More than 50 pubs a month on average were lost in England and Wales during the first half of 2024, according to new analysis of Government data.
Real estate intelligence firm Altus Group said the overall number of pubs, including those which were vacant or being offered to let, fell to 39,096 at the end of June.
The figure is down 305 versus the end of 2023, with the pubs either having closed down, been demolished or turned into something else.
Some pubs have been converted into homes, offices or even day nurseries.
The north west of England lost 46 pubs, which was the most of any region, during the first half of 2024.
Meanwhile, a total of 472 pubs called last orders for the final time during the whole of the financial year from April 1 2023 to March 31 2024.
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