Full list of major chains closing branches as 472 pubs disappear for good – is your local one of them?

ALMOST 500 pubs have closed in the last year in a major blow for punters.

Fresh Government statistics reveal 239 pubs were demolished or converted for other uses in the three months to March 31.

It means around 80 pubs shut each month, a 56% increase on the 51 pubs that closed per month over the same three month period in 2023.

It found the overall number of pubs across the two countries...