Heartwood Collection, the award-winning group, has acquired The Woodman, Palmers Green from Marstons Plc.
The acquisition will see the pub undergo an extensive multi-million pound refurbishment to create 150 internal covers with a further 60 external covers.
Originally two adjoining cottages built in 1727, the pub first started serving guests under the watchful eye of retired police officer Henry Wale in 1868. The historic pub is well-known locally and is reputed to have one of the smallest bars in England. Heartwood’s refurbishment will preserve the listed building’s quaint features whilst infusing it with Heartwood’s signature cosy, quirky style where guests will be able to enjoy their seasonally changing, ethically sourced menus in line with its three star SRA rating.
The acquisition of The Woodman, expected to open Summer 2025, joins Heartwood’s acquisitions of The Royal Forest, Epping Forest and The Prince of Wales, East Barnet in North East London and continues Heartwood’s ambitious plan to grow to over 60 sites with a turnover of £133m by 2027 and joins four sites already confirmed by Heartwood to open in 2025.
Richard Ferrier, CEO of Heartwood Collection, said:
“We’re delighted to have been able to acquire this charming pub which has clearly been central to and much loved by the local community for so long. We have been looking at The Woodman for a number of years and feel it will make an outstanding Heartwood Inn.”
Press Contact
For any media enquiries please contact Emma Martin: emma.m@heartwoodcollection.com / 020 3166 2727
Notes to editors
Heartwood Collection is the Group that operates 25 Heartwood Inns pubs and 14 Brasserie Blanc restaurants across the UK. Heartwood Collection’s current site portfolio is as follows:
Inns
The Barley Mow – Englefield Green, Surrey
The Black Horse – Thame, Oxfordshire
The Black Horse – Reigate, Surrey
The Black Swan – Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire
The Boot – Histon, Cambridgeshire
The Britannia – Parkstone, Dorset
The British Queen – Locksbottom, Kent
The Cricketers – Cobham, Surrey
The Hare – Old Redding, Harrow Weald, Middlesex
The Highwayman – Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
The Jobber’s Rest – Upminster, Essex
The Jolly Farmer – Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
The King’s Arms – Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The King’s Head – Teddington, Middlesex
The March Hare – Guildford, Surrey
The Oaks – Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset
The Plough & Harrow – Long Ditton, Surrey
The Queen’s Head – Weybridge, Surrey
The Quill & Scholar – Lichfield, Staffordshire
The Red Deer – Horsham, West Sussex
The Rising Sun – Reading, Berkshire
The Ropemaker – Emsworth, Hampshire
The Sun Inn – Chobham, Surrey
The White Bear – Ruislip, Middlesex
The White Horse – Dorking, Surrey
Upcoming openings
The White Hart – Lewes, East Sussex. Opening October 2024
The Coat & Bear – Newbury, Berkshire. Opening October 2024
The Royal Forest – Epping Forest, Essex. Opening November 2024
The Prince of Wales – East Barnet, London. Opening Spring 2025
The Old Crown – Great Bookham, Surrey. Opening Spring 2025
The White Hart – Lymington, Hampshire. Opening Spring 2025
The Ragged Robin – Godalming, Surrey. Opening Spring 2025
Brasserie Blanc Restaurants
London – Chancery Lane
London – Fulham Reach
London – Southbank
London – Threadneedle Street
Beaconsfield
Bournemouth
Cheltenham
Chichester
Hale Barns
Leeds
Milton Keynes
Oxford
Portsmouth
Winchester
Heartwood Collection is backed by Alchemy Partners. Heartwood recently announced the news that Heartwood Collection recently secured an additional £100m of funding from its owner Alchemy Partners and its banking partner OakNorth to support the Group’s continued growth in freehold pubs and freehold pubs with rooms.
Heartwood Inns has been awarded the Best Managed Pub Group and Best Operations Team Awards at the Publican Awards 2024 alongside the R200 Best Food-Led Pub Group Awards 2023. It has also been recognised as a Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 and won the Bronze Award at the DRUM EMEA Awards for Best Rebrand for Heartwood Collection.
For any media enquiries please contact Emma Martin: emma.m@heartwoodcollection.com / 020 3166 2727
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