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Greene King, pub history and public houses in March 2026
Greene King, pub history
Greene King has been a brewery supplying IPA and Abbot Ale for many years. Both of these ales are excellent, and best served by gravity at room temperature. They are both produced at the Greene King brewery at the Westgate Brewery; or the Belhaven Brewery in Scotland. A new £40 million brewery in Bury St Edmunds is currently in progress.
In March 2026, Greene King operates around 2,500 to 2,700 pubs, restaurants, and hotels across the UK. Theses include
Greene King has announced plans to sell off, or convert 150 pubs into tenanted or franchised locations, as the UK hospitality sector struggles with rising costs.
This move follows the ongoing pressure on high street pubs, especially after Brewdog’s administration in March, which led to the immediate closure of 38 bars and the loss of 484 jobs.
Greene King now runs a number of public houses. It is also involved in a number of other brands, including Chef & Brewer and also Farmhouse Inns,
In 2025, Greene King Pub Partners opened 30 new franchise pubs, including in Scotland under the Belhaven brand for the first time. Key openings in 2025 included The Tarbet in Edinburgh, which became the first Greene King franchise pub in Scotland after a £285,000 refurbishment, The Dolphin in Melbourn, which reopened as a Hive Pub after a £570,000 investment, and the Two Poplars in Wokingham which opened after a £450,000 transformation.
To support this growth, Greene King will expand its franchise operations into Wales and the Southwest of England for the first time through a pipeline of openings set for 2026. New franchise investments and openings already planned for the first quarter of 2026 include Millwrights in Aylesbury, The Freemasons Arms in Wigan and The Flag Inn in Egerton.
Green King public houses in March 2026.
Essex Archers (Romford) 194-204 Main Road Romford Essex RM2 5HA Aspen Tree, Gobions Avenue, Collier Row, Romford RM5 3SP Bull (Braintree) Market Place Braintree Essex CM7 3HJ Bull, Bridge Street Halstead Essex CO9 1HU Cock Inn, Hall Road, Rochford SS4 1PD Duchess (Colchester), 156 High Street Colchester Essex CO1 1PG Duke of Wellington, The Street, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford CM3 2EA
Gardeners (Chelmsford) Forsythia Close Chelmsford Essex CM1 6XW Globe (Chelmsford) 65 Rainsford Road Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QJ Golden Fleece (Manor Park) 166 Capel Road Manor Park Greater London E12 5DB Golden Lion (Romford) 2 High Street Romford Essex RM1 1HR Green Dragon, London Road, London road, Black Notley CM77 8QN Guildford (Southend-0n-Sea) 95 Sutton Road Southend-on-Sea Essex SS2 5PB Hoy & Helmet (Benfleet) 24-32 High Street Benfleet Essex SS7 1NA Inn On The Green (Billericay) Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 0EH Inn On The Green (Stanford) The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER Junction, (Upminster) 70 Station Road Upminster Essex RM14 2TD King George V (Ilford) 645 Cranbrook Road Ilford Essex IG2 6SX Kings Arms (Colchester) 61-63 Crouch Street Colchester Essex CO3 3EY Monkhams, Buckhurst Way, Buckhurst Hill IG9 Paul Pry (Rayleigh) 14 High Road Rayleigh Essex SS6 7AA Railway Bell (South Woodford) 87 George Lane South Woodford Greater London E18 1JJ Swan (Brentwood) 123 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RX White Hart, Bocking End, Bocking CM7 9AB White Hart, Market End, Coggeshall, Colchester CO6 1NH Windmill, (Upminster) Upminster Road Upminster Essex RM14 2RB Ye Olde Smack, 7 High Street Leigh-On-Sea Essex SS9 2EN Zach Willsher (Benfleet) 170-180 Church Road Benfleet Essex SS7 4PL
