• The George, Croydon, England (re-opens Tuesday 21st July 2026) website
• The Humphrey Bean, Kent, England (re-opens Tuesday 7th July 2026) website
• The Samuel Peto, Folkestone (re-opens Friday 17th July 2026) Website
• The John Logie Baird, Hastings (re-opens Friday 17th July 2026)Website

More details on the temporary closure of The Samuel Peto, Folkestone, Kent….

According to the news its having an extensive refurbishment, costing upwards of £550,000. It will also include apparently a NEW CARPET. So one to look out for!.

By my calculations £550,000 equates to 82,212 Large breakfasts! (now if only I could calculate how many football pitches that would cover.)

Kent Wetherspoons revamp

It’s new version time, and this one I am sure is going to unleash a whole new audience for the Spoons app! (Yes every single time I add a new feature I am convinced this will take it to the next level.)

In celebration of the current Football World Cup, I have added 6 new LIMITED edition awards. I know, I’m going award crazy. You will win a different badge for visiting any Spoons during England or Scotland matches.
When both teams get through to the next round (positive thoughts everybody), I will obviously be adding more badges as the dates are announced.

What about the Spoons fans that are avoiding the tournament?

Don’t worry, I haven’t gone crazy, you can turn the feature off from within the app settings.

If you love the new feature, or even if you are ambivalent to it, then how about leaving a star rating or even a review on the App Store ?

The following link will take you directly to Spoons on the App Store Apple App Store

Link to the Release Notes: v1.0.0

Day 1 of 39….

This may be a controversial post, but as its the official start of the Word Cup today, I had promised the list of Wetherspoons that do not have a TV.
It’s about the best I can offer for those avoiding the event, or maybe for the ones that can’t cope with the penalty shootouts anguish.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

• Star Light, Hounslow
• The Acorn Inn, Lichfield
• The Albert and The Lion, Blackpool
• The Barrel Vault, St Pancras International station, London
• The Britannia Inn, Plymouth
• The Commercial Rooms, Bristol
• The Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds
• The Thomas Ingoldsby, Canterbury
• The Kingfisher, Poynton
• The Man in the Wall, Wimborne
• The Railway Inn, Rushden
• The Watchman, New Malden
• Wetherspoons, Manchester
• Wetherspoons, Victoria station, London

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

• The Counting House, Glasgow

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales

• The Castle Hotel, Ruthin
• The Sussex, Rhyl

Remember every single one of your visits can be logged on the Spoons App, and if you get the chance leave me a raving 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 review.

Sadly it looks like June will have its first casualty, when The Grey Friar, Preston closes as a Wetherspoons.

The good news is that the new owners will still operate it as a pub (hurrah). Apparently it has been a Spoons since the 1990’s - contact me if you visited it back in the 90’s. The truly shocking news, is that the 90’s is over 30 years ago!

The Final date appears to be 28th June 2026, so if you are looking to tick this one off you do have a little pre-warning. Don’t forget, even once this is no longer a Wetherspoons, you will still be able to log your visit as I keep even the closed Spoons in the App.

So long The Grey Friar…. 🍺

Official website (This will be a broken link at some point)
CAMRA

Even though I release updates at least once a month, there are always one or two Spoons that temporarily close between releases.

It’s always advised to check the Spoons you are hoping to visit, before travelling across the continent, because they can often close unexpectedly.

For example there are currently 5 Spoons that are temporarily closed:

• The Railway Bell, Barnet, England (re-opens Tuesday 9th June 2026) website
• The Black Boy, Newtown, Powys, Wales (re-opens Wednesday 10th June 2026) website
• The Standing Order, Hampshire, England (re-opens Monday 15th June 2026) website
• The George, Croydon, England (re-opens Tuesday 21st July 2026) website
• The Humphrey Bean, Kent, England (re-opens Tuesday 7th July 2026) website

UPDATE: Thanks to a follower on twi…. I mean X (thanks Rob M). Although this one is showing as currently open, looking at news websites its actually temporarily closed for a £550K refurbishment.

• The Samuel Peto, Folkestone, England (re-opens either late June or July 16th 2026) website

What’s happening in Spoons this June ?

Well the good news, there are no closures!, THe not so good news, There are no new openings!

The next news depends on if you are an avid football fan… The World Cup starts

So in this months update its a kind of choose your own adventure

⚽️ FWC26 Fans

• 11th June Word Cup Starts
• 13th June Scotland vs Haiti
• 17th June England vs Croatia
• 19th June Scotland vs Morocco
• 19th June - 21st June 🍔 The Brunch Burger (Fathers day weekend)
• 23rd June England vs Ghana
• 24th June Scotland vs Brazil
• 27th June England vs Panama

Not a Football Fan ?

Your adventure could be to visit 1 or more of the 17 Spoons that don’t have a TV! Don’t know which ones those are, fear not I will be posting an update closer to the kick off.

• 11th June Hibernation Starts
• 19th June The Brunch Burger Arrives (Fathers Day Weekend)
• 21st June The Brunch Burger Departs

Good luck in your conquest to avoid the event!

Happy Birthday to me… well not actually me, more the Spoons App. It is exactly one year ago today since I released the first version of Spoons. It actually took around 6 months from starting developemnt, to releasing version 1.0.0. Needless to say its not my first app, the first app I released on the App store was way back in 2010.

Obviously I planned to spend half that time developing it, but once I had nailed down the basic features Mrs Spoons kept suggesting new ideas, which once I had heard, just had to be in added.

Since last April there have been a whopping 19 versions released. The app has become a definite passion project, and I’ve enjoyed having an excuse totally valid reason to get out and visit lots of Wetherspoons.