JD Wetherspoon has confirmed two new pub openings in 2026 because it branches out into new territory for the primary time. The standard pub chain, which operates greater than 800 areas throughout the nation, is about to open its first ever pub abroad this month, with a brand new web site primarily based in Spain.
The pub, which is known as the Castell de Santa Barbera, is because of open to clients in February and shall be primarily based at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport in departures, permitting holidaymakers to get pleasure from a style of Britain earlier than they fly again residence. Wetherspoon founder and chairman Sir Tim Martin mentioned the transfer marks the beginning of the chain’s enlargement abroad and varieties a part of plans to open 30 new pubs in its present monetary yr.
The Spanish web site shall be open seven days every week from 6am till 9pm and can serve conventional pub fare, together with fry ups, burgers and pizzas, in addition to draught beer, wine, craft beer and ale. These shall be served alongside some local-inspired drinks and dishes like Spanish omelette and garlic prawns.
The pub, which takes its title from Castell de Santa Bàrbera, a fortress which sits overlooking the bay of Alicante, atop Mount Benacantil, will provide virtually 1,000 sq. toes of buyer house on one degree, alongside an exterior terrace with buyer seating.
Sir Tim mentioned: “We are very much looking forward to opening our first overseas pub. We believe it will be popular with people travelling home from Alicante airport. We aim to open a number of pubs overseas in the coming months and years, including those at airports.”
The new Spanish web site will observe one other new pub opening within the UK in January, with a brand new department to be primarily based in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
Named The Chiltern, the brand new web site relies inside a former 500-seat Picture House which closed its doorways on September 29, 1989 for the final time, with the positioning bought 5 years later.
The first movie proven on the Picture House was a silent warfare movie known as Mare Nostrum, and the ‘talkies’ had been launched quickly after. In the mid Nineteen Fifties, the cinema’s capability was decreased to accommodate a brand new huge display and in 1961 it was purchased by the native council, ‘extensively modernised’ and renamed The Chiltern.
The new openings come after a number of new Wetherspoon pubs opened to clients earlier than Christmas, together with websites primarily based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Bristol, Stockton-on-Tees, Basildon, Lincoln, London, Fulham, Kenilworth and Wetherby.
Wetherspoon has confirmed the next new pub openings for 2026:
- The Chiltern, Beaconsfield – new pub and beer backyard, opening Tuesday, January 13, 2026
- Castell de Santa Bàrbera, Alicante – new pub, opening: February 2026
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2156728/wetherspoon-new-pub-openings-2026