Take a Look Inside Bloxwich Pub Following £390,000 Makeover
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The Spotted Cow on Wolverhampton Road in Bloxwich reopened on Friday 19th December following a phenomenal investment of more than £390,000. The pub is part of Proper Pubs, the award-winning community wet-led operator division of Admiral Taverns, which operates more than 220 pubs across England, Scotland and Wales.
Inside, the Spotted Cow underwent a complete transformation to include brand new flooring, fixtures, fittings and furniture throughout as well as five multiple flat screen televisions throughout and a designated sports area with a brand-new pool table and two dart boards.
Outside, The Spotted Cow hosts brand new lighting and signage to greet customers as well as a spacious beer garden seating more than 100 people. The outdoor area is also complete with a large television screen to ensure customers can watch their favourite team play from anywhere at the pub.
The pub officially reopened to the community on Friday the 19th December and to celebrate hosted an exciting evening of live entertainment, including a special performance from local DJ, DeeJay0213.
The Spotted Cow offers a wide range of drinks promotions, including Wine Wednesday, where customers can get £2 off a bottle, Fizz Friday, offering customers a bottle of fizz for £10, along with cocktails, bottle and shot deals throughout the week.
Zac Peate, operator of The Spotted Cow, said: “It’s been terrific watching the Spotted Cow’s transformation come to life over the past few months and I am absolutely thrilled with the results of the refurbishment. The pub looks fantastic and it has been a pleasure to welcome our customers, both old and new, back through the door just in time to celebrate Christmas!
I would like to thank everyone, including friends, family, the community and of course the team at Proper Pubs, for all their support throughout this journey and helping to get the pub to where it is now. I look forward to all that’s to come at the Spotted Cow!”
On top of the fantastic drink selection, Zac looks forward to hosting a busy schedule of entertainment for customers to enjoy, including regular live music every Friday and Saturday from 9pm onwards. Going forward, he hopes to set up darts, pool and dominoes teams as well as running regular quiz and bingo nights. In addition, the operator is excited to supporting an array of important community initiatives close to his heart. To start with, he will be collecting food to donate to the local foodbank, and he will be raising money to have a lifesaving defibrillator installed. In the future, he plans to host a series of charity events in aid of a different cause each month. Initially, he will be raising money for men’s mental health charity, Andy's Man Club, and social justice charity, St Giles.
Matt Gurney, Operations Director for Proper Pubs, said: “I’m thrilled to see how well the refurbishment at the Spotted Cow has turned out and I am delighted that the opening night was a great success! This community pub has so much to offer and I’m confident that Zac will be able to unlock its full potential.”
Proper Pubs is always looking for ways to support its communities through an annual schedule of events and fundraising initiatives and in March 2024, it was crowned Community Pub Operator at the Publican Awards. Most recently, the Group collected over 20,000 Easter Eggs to donate to communities in need and raised nearly £100,000 in just three months for various local charities across the UK. Last year, Proper Pubs also successfully donated enough food to local foodbanks across the UK to feed 1,300 people for a week and has also been recognised UK-wide defibrillator installation campaign which has already saved 11 lives.
Currently, operators across Proper Pubs’ estate are fundraising for Admiral Taverns’ charity partner, Claire House Hospice, and encouraging their customers to write Christmas cards to those who will be experiencing loneliness this Christmas.
The Spotted Cow, Wolverhampton Road, Bloxwich, WS3 2EZ
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Admiral Taverns (“Admiral”) is the UK’s number one community pub group. Headquartered in Chester; the Group operates a national estate of c.1,350 predominantly wet-led community pubs. Admiral’s unique operational approach has earnt industry recognition with the Group winning Best Community Pub Operator at the 2024 Publican Awards, whilst also being shortlisted for Best Partnership Pub Company (501+ Sites). In 2019, 2016 and 2013, Admiral Taverns won Best Leased and Tenanted Pub Company at the Publican Awards and ranked highly commended as Best Community Pub Operator in 2017. The Group has also been consistently highly rated by licensees in the industry’s independent annual Tenant Track survey, exceeding the scores of all its national peers and most recently it won ‘Best Recruitment Strategy’ at the British Institute of Innkeeping’s National Innovation and Training Awards in November 2025.
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