Walkabout (pub chain)

[2] In the 2010s, Walkabout came under pressure by boroughs keen to clean up and gentrify their high streets.

[3] Its Covent Garden branch, which was the first to open in the mid '90s, was closed in March 2013 with the company saying the site was too small.

Following a hiatus in the refurbishment programme works began in earnest in 2015 starting in March with Walkabout Bristol, followed by Sheffield and Newquay.

[8] The most recent opening was in Chelmsford,[9] where the site transitioned from a Wetherspoons to a new Walkabout bar in under three weeks.

[11] Walkabout has also evolved through innovation,[12] from collaborations with Pieminister[13] and Kilner,[14] to developments in their food offering and stadium seating being added to the Reading venue for watching sports.