Six Nottinghamshire more pubs are at risk of being lost forever as a "frightening rate" of boozer closures has been declared by campaigners. More than 300 Nottinghamshire pubs have closed down over the last two decades according to Office for National Statistics data - and the toll did not include those that have been lost during the Covid pandemic.
Nottingham CAMRA have previously warned that the conversion of pubs to apartments is contributing to a loss of community spaces. Steve Westby, Nottingham CAMRA branch chairman, said: "What we are clearly doing is losing suburban pubs at a frightening rate and they don't seem to get replaced by anything else. This is particularly a blow to the community because your local pub was always a community pub and brought people together.
"We are gaining a small number of micro-pubs, which is excellent, but there aren't the same number as the pubs we are losing and where we are losing them." Six more former boozers could soon be lost through demolition or conversion.
