The Britannia

09/10/2026

🎤🔥 IT'S ALL HAPPENING AT THE BRITANNIA THIS WEEKEND! 🔥🎸

🍻 FRIDAY NIGHT – KARAOKE FROM 8PM! 🎤

Get your singing voices ready! 🎶 Whether you're a superstar on the mic or just fancy a good singalong, come and join us for a cracking Friday night! 🍺🎉

🎸🔥 SATURDAY NIGHT – LIVE MUSIC! 🔥🎸

🤘 THE MYSTERY MEN 🤘

⏰ LIVE FROM 9PM!

Get ready for a fantastic night of live music, great atmosphere and plenty of drinks flowing! 🍻🎶

🍺 TWO NIGHTS, ONE GREAT PUB!

📍 THE BRITANNIA – HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING

🍻 Bring your mates, grab a drink and let's make it another brilliant weekend at The Britannia!

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08/10/2026

🎉🍻 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE BRITANNIA! 🍻🎉

💥 BINGO, BIG PRIZES & KARAOKE! 💥

🃏 5.30PM – CARD BINGO!
❄️ The SNOWBALL is up for grabs!

🎡 SPIN THE WHEEL!
Every Card Bingo win gets you a spin of the wheel for a chance to bag even MORE prizes! 🎁💰

🔐 SAFECRACKER!
🔑 Have you got what it takes to crack the safe and win the pot? 💷

🎤 7.30PM – KARAOKE TILL LATE! 🎶\
Get those vocal cords warmed up and come belt out your favourite tunes! 🎵🍻

🔥 Great atmosphere, plenty of laughs and loads of chances to WIN!

🍺 Get yourselves down to The Britannia tonight! Everyone welcome!🍺

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07/10/2026

Britain’s pubs are worth up to £30 billion in wellbeing value to communities across the UK. But rising costs and high taxes are putting pressure on pubs that bring people together.

This Week of Action, join the campaign today and tell your MP to keep pubs open and pints affordable.

https://www.longlivethelocal.pub/letter 🍍

07/10/2026

🍺🔥 £2.50 PINTS START THIS MONDAY! 🔥🍺

Starting MONDAY 12TH OCTOBER, you can grab selected draught pints at The Britannia for just £2.50! 👀🍻

🍺 Foster’s
🍺 John Smith’s
🍺 Coors
🍺 Strongbow
🍺 Murphy’s

💰 JUST £2.50 A PINT
📅 MONDAY – THURSDAY
⏰ 10AM – 2PM

So if you fancy a daytime pint, a catch-up with your mates or a game of pool — get yourselves down! 🍺🙌

📍 The Britannia, Houghton-le-Spring

STARTS THIS MONDAY — 12TH OCTOBER! 🔥

Tag someone who needs to know about this! 👇🍻

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06/10/2026

🎃🔥 HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR AT THE BRITANNIA! 🔥🎃
Get ready for a HUGE Halloween night of LIVE ROCK, fancy dress and Halloween madness! 👻🤘

🎃 SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER 🎃

⏰ 8:30pm

📍 THE BRITANNIA – HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING

🎸🔥 THE PAUL AUSTIN BAND 🔥🎸
🤘 OUTLAW ROCK

PLUS...

⚡ SUPPORT FROM ODIN’S REVENGE ⚡

👻 HALLOWEEN COSTUME COMPETITION 👻

🏆 PRIZES TO BE WON! 🏆

Get your best Halloween costume ready and join us for a cracking night of live music, drinks and Halloween mayhem! 💀🍻🎸

📣 TAG YOUR MATES & GET THIS SHARED!

06/10/2026

🎄✨ RESIDENTS & RELATIVES CHRISTMAS PARTY ✨🎄

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎅🏼❤️

We’re delighted to invite our residents, families and friends to join us for our Christmas Party at The Britannia Pub, Houghton-le-Spring! 🎉

📅 Wednesday 9th December
⏰ 2.00pm

🎤 Karaoke
🥪 Festive buffet
🎄 Plenty of festive cheer!

❤️ All families and friends are invited to come along and celebrate this special time of year with us.

Please let a member of the team know if you’re planning to attend so we can make sure we have plenty of festive treats for everyone! 🎅🏼🎁✨

We can’t wait to celebrate Christmas together! 🎄🥂

05/10/2026

Saturday 10th October sees us back at The Britannia Catch us form 9pm!

02/10/2026

🔥🎡 HOUGHTON FEAST WEEKEND STARTS HERE! 🎡🔥
This Friday 2nd October, we’re kicking off Houghton Feast weekend in style at The Britannia! 🙌
🎧 DJ DANNY T
⏰ LIVE FROM 7PM
🎶 Big tunes • Party anthems • Great atmosphere
🍻 Drinks flowing all night!
Whether you’re heading to the Feast or just fancy a cracking Friday night out, get yourself down to The Britannia and get the weekend started properly! 💃🕺
📍 The Britannia, Houghton-le-Spring
🗓️ Friday 2nd October | From 7PM
🔥 HOUGHTON FEAST WEEKEND — LET’S HAVE IT! 🔥

02/10/2026

🔥🎉 HOUGHTON FEAST SATURDAY AT THE BRITANNIA! 🎉🔥

We’ve got a FULL DAY of entertainment tomorrow and you won’t want to miss it! 🍻

🥁 SEE THE PIPERS PLAYING IN THE BRITANNIA
🎪 Houghton Feast Parade starts at 2PM
🍺 Grab yourself a drink and watch the parade right from our front doors!**

Then we’re carrying straight on into the night… 🎶

🎤🥁🎹 LIVE – WATCH HOUSE TRIO
⏰ ON STAGE 9PM

Expect a brilliant mix of Beautiful South, Journey, ELO, Heart, Rainbow, Northern Soul, Motown & loads more! 🎶🔥

🍻 Come down, grab a drink and make a day of it at The Britannia!

