A WETHERSPOON pub in the town centre is set to close its doors for good.

The pub chain has confirmed the Christopher Creeke in Holdenhurst Road will permanently close at the beginning of next month.

No staff will be made redundant as a result of the closure however, with staff relocated to other local Wetherspoon pubs in the chain.

The company thanked staff and customers for their loyalty over the years and said the chain occasionally closes some of its pubs.

Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “We can confirm that The Christopher Creeke pub in Bournemouth is to close. Its final day of trading will be on Sunday, April 3.

“We understand that staff and customers will be disappointed with the decision.

“On occasion Wetherspoon does close some of its pubs and this is the case here.

“We thank our staff and customers for their loyalty over the years.

“There will be no staff redundancies. All staff will remain with Wetherspoon working at the company’s pubs in the region.”

In October 2021, Wetherspoon announced it recorded its biggest loss on record as the business suffered heavily from the Covid-19 restrictions.

In the 12 months leading up to July 25, 2021, the pub chain recorded a pre-tax loss of £154.7million, compared to £34.1million the year before.

Sales were down from £1.26billion to £772.6m.

Founder and chairman Tim Martin said he remained hopeful for the future and customers were starting to return since lockdown.

Wetherspoon also recently warned of a hike in the price of a pint across the UK.

A Wetherspoon spokesperson said at the time: “Occasionally Wetherspoon does increase the price of its drinks. We always aim to keep our prices as competitive as possible.

"Prices on drinks in the majority of our pubs have increased by an average 10p from Tuesday March 1, with an increase of 20p in pubs in and around London.

“This represents an average two per cent increase in the majority of Wetherspoon pubs and four per cent in pubs in and around London.

"We believe that our drinks offer still represents great value-for money."