There was a slight last-chance-to-see element to planning the ticking trip to this pub; as the premises is currently for sale with full planning permission for a student accommodation development.
And indeed I was slightly worried I'd missed it, as their social media hadn't been updated in a few weeks. This feeling got stronger when I arrived and couldn't find a door in to the pub - the actual corner section of Bakers Corner had all doors locked; but I could see the lights in the taps were on at least.
The pubs adjacent off-licence was open; and inside I was told that the corner doors hadn't been used in quite some time and that the pub was indeed open - you now enter through the carpark. Or through the off-licence, should you so wish, as it has a door through.
As for when it will close - I've no idea. I'm sure we'll hear about it, as its quite well known; but the pub website seems to be more up to date than any social media channels for once - it has June 2024 live music listings, so only a few days out of date at time of writing.
The impending closure of the pub will extend what's already a bit of a growing pub graveyard - the Rose Park Hotel across the road closed in the 2000s, the Farmhouse Inn in Monsktown Farm in the 2010s; and heading South East, The Thatch and The Deerhunter are both also gone in recent decades.
However, the planning for the new development does include a replacement pub. From experience, only about two thirds of these actually ever come to fruition - we are still awaiting any development of a new S1709 Belgard Inn for instance - but the market already exists for this pub, and 276 students living upstairs can only provide a bit more demand.
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