11 Facts About Wetherspoons

Wetherspoons was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford.

Wetherspoons is publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

In 1998, Wetherspoons introduced the oversized pint glass to promote the "full pint".

Wetherspoons pioneered non-smoking areas in pubs before the Smoking, Health and Social Care Act 2005, The Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and the Health Act 2006 in England and Wales became law in 2006.

In March 2021, Wetherspoons reaffirmed its expansion plans including 75 projects, comprising 18 new pubs and 57 significant extensions existing venues.

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Wetherspoons objected to the VAT rates on food sales in pubs and restaurants in the United Kingdom, and the fact they are higher than those paid by supermarkets.

Every Wetherspoons pub has a unique carpet, each inspired by the pub's name, location and building.

Wetherspoons has placed outlets in the passenger terminals of some UK airports, including Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Edinburgh Airport, Gatwick Airport, Glasgow Airport, Heathrow Airport, and Stansted Airport, as well as at several major railway stations, including Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street, London Cannon Street, London Liverpool Street, and London Victoria, with a new bar due to open in Glasgow Central.

In 2014, Wetherspoons opened a pub at the Beaconsfield motorway service area on the M40.

Wetherspoons's reached a total of 972, which included 80 that have subsequently closed.

In 2015, Wetherspoons were made to pay a total of £24, 000 for "direct racial discrimination" to eight individuals who were refused admittance to one of its pubs in north London based on what a judge described as "the stereotypical assumption that Irish travellers and English gypsies cause disorder wherever they go".