Greater London Adam & Eve (St James) 81 Petty France St James Greater London SW1H 9EX Albert (Victoria) 52 Victoria Street Victoria Greater London SW1H 0NP Allsop Arms (London) 137-143 Gloucester Place London Greater London NW1 5AL Assembly House, 292-294 Kentish Town Rd, London NW5 2TG Anchor – Bankside (Southwark) 34 Park Street Southwark Greater London SE1 9EF Bag O`Nails (Victoria) 6 Buckingham Palace Road Victoria Greater London SW1W 0PP Bayswater Arms (Bayswater) Queensway Bayswater Greater London W2 4QH Blue Posts (St James’s) 6 Bennet Street St James’s Greater London SW1A 1RP Blue Posts (Mayfair) 18 Kingley Street Mayfair Greater London W1B 5PX Brewmaster, 37 Cranbourn street, WC2H 7AD Bunch Of Grapes (Brompton) 207 Brompton Road London Greater London SW3 1LA Butchers Hook, 477 Fulham road, Fulham SW6 1HL Camden Head (Islington) 2 Camden Walk Islington Greater London N1 8DY Chelsea Potter (Chelsea) 119 Kings Road Chelsea Greater London SW3 4PL City of Quebec, 12 Old Quebec street, W1H 7AF Coach & Horses (Mayfair) 5 Bruton Street Mayfair Greater London W1J 6PT Coach & Horses, 1 Great Marlborough Street, Soho, London W1F 7HG Coach House at The George, White Hart Yard, Borough High Street, Borough Market, London, SE1 1NX Ye Olde Cock Tavern (Holborn), 22 Fleet Street Holborn Greater London EC4Y 1AA Courtfield (Earls Court) 187 Earls Court Road Earls Court Greater London SW5 9AN Crown, 43 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden WC2H 9DD Dickens Tavern (Paddington) 25 London Street Paddington Greater London W2 1HH Duke of York (Mayfair) 8 Dering Street Mayfair Greater London W1S 1AF Earls Court Tavern (Earls Court) 123 Earls Court Road Earls Court Greater London SW5 9RL Fitzrovia (Bloomsbury) 18 Goodge Street Bloomsbury Greater London W1T 2QF Fountains Abbey (Paddington) 109 Praed Street Paddington Greater London W2 1RL Friend At Hand (Bloomsbury) 2-4 Herbrand Street Bloomsbury Greater London WC1N 1HX Garrick Arms (Charing Cross) 8-10 Charing Cross Road Charing Cross Greater London WC2H 0HG George (Southwark) 75-77 Borough High Street Southwark Greater London SE1 1NH Glass Blower (Piccadilly) 40-42 Glasshouse Street Piccadilly Greater London W1B 5JY Globe (Marylebone) 43-47 Marylebone Road Marylebone Greater London NW1 5JY Gloucester (Knightsbridge) 187 Sloane Street Knightsbridge Greater London SW1X 9QR Gloucester Arms (Kensington) 34 Gloucester Road Kensington Greater London SW7 4RB Goat Tavern (Mayfair) 3 Stafford Street Mayfair Greater London W1S 4RP Goat Tavern (Kensington) 3A Kensington High Street Kensington Greater London W8 5NP Golden Lion (Soho) 51 Dean Street Soho Greater London W1D 5BH Golden Lion (St James) 25 King Street St James’s Greater London SW1Y 6QY Grafton Arms (Victoria) 2 Strutton Ground Victoria Greater London SW1P 2HP Greencoat Boy (Victoria) 2 Greencoat Place Victoria Greater London SW1P 1PJ Green Man (Euston) 383 Euston