Beefeater in Kent, Oxford and the South East

Which Beefeaters were in the South East?

27 Beefeaters in the South East were on Whitbread's closure list: The Applecart, Balmoral Inn, The Barn, The Beacon, The Bull, The Cricketers, Crossbush, Crows Nest, Eureka Park, Farnborough, Great Oak, Harbour Lights, The Longwall, Malta Inn, Manor Farm, Medina Quay, Mill House, Oast & Squire, Oxford Kidlington, The Parkway, The Plough, Rackstraws Farm, Sir Thomas Wyatt, The Southcote, Spruce Goose, White Hart and The Woolpack. All closed on 10 September 2026.

The area is the one on Whitbread's closure list. 'Now' is the restaurant listed on the nearest Premier Inn hotel page within 600 metres, a Queensway Inns pub at the same address, or a reported new owner. A hotel restaurant nearby does not prove it is in the old Beefeater building.

What replaced the Beefeaters in the South East?

At 21 of the 27 sites, the Premier Inn next door lists its own restaurant, which serves the Premier Inn restaurant menu. The Plough and White Hart are now Queensway Inns pubs.

What did Beefeater cost in the South East?

The South East Beefeaters used price bands 1, 2 and 3 of Beefeater's last menu, so an 8oz sirloin cost £18.99 to £19.99 before the closure. These prices are archived: nothing is on sale.

Each Beefeater's own menu page linked one of three main-menu price files, archived by the Wayback Machine in summer 2026. Sites with no archived menu file show n/a. The full last menu, with every dish, is on the Beefeater menu page.

Where can I eat in the South East now Beefeater has gone?

Of the 140 Premier Inn hotels in the South East on premierinn.com, 113 list their own restaurant: 50 as Premier Inn restaurant, 49 as Thyme Bar & Grill and 14 as The Social. All serve the same national menu.

They serve the unlimited breakfast from £10.99, with up to two kids eating free per adult, and the Premier Inn Meal Deal from £27.99 at selected hotels. Breakfast usually runs 6.30am to 10.30am on weekdays: see Premier Inn breakfast times.

Which Queensway Inns pubs are in the South East?

Queensway Inns lists 6 pubs in the South East on its website, a mix of former Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and other Whitbread sites run as value pubs.

From Queensway Inns' own pub list, fetched 15 October 2026. Common Table Group plans to reopen 57 more former Whitbread sites from mid-November 2026 but has not published its list.

Which Brewers Fayre restaurants closed in the South East?

10 Brewers Fayre restaurants in the South East closed on 7 September 2026, three days before Beefeater: Bicester, Bobbing Apple, Brookers Oast, The Clarence Pier, The Drove, Duke of York, Monkey Puzzle, Papermill, Willen Dragon and The Windmill.