JD Wetherspoon to open pub on M40 motorway
JD Wetherspoon is set to open a pub at a motorway service area on the M40.
The pub group has permission to operate the first licensed bar and restaurant on the motorway network 24 hours a day, though it is yet to confirm opening hours. It can serve alcohol from 8am until 1am seven days a week.
The £2m development open at Extra's motorway service area on the M40 (junction 2) at Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said: "We are looking forward to opening our first licensed bar and restaurant on the motorway network.
"The company has always been innovative and this is an exciting new development for us.
"Hopefully it will be the first of many Wetherspoon's on the Motorway."
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