Road Euston Greater London NW1 3AU Greyhound (Kensington) 1 Kensington Square Kensington Greater London W8 5EP Hoop & Toy (Kensington) 34 Thurloe Place Kensington Greater London SW7 2HQ Hope & Anchor (Islington) 207 Upper Street London Greater London N1 1RL Imperial (Soho) 5 Leicester Street Soho Greater London WC2H 7BL Junction (Clapham Junction) 36 St Johns Hill Wandsworth Greater London SW11 1SA Kings Arms (Greenwich) 16 King William Walk London Greater London SE10 9JH Kings Arms (Mayfair) 2 Shepherd Market Mayfair Greater London W1J 7QA Kings Head (Bayswater) 33 Moscow Road Bayswater Greater London W2 4AH Kings Head (Tooting) 84 Upper Tooting Road Tooting Greater London SW17 7PB Lamb & Flag (Westminster) 24 James Street Westminster Greater London W1U 1EL Leather Bottle (Merton) 277 Kingston Road Merton Greater London SW19 3NW Leicester Arms (Piccadilly) 44 Glasshouse Street Piccadilly Greater London W1B 5DP Lucas Arms (London) 245A Grays Inn Road London Greater London WC1X 8QY Maple Leaf (Covent Garden) 41 Maiden Lane Covent Garden Greater London WC2E 7LJ Marlborough Arms (Bloomsbury) 36 Torrington Place Bloomsbury Greater London WC1E 7LY Masons Arms (Mayfair) 38 Maddox Street Mayfair Greater London W1S 1PY Monument (Whitechapel) 18 Fish Street Hill Whitechapel Greater London EC3R 6DB Museum Tavern (Bloomsbury) 49 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury Greater London WC1B 3BA Nags Head (Welling) 37 Welling High Street Welling Kent DA16 1TR New Cross House, 316 New Cross Road, New Cross, SE14 6AF New Explorer (London W1) 23 Great Castle Street London Greater London W1G 0JA Old Star (Westminster) 66 Broadway City-Of-Westminster Greater London SW1H 0DB Old Swan (Kensington) 206 Kensington Church Street Kensington Greater London W8 4DP Paxtons Head (Belgravia) 153 Knightsbridge Belgravia Greater London SW1X 7PA Phoenix (Bayswater) 51 Moscow Road Bayswater Greater London W2 4AL Pineapple 25 Wilfred Street Victoria Greater London SW1E 6PR Plough (Bloomsbury) 27 Museum Street Bloomsbury Greater London WC1A 1LH Plumbers Arms (Belgravia) 14 Lower Belgravia Street Belgravia Greater London SW1W 0LN Prince Albert (Brixton) 418 Coldharbour Lane Brixton Greater London SW9 8LF Prince of Wales (Covent Garden) 150 Drury Lane Covent Garden Greater London WC2B 5TD Prince of Wales (Kensington) 8 Kensington Church Street Kensington Greater London W8 4EP Prospect of Whitby (Wapping) 57 Wapping Wall Wapping Greater London E1W 3SH Punch & Judy (Covent Garden) 40 The Market Covent Garden Greater London WC2E 8RF Railway (London EC2) 15 Liverpool Street Whitechapel Greater London EC2M 7NX Raynes Park (Raynes Park) 32 Coombe Lane Raynes Park Greater London SW20 0LA Red Lion (Moorgate) 1 Eldon Street Moorgate Greater London EC2M 7LS Rising Sun (Bloomsbury) 46 Tottenham Court Road Bloomsbury Greater London W1T 2ED Rose & Crown (Greenwich) 1 Crooms Hill Greenwich Greater London SE10 8ER Rose & Crown (Mayfair) 2 Old Park Lane Mayfair Greater London W1K 1QN Round Table (Covent Garden) 26-27 St Martins Court Covent Garden Greater London WC2N 4AL Royal George (Euston) 8-14 Eversholt Street Euston Greater London NW1 1DG Rutland Arms (Hammersmith) 15 Lower Mall Hammersmith Greater London W6 9DJ Salisbury (Covent Garden) 90 St Martins Lane Covent Garden Greater London WC2N 4AP Salt