📍 The Britannia, Houghton-le-Spring



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30/09/2026

💛🪩 **TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT — THE GOLDEN PARTY!** 🪩💛

After an amazing month of **Going Gold**, we’re finishing September with a BIG night at **The Britannia!** 🎗️✨

🎧 **DJ TEE BEE — FROM 6PM**
🕺 Classic Motown
🎶 Northern Soul
🔥 Party anthems all night
🎟️ Raffles
🎁 Luxury hampers
💛 All helping us raise as much as possible for **Solving Kids’ Cancer UK**

✨ **EVERYONE WELCOME!** ✨

Get your gold on, bring your friends and come and help us finish our **Going Gold campaign with a bang!** 💃🕺

👧👦 **Children must be out by 7pm**

📍 **The Britannia, Houghton-le-Spring**
⏰ **TONIGHT FROM 6PM**

💛🎗️ **LET’S MAKE THE LAST NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER COUNT!** 🎗️💛

29/09/2026

💛🔥 **TOMORROW IS THE BIG ONE!** 🔥💛

After a full month of **Going Gold**, tomorrow we’re finishing it off with a HUGE day raising money for **Solving Kids’ Cancer UK!** 🎗️

🍻 **PUB CRAWL — MEET AT 2PM**
📍 Meet at **The Britannia**
➡️ Off to **Chester-le-Street**
🍺 Making our way down the street, stopping in each pub
➡️ Then back to **Houghton & The Britannia!**

✨ **Fancy dress or wear something GOLD**
🙌 **EVERYONE WELCOME**
🪣 Collection buckets will be with us throughout the crawl!

🪩💛 **THEN IT’S THE GOLDEN PARTY!** 💛🪩

🎧 **DJ TEE BEE**
⏰ **FROM 6PM**
🎶 Motown • Northern Soul • Party Anthems
🎟️ Raffles & luxury hampers
🎉 **EVERYONE WELCOME**
👧👦 **Children must be out by 7pm**

Get the gold gear on and come join us for a brilliant day and night — **all while raising as much as we possibly can for an amazing cause!** 💛🎗️

📍 **The Britannia, Houghton-le-Spring**

25/09/2026

Actress Daisy Edgar-Jones filmed 🎥 a promo for her new film, Sense and Sensibility in our Canonbury pub, The Marquess Tavern for Vogue 🥰

The team at Vogue were searching for a shooting location that oozes class, was timeless and in-keeping with the theme of the movie... so where else were they going to film?! 😏

Take a look at the promo - Daisy is in character as Elinor Dashwood throughout!

Sense and Sensibility hits cinemas TODAY! 🎬Why not pop into The Marquess Tavern to wash down your popcorn! 🍿🍷

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22/09/2026

We're on board, are you?

Join thousands backing Britain's pubs and breweries.

www.longlivethelocal.pub ❤️🍺

21/09/2026

This pub is a gem! 💎

The Wig & Mitre in Lincoln's Cathedral Quarter has reopened following a £100k investment. ⛪

Anne-Marie and Paul Balcomb have taken on the 14th century pub... "We’re thrilled to take control of such an iconic pub and can’t wait to meet all of our wonderful guests" ❤️

📷 Courtesy of Tory McTernan

17/09/2026

Welcome to The Buck Inn 🦌

New Management Partner Adrian McShane-Chapman has taken over the Thornton-le-Dale pub following a whopping £490k investment 🤑

🗨️ “I arrived in the UK 22 years ago from Australia, armed with just a backpack and no real plan... I’ve dipped in and out of hospitality over that time but the fire inside me to run my own pub burned bright.” - Adrian

If you're in Yorkshire, pay Adrian and his team a visit and check out this stunning pub for yourselves. 🤩

15/09/2026

Rory takes the keys to the refurbished Cross Keys pub in Nottingham! 🗝️

Our new Management Partner Rory Calladine has taken the reins at the popular city centre pub following a £100,000 investment.

🗨️"I was instantly drawn to the pub and as soon I discovered it was available in a partnership with Punch, I jumped at the chance." 🍍

Regular guests at The Cross Keys will instantly notice the pub’s traditional feel and special characteristics have been retained throughout but that a complete refresh has taken place. 💫

11/09/2026

We have reopened the Keyworth Tavern following a quarter-of-a-million refurbishment 🔥

The Keyworth pub in Nottingham, run by our Management Partner John Francis, had been closed for 5 weeks while we tore out the bar, stripped the pub back and replaced everything with new, modern furnishings. 🤩

Great work by everyone involved in the transformation 🥂

03/09/2026

We're quite fond of it too, Prime Minister! The Dog House

28/08/2026

Our Publican Beth at The Beeswing Inn 2013 has raised circa £250K for charity 😍 so if you're in the area this weekend, pop in and enjoy the music, food and drink!

Well done Beth!! 🥳

The Beeswing in East Cowton is hosting its 13th ‘Glastonbury’ festival to raise money for end of life care at a nearby hospital.

27/08/2026

Newly married couple Gareth and Jamie Furness have take the over The Bay Horse Inn in Pickering. 🔔

The pub has received a £400,000 investment and Gareth says it has been very well received by locals. 😃

“We are seeing more locals returning to the pub, faces that haven't been seen here for many years and we are seeing them on a regular basis... The refurb has really put The Bay Horse Inn back on the map and firmly at the heart of the Pickering community.” ❤️

Well done to everyone involved in this brilliant transformation 👏