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A BEAUTIFUL new Wetherspoons hotel with a "tower suite" is set to open its doors in an English seaside town. The Sir Henry Segrave pub, in Southport, currently occupies the ground floor of the historic building in Merseyside. 2 Pub chain giants JD Wetherspoon is set to open a 30-bed hotel in a historic building Credit: www.
jdwetherspoon.com 2 Sir Henry Segrave opened as a pub back in the 90s Credit: www.jdwetherspoon.
com It is just steps from the main beach which is home to the much-loved Pleasureland theme park. Now, the town's Wetherspoons is set to create 30 new rooms in the hotel. The application submitted and approved by Sefton Council shows how new rooms will be built on the first, second and third floors.
The ground floor would be turned into a hotel reception with a dedicated entrance, along with bar and kitchen upgrades. Read More in Travel SEA YOU THERE European seaside city nicknamed the 'summer capital' has 33C sea temperatures SANDS BAD Greece crackdown on tourists as cruise ship passengers must pay to visit islands Meanwhile, the first, second and third floors would include the bedrooms, as well as a "plant room" and even tower suite. According to JH.
A architects, who submitted the plans on behalf of JD Wetherspoon, the building’s external details "will be retained". The inside will be designed as "a traditional pub aesthetic" with "historical plaques" celebrating the site’s heritage featured. The historic building dates back to 1880, although the pub opened in 1995.
Most read in News Travel DRAM GOOD Remote distillery with spectacular views named Scotland's best whisky experience PITCH OFF 'Is this allowed?' cries NC500 local after brazen camper pitches tent near home CITY BREAK One of Europe's cheapest cities to make it more expensive for tourists to visit SANDS BAD Greece crackdown on tourists as cruise ship passengers must pay to visit islands It is named after Sir Henry Segrave, who raised the land-speed record to 231mph in 1929 when Southport was the leading destination for motor racing. He died in 1930 on Lake Windemere during a trial run for the water speed record. The Southport pub is not the only Wetherspoons pub in the UK with hotel rooms inside.
Brits can stay at the only UK holiday park with on-site Wetherspoons from £4pp a night Also known for it's huge pier, Southport is a popular seaside resort for holidaymakers, with plans to transform the coastline with a new water attraction . The first Wetherspoons hotel opened back in 1998, being the 22-bedroom Shrewsbury hotel. There are now more than 40 across the UK, with the majority above or next to the pub.
Here's what one Brit thought when staying in a Wetherspoons hotel. While impressed with the free water and biscuits, he said it was "nothing special" and compared it to a Travelodge hotel. And also set to open in the UK is Wetherspoon's first "Super Spoons".
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Here's the full list: The John Masefield, New Ferry Angel, Islington The Silkstone Inn, Barnsley The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton The Colombia Press, Watford The Malthouse, Willenhall The John Masefield, New Ferry Thomas Leaper, Derby Cliftonville, Hove Tollgate, Harringay Last Post, Loughton Harvest Moon, Orpington Alexander Bain, Wick Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin Moon on the Square, Basildon Coal Orchard, Taunton Running Horse, Airside Doncaster Airport Wild Rose, Bootle Edmund Halley, Lee Green The Willow Grove, Southport Postal Order, Worcester North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham The Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow The Knight's Templar, London Christopher Creeke, Bournemouth The Water House, Durham The Widow Frost, Mansfield The Worlds Inn, Romford Hudson Bay, Forest Gate The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh The Bankers Draft, Eltham, London The Sir John Arderne, Newark The Capitol, Forest Hill Moon and Bell, Loughborough Nightjar, Ferndown General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton The Rising Sun, Redditch The Butlers Bell, Stafford Millers Well, East Ham Foxley Hatch, Purley The Coronet, London The Percy Shaw, Halifax Resolution, Middlesborough.
