Bar, then Xit, closed
- Gladiator, Malpas, closed
- Merry Miller, Bettws, closed
Pubs closed since last update (July)
43. Angel, Baneswell, closed
44. Corporation, Corporation Road – boarded up, fire damage
45. Carpenters' Arms, Maindee, closed, boarded up, freehold for sale
46. Oddfellows, Baneswell, closed
47. Drover's, Caerleon, closed, boarded up
48. Roman Lodge Hotel, Ponthir Road, - planning permission granted for conversion to residential
49. Griffin, Market St
Under threat
Hereford Arms, Maindee, planning permission applied for residential apartments
New Pub openings since 1997
Dragonfly, Cardiff Rd, M & B
1995 Wetherspoons, became John Wallace Linton, JDW
1999 Godfrey Morgan, Maindee, JDW
2002 Tom Toya Lewis, Commercial St, JDW
Banc, Maindee
Page, High St
2009 Valerie's Bar, Commercial Street
NB Clubs are not counted above, I define a club as somewhere that charges membership or an entrance fee. However the following has opened and is open during the day:
Newport City Lounge, Commercial Street
Reopenings
Friendship, Ringland has become Harveys of Ringland
Hornblower, Commercial St. Admiral Taverns
Engineers Arms, Baneswell, Admiral Taverns
Church House, Pill, Harveys
Maindee Hotel, Maindee, S & N pub enterprises (Freehold for sale though)
Queens Hotel, JDW, was Walkabout
Golden Hart, Cardiff Rd
Globe, Maindee (Enterprise)
The Hornblower is opening and closing on a regular basis these days, it might need a section all of its own one of these days.
ReplyDelete@fido - have heard that Alchy Karen's daughter is back in charge of the 'blower so expect the high level of customer service and cleanliness that we had under that regime.
ReplyDeleteA depressingly long list there - I assume this represents a significant winnowing out of the pre-existing pub stock in Newport.
ReplyDeleteRogerstone seems to have suffered particularly badly!
Regrettably this is all too typical of many other parts of the country :-(
The Carpenters Arms High Street is closed.. As is the pub under the Car Par opposite where the Drugged up Chav scum used to go, possibly called Glitterball?
ReplyDeleteMentioned the Carps, No2 on list.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if the Gold fish Bowl/Glitterball was ever a pub, thought it was part of the nightclub next door and did coffee in the day?
Passing the Goldfishbowl today it had a legal notice up saying the windows are being bricked up and changed into office space..
ReplyDeleteThe Chav place next door Yates has also re-opened as a Australian theme bar but I've yet to see anybody in there.. Probably be closed again soon..
Also the Globe and The Star appeared to be closed last night and where up to let.. As was the Tredegar Arms but they where advertising that as being used as Office Space
More nightclubs then pubs and a cause for celebration, but the Chav friendly Escapade and Fire and Ice have shut down..
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