The Wheelwrights Arms, Havant

This pub has now been closed with the owner citing the credit crunch. It was a really busy pub a few years ago but has since gone steadily downhill. Myself and others ceased going in to it under the last owner, because it became a pub where groups of foul mothed males would congregate. Women especially would stay away. The landlord was unnecessarily aggressive and unfriendly. A regular customer wanted a packet of crisps there once and was told that the till had already been cashed up. If the landlord's friends were drinking there, the pub would be open till 11pm plus. Myself and a friend were there at 10.20 ish one evening and were told in a gruff voice. "Closing at half ten tonight". It was never a welcoming pub.

Punch Taverns are looking to keep it open, and with the right landlord it can again be a thriving pub.

15 Dec 2008 15:51