Arguably a student favourite, JD Wetherspoon plc has been operating since 1979, when their first pub opened in North London. Fast-forward nearly forty years later and the national chain now owns nearly 1,000 hotels and […]
Judge Refuses Wetherspoon’s Appeal
A judge has upheld the decision to refuse J D Wetherspoon an alcohol license for the grade-two listed Elinor Lupton Centre on Otley Road, Headingley. The long-running bid to turn the iconic building into a […]
Otley Road Wetherspoon’s license rejected
In 2014, JD Wetherspoon bought The Elinor Lupton Centre on Headingley lane with intentions of turning it into a 500-capacity venue. They won an appeal in September against Leeds City Council’s decision to reject the […]
Historic Headingley building on Otley Road to become a Wetherspoons
Wetherspoons has finally applied for pub licence for £1.5 million property on Headingley Lane it purchased in 2014. The former Sunday school, designed by Leeds architect William Peel Schofield, opened 1914 and later became the […]