Quay (Rotherhithe) 163 Rotherhithe Street Rotherhithe Greater London SE16 5QU Sawyers Arms (Paddington) 8-9 London Street London Greater London W2 1HL Shakespeare (Victoria) 99 Buckingham Palace Road Victoria Greater London SW1W 0RP Shakespeares Head (Soho) 29 Great Marlborough Street Soho Greater London W1F 7HZ Sherlock Holmes (St James’s) 10 Northumberland Street St James’s Greater London WC2N 5DB Silver Cross (Whitehall) 33 Whitehall, Greater London SW1A 2BX Spread Eagle (Mayfair) 8 Woodstock Street Mayfair Greater London W1C 2AD Stanhope Arms (Kensington) 97 Gloucester Road Kensington Greater London SW7 4SS Swan (Holborn) 7 Cosmo Place Holborn Greater London WC1N 3AP Tattersalls Tavern (Knightsbridge) 1 Knightsbridge Green Knightsbridge Greater London SW1X 7QA Three Crowns (Piccadilly) 19 Babmaes Street Piccadilly Greater London SW1Y 6HD Three Tuns (Marylebone) 1 Portman Mews South Marylebone Greater London W1H 6HP Two Brewers (Covent Garden) 40 Monmouth Street Covent Garden Greater London WC2H 9EP Two Chairmen (St James) 39 Dartmouth Street St James Greater London SW1H 9BP Travellers Tavern (Belgravia) 4 Elizabeth Street Belgravia Greater London SW1W 9RB Victoria (Victoria) 1 Lower Belgrave Street Victoria Greater London SW1W 0NR William Camden (Bexleyheath) Avenue Road Bexleyheath Kent DA7 4EQ Yacht (Greenwich) 5 Crane Street Greenwich Greater London SE10 9NP Ye Olde London (City-Of-London) 42 Ludgate Hill City-of-London EC4M 7DE Zetland Arms (Kensington) 2 Bute Street Kensington Greater London SW7 3EX
Cheshire:
Bears Paw (Frodsham) 127 Main Street Frodsham Cheshire WA6 7AF
Bromfield Arms (Chester) 43 Faulkner Street Chester Cheshire CH2 3BD
Church View Inn (Lunts Heath) 38 Lunts Heath Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 5RY
George & Dragon Hotel (Stockport) 422 Manchester Road Heaton Chapel Cheshire SK4 5DH
Golden Fleece (Lymm) 41 The Cross Lymm Cheshire WA13 0HR
Governors House (Cheadle Hulme) 43 Ravenoak Road Cheadle Cheshire SK8 7EQ
Ladybrook (Bramhall) Fir Road Stockport Cheshire SK7 2NP
Mulberry Tree Inn (Stockton Heath) Grappenhall Road Warrington Cheshire WA4 2AF
Offas Dyke Hotel (Broughton) Broughton Hall Road Chester Cheshire CH4 0QN
Watergates Bar (Chester) 11-15 Watergate Street Chester Cheshire CH1 2LB
Derbyshire :
Old Club House (Buxton) 1-3 Water Street Buxton Derbyshire SK17 6XN
Sir John Warren (Ilkeston) Market Place Ilkeston Derbyshire DE7 5QB
Gloucestershire Apple Tree, Stockwell Lane, Woodmancote, Gloucestershire GL52 9QG Bell Hotel, 52 Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5SA Cross Hands Hotel, Tetbury Road, Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire Fromebridge Mill, Fromebridge Lane, Whitminster, Gloucestershire, GL2 7PB Hare & Hounds (Gloucester) 162 Cheltenham Road East Gloucester Gloucestershire GL3 1AL Hatherley (Cheltenham) 293 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HT Hunters Hall Inn, Kingscote, Tetbury, Gloucestershire Lansdown (Cheltenham) Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LG Norwood Arms (Cheltenham) Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AX Old Manse Hotel, Victoria Street, Bourton on the Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 2BY Rising Sun Hotel, Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3PX Royal George Hotel, Off B4070, Birdlip, Gloucestershire GL4 8JH Royal Oak, Church Road, Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire GL52 8LR
