England loses 2,707 pubs in four years
Submitted by Toque on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 02:43
Sobering statistics from today's press release by ippr.
| Region/country | Number of pubs 2005 |
Net pubs closed 2005-2009 |
% pubs closed 2005-2009 |
| West Midlands |
6013 | -576 | -9.6 |
| Scotland | 5971 | -562 | -9.4 |
| North West |
8513 | -612 | -7.2 |
| East Midlands |
5259 | -356 | -6.8 |
| South East |
8521 | -530 | -6.2 |
| Wales | 4147 | -236 | -5.7 |
| East of England |
5562 | -311 | -5.6 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber |
6181 | -322 | -5.2 |
Casualties include The Abergavenny Arms.
See Camra for more details.
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The figures are very sad. The
The figures are very sad. The minus figures are showing pubs that have been lost (as a deficit)...