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This page features news from the Portsmouth pub scene and is continuously updated.
More detailed news of pub openings and refurbishments can be found on the Pub Reviews page
1st Sep 10: Conditional permission has been granted to convert the Stamshaw Hotel, Twyford Avenue into nine flats. Another Victorian pub is consigned to history. 15th Aug 10: The Stamshaw Hotel, Twyford Avenue, is currently being advertised for sale. 15th Aug 10: Work is reported to be currently taking place at the closed Coastguard Tavern, Clarendon Road, which indicates that the pub may be reopening for business. Watch this space. 11th Aug 10: The Sportsman's Rest, Copnor Road, is reported to be displaying a For Sale sign. Whether this is as a going concern or otherwise is uncertain. 6th Aug 10: A planning application has been submitted to demolish the Traveller's Joy, Milton Road, and construct flats and a veterinary surgery on the land. 2nd Aug 10: The Blue Anchor, London Road, North End, is closed and boarded. Future uncertain at present. 30th Jul 10: The Taswell Arms, Taswell Road, is reported to be closed temporarily whilst owners Enterprise Inns seek a new tenant for the pub. 28th Jul 10: It is reported that a new venue, Fin's Cafe Bar, has recently opened on Palmerston Road, Southsea. 28th Jul 10: The former Havana Bar on Kent Road, Southsea was the scene of a fire earlier this week. The premises presently stands empty. 28th Jul 10: Word is out that the excellent music venue, the Cellars At Eastney, is threatened with closure by its owner Enterprise Inns. Watch this space. 19th Jul 10: The Leopold Tavern, Albert Road was today presented with the 2010 Branch Pub of the Year award by the Portsmouth and S E Hampshire branch of the Campaign For Real Ale. Congratulations to Stuart Ainsworth and his staff. 18th Jul 10: After a recent period of closure, the Traveller's Rest, Somers Road, is now reported to have reopened. 15th Jun 10: The Dragon, St George's Road, Old Portsmouth, has partially regained its old identity - now being know as the Mary Rose and Dragon. 13th Jun 10: Planning permission has been awarded to convert the ground and first floor levels of the long-closed Dorchester Arms, Market Way, into a drinking establishment. The exact nature of the venue is however uncertain - i.e. it may not qualify as a public house as far as this website is concerned. 11th Jun 10: The New Inn, Drayton is soon to reopen as an Indian restaurant, the Spice Village. Another local pub is lost. 7th Jun10: A new bar, the Belle Isle, opened its doors today on Osborne Road, Southsea. More info to follow soon. 4th Jun 10: JD Wetherspoon's seventh Portsmouth pub, the Lord Palmerston opened today on Palmerston Road, Southsea. A review of this Lloyds No.1 Bar appears on the Pub Reviews page. 28th May 10: Another planning application has been submitted regarding the Wheelbarrow, Kent Road. The proposal is to build four houses behind the existing structure. Internal works have also begun within the pub itself, both in the bar area and in the upstairs accommodation. 28th May 10: The New Roebuck, New Road, is reported to currently be closed and boarded. 28th May 10: The New Inn, Drayton, is reported to be closed again - this time with its windows boarded. Future uncertain. 2nd May 10: The Traveller's Rest, Somers Road, is reported to be available to let. 28th Apr 10: The Avenue Hotel, Twyford Avenue, is currently undergoing internal refurbishment. 28th Apr 10: The Beresford, Twyford Avenue, is presently closed and boarded. 21st Apr 10: The Registry, St Michael's Road, has been renamed the Kraken Wakes (from the novel by science fiction writer John Wyndham). The pub is now operated as a live music venue. More details on the Pub Reviews page. 21st Apr 10: The Stamshaw Hotel, Twyford Avenue, is once again closed and boarded. Future uncertain. 14th Apr 10: The owners of the recently opened Drift In The City bar on Isambard Brunel Road appear to have fallen foul of the City of Portsmouth, inasmuch that planning permission was not sought with regard to the extensive external changes that have been made to the building. Retrospective planning permission has now been applied for and the City planners have also advised the owners that further permission shall be required in order to install television screens on the bar's first floor terrace. To have failed to apply for planning permission when your establishment stands adjacent to the City Council offices may be considered by some as being somewhat naive! 7th Apr 10: As previously mentioned on this page, JD Wetherspoon's rumoured aquisition of the former Chicago Rock Cafe on Palmerston Road now seems to be confirmed, with a target opening date of 4th June. The pub shall be another of JDW's Lloyd's No.1 Bars. 2nd Apr 10: Planning permission has been refused to demolish the now-closed Contented Pig on Fratton Road and replace it with a block of sixteen flats. 2nd Apr 10: Previously unreported: Conditional planning consent was given in January to convert the ground floor of the former Albany pub on Commercial Road to a casino. 23rd Mar 10: Rumours in recent months suggest that national pubco JD Wetherspoon has expressed an interest in the former Chicago Rock Cafe premises on Palmerston Road. However, no planning applications to this effect have yet been received by the city council. Watch this space. 23rd Mar 10: The Wig and Pen, Landport Terrace, has recently been taken over by new licensees Nigel and Sue Dilley and is now owned by Southern Counties Taverns. A Quiz and Curry night is being held on sundays and the pub shall be introducing food in the near future. The reintroduction of cask ale is also in the pipeline and shall be offered once footfall reaches the level necessary to sustain such a product. 20th Mar 10: The Froddington Arms, Fratton Road, is available on a 12 year lease through Admiral Taverns. 20th Mar 10: The Wymering Arms, Medina Road, is available as a five year short tenancy from Punch Taverns. 20th Mar 10: The Traveller's Joy, Milton Road, is presently available on a ten year lease from Punch Taverns. 19th Mar 10: The Wheelbarrow, Kent Road is once again closed, with its second floor windows boarded. 19th Mar 10: The Hampshire Boulevard on Hampshire Terrace now has its name condensed simply to HB. 19th Mar 10: The Market House Tavern on Mile End Road has its freehold for sale. 19th Mar 10: The former Bar Me premises on Guildhall Walk has now reopened as the Terrace Bar and Lounge. 6th Mar 10: The Connaught Arms, Guildford Road is reported to be available to let. 6th Mar 10: The Victory, The Hard, is once again open for business and is stocking cask ale from the local Irving and Co brewery. 1st Feb 10: An amended planning application has been submitted to the city council to convert the former Spotted Cow on North End Avenue into apartments. This supersedes the previous, failed application to demolish the property. 9th Jan 10: The Swan, Copnor Road, is reported to have closed once again. 5th Jan 10: The Beresford, Twyford Avenue, is once again closed and is reported to have been vandalised within, with grafitti on the walls and much of the fittings now removed.
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