A POPULAR Wetherspoon pub in Somerset is shutting its doors for a period in 2025 (starting this month) to get a new look.
JD Wetherspoons operates the William Dampier pub at the corner of Central Street and Middle Street, at the bottom end of the Yeovil town centre.
The pub will officially be shut from January 20 - with renovation work taking place to improve the facilities.
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The Somerset Wetherspoon pub applied for the renovation in March 2024 to create an outside seating area for its customers - removing part of the service yard which backs onto the town’s bus station and the vacant Glovers Walk shopping centre.
William Dampier will be closed from January 20 until April 8.
Wetherspoon is now on-site at Yeovil to complete this work and refurbish the pub with a new carpet, redecoration, toilet refurbishment, kitchen upgrade, overbar glass racks etc.
This will give the pub an extra 2,100 sq ft garden and give an extra 500 sq ft customer area in the pub.
Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “ We are delighted to have started development work at our Yeovil pub.
“We believe the addition of a new garden and updated interior will be welcomed by customers and staff.
“We look forward to welcoming customers into the new-look pub.”
The William Dampier takes its name from the eponymous English explorer, naturalist and pirate, who was born in East Coker and was the first Englishman to explore parts of Australia (as well as the first person to circumnavigate the world three times).
The company secured permission for a similar facility in November 2019, but due to the coronavirus pandemic these changes were never implemented.
You can find the William Dampier at 97 Middle St, Yeovil, BA20 1LN.
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