A major Merseyside JD Wetherspoon has been put on the market after a failed expansion left a seaside town looking like an "eyesore".
The Master Mariner in New Brighton, had been the subject of a planned £3m revamp which included expanding into the adjoining empty Lacy’s Bar. The pub originally opened in 2013 on the site of the former RJs and the Playas Lounge nightclubs.
In March 2022 the seaside bar and restaurant closed as work began on the transformation. Works were set to be completed by August of the same year but the pub chain announced its doors had to remain closed while works continued, with no reopening date given. In April 2023, Wetherspoons announced the development would not be taken any further, and that the site would be sold.
