First pub to open at motorway service station up for sale

The first pub to open at a motorway service station is up for sale.

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon said it was selling 32 of its sites either individually, in small packages or as a portfolio. Among the venues on the market is The Hope and Champion at junction two of the M 40 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

The pub opened its doors in January 2014 with road safety charity Brake warning of the temptation for drivers.

The RAC said at the time that it was a risky and unnecessary move, The pub, which was originally cost nearly 1.2 m, was named after the old stagecoaches that passed through the area, carrying people between London and Oxford.

Most of the pubs up for sale are located in London and the South East of England.

A spokesman for the pub chain said: Wetherspoon puts some pubs up for sale.

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