Lancashire :
Church Inn (Flixton) 34 Church Road, The Village Manchester Lancashire M41 6HS
Counting House (Blackpool) 10 Talbot Square Blackpool Lancashire FY1 1NG
Dog & Partridge (Morecambe) 19 Bare Lane Morecambe Lancashire LA4 6DE
Dunes Hotel (Blackpool) 561 Lytham Road Blackpool Lancashire FY4 1SA
Farmers (Blackpool) 570 Lytham Road Blackpool Lancashire FY4 1RF
Farmers Arms (Northenden) 26 Longley Lane Northenden Lancashire M22 4JR
Fleece Inn (Penwortham) 39 Liverpool Road Preston Lancashire PR1 9XD
Golden Ball Hotel (Poulton-Le-Fylde 1 Ball Street Poulton-Le-Fylde Lancashire FY6 7BA
Guild (Preston) 99 Fylde Road Preston Lancashire PR1 2XQ
Hare & Hounds (Ramsbottom) 400 Bolton Road West Ramsbottom Lancashire BL0 9RY
Lane Ends (Ashton-On-Ribble) 442 Blackpool Road Preston Lancashire PR2 1HX
Robin Hood (Ashton-In-Makerfield) 1 Bolton Road Wigan Lancashire WN4 8AA
Ship & Royal (Lytham St Annes) 91 Clifton Street Lytham St Annes Lancashire FY8 5EH
Strawberry Gardens (Heysham) Heysham Road Heysham Lancashire LA3 2NZ
Taps (Lytham St Annes) 12 Henry Street Lytham St Annes Lancashire FY8 5LE
Town House (Lytham St Annes) St Annes Road West Lytham St Annes Lancashire FY8 1SB
Washington (Blackpool) Topping Street Blackpool Lancashire FY1 3AF
White Horse (Swinton) 384 Worsley Road Manchester Lancashire M27 0FH
Greater Manchester :
George & Dragon (Hazel Grove) 14 London Road Hazel Grove Greater Manchester SK7 4AH
John Gilbert (Worsley) Worsley Brow Manchester Greater Manchester M28 2YA
Kings Ransom (Sale) Britannia Road Sale Greater Manchester M33 2AA
Robin Hood (Tottington) 19 Market Street Tottington Greater Manchester BL8 4AA
Romiley Arms (Romiley) Compstall Road Romiley Greater Manchester SK6 4BN
Rose & Crown (Bury) 2-6 Cockey Moor Road Bury Greater Manchester BL8 2HB
Royal Oak (Chorlton Cum Hardy) 440 Barlow Moor Road Chorlton-Cum-Hardy Greater Manchester M21 0BQ
Merseyside :
Black Horse (Old Swan) 641 Prescot Road Old Swan Merseyside L13 5XD
Black Horse (Walton) 284 County Road Walton Merseyside L4 5PW
Bold Arms (Southport) 59-61 Botanic Road Southport Merseyside PR9 7NE
Bromborough (Wirrall) 2 Bromborough Village Road Wirral Merseyside CH62 7ES
Caernarvon Castle (Prenton) 10 Bidston Road Prenton Merseyside CH43 2JZ
Endbutt (Liverpool) 63-65 Endbutt Lane Liverpool Merseyside L23 0TU
Farmers Arms (Wirrall) 2 Netherton Road Wirral Merseyside CH46 7TR
Freshfield (Liverpool) Massams Lane Liverpool Merseyside L37 7BD
Gerard Arms (St Helens) Dentons Green Lane St Helens Merseyside WA10 6SD
Lighthouse (Wallasey) Wallasey Village Wallasey Merseyside CH45 3LP
Masons Arms (Old Swan) 646 Prescot Road Old Swan Merseyside L13 5XE
Park Hotel (Southport) 36 Weld Road Southport Merseyside PR8 2ED
Pump House (Liverpool) Albert Dock Liverpool Merseyside L3 4AN
Red Cat (Greasby) Greasby Road Wirral Merseyside CH49 3AT
Ring O Bells (West Kirby) Village Road Wirral Merseyside CH48 7HE
Royal Standard (West Derby) Leyfield Road Liverpool Merseyside L12 9EY
Sefton Arms (West Derby) 1 Mill Lane Liverpool Merseyside L12 7HX
Shrewsbury Arms (Oxton) 38 Claughton Firs Wirral Merseyside CH43 5TQ
Willow Bank (Liverpool) 329 Smithdown Road Liverpool Merseyside L15 3JA