Haven to open new Wetherspoons pubs at four holiday parks this summer in huge £9million makeover
HAVEN is adding four brand-new Wetherspoons pubs to some of its parks across the country – and has revealed their names.
The holiday park has invested £9million into its venues that will open later this year.
Haven revealed last year that even more of the popular British boozers would be coming to its holiday parks, taking its total up to nine.
The first pub to open will be The Alfred Wainwright at Haven’s Lakeland holiday park in Cumbria.
It has been named after Alfred Wainwright, the British fellwalker who wrote about the 214 fells in his seven-volume guide to the Lake District.
Over in Blackpool, the Haven’s Cala Gran holiday park will open The Springfield.
The pub is named after Springfield House which stood on what is now the main entrance to the park in the 1960s.
The Cornwall-based holiday park called Riviere Sands will open up The Bluff.
Its name refers to the steep bank or cliff edge where the pub is located.
However the pub site isn’t actually new as it will takeover the existing pub site – also called The Bluff.
The last of the new Wetherspoons pubs will be at Haven’s Hopton in Great Yarmouth.
It’s name is The White Clover – named after the flower grown across the county representing good luck.
Simon Palethorpe, Haven’s CEO, said: “Our partnership with J D Wetherspoon continues to grow. With a record 4 million holidaymakers and owners due to take a Haven holiday in 2026, the UK coastal holiday shows no signs of slowing down.
“The naming of the J D Wetherspoon pubs is highly anticipated and always reveals an interesting historical, geographical or cultural reference to the area.
“We look forward to more guests enjoying a pint whilst taking in some of the most beautiful views of our UK coastline.”
The four new Wetherspoons brings the total at Haven up to nine.
The very first of the pubs to open at the holiday park was the Five Stones at Primrose Valley in Yorkshire.
This was followed by The Red Rocks at Devon Cliffs, The Humber Stone at Cleethorpes Beach, The London Stone at Kent Coast and The Sir Thomas Haggerston at Haggerston Castle in Northumberland.
Since 2021, Haven has invested £660 million upgrading the guest experience and facilities.
The holiday park is also set to renovate the Show Bar at Marton Mere in Blackpool and build a new supermarket at Kent Coast.
One writer went for a drink at the UK’s first on-site Wetherspoons at Haven…
Writer Christine Challand visited Haven’s very first Wetherspoons called The Five Stones – and chatted to visitors who love it…
“It’s a grey and blustery morning on the North Yorkshire coast but guests at Haven’s Primrose Valley holiday park in Filey are still in high spirits
“It might have something to do with the company’s first and only Wetherspoons pub, The Five Stones, which is set to make the resort even more popular with holidaymakers.
“Hilary, 65, has visited 829 Wetherspoons pubs and says the couple are always happy to travel to compare menus and bar lay-out.
“She said: ‘People might think it’s a bit strange that we go all over the UK to do this, but it’s a lot of fun,’ she added. ‘There’s a nice inclusive atmosphere here in Filey.’
“For Andy and Gill Bishop, a £2.80 pint of Ruddles and a cheeky £5.26 glass of Sauvignon Blanc make a perfect mid-morning start to the day at The Five Stones.
“The couple, who live in Harrogate and run their own holiday apartments in Filey, have been caravan owners at Haven’s Primrose Valley site for 14 years and think the Wetherspoons opening will be a major draw for holidaymakers.
” Gill said: ‘This is just a warm-up for celebrating my 61st birthday tomorrow. It doesn’t matter what the weather’s like, Filey was recently voted one of the ten best beaches in the world so we’d never go anywhere else.’”
For more on Wetherspoons, one Sun Travel writer went to the first ever foreign pub with mini beers and a huge queue of Brits.
And Sun Travel visited the world’s smallest Wetherspoons that’s built on the remains of a 2000-year-old palace.
