Soho’s infamous Groucho Club — known for, among other things, banning Damien Hirst and refusing Al Pacino entry — has announced its first branch, as the private members’ club expands north to Yorkshire. It will open in 2026.
The new Groucho will be known as Groucho Bretton, named for the building it sits in, Bretton Hall in Wakefield. The Grade II*-listed building, built in 1720, sits in the heart of Wakefield’s 500-acre Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The Hall has, among other things, been a campus for Leeds University, and was home to Bretton Hall College from 1949 until 2001.
