Take a Look Inside Wavetree Community Pub Following Over £315,000 Makeover
- Guild Secretary
- Dec 11
- 4 min read
The Wellington on Picton Road in Wavetree, Liverpool reopened on Friday 28th November following a transformational investment of more than £315,000. 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.
The investment has completely revitalised The Wellington, giving it an elevated look and feel throughout as well as an improved flow to enhance customer experience. Inside, the pub features brand new fixtures, fittings, furniture and flooring along with a spacious, newly updated main bar area and cosy lounge. In addition, it now boasts a dedicated sports zone featuring a pool table, dart board and a state-of-the-art flat screen television complete with Sky Sport, TNT and horse racing channels.
Outside, The Wellington hosts a revamped beer terrace that now features brand new wooden benches, atmospheric festoon lighting and newly decorated fencing to create a relaxing, welcoming environment for guests to enjoy. To complete the pub’s new look, it has also received brand new lighting and signage at the front of the venue to welcome visitors.
The pub will officially reopened on Friday 28th November and celebrated with an evening of fantastic live music, including performances from Connor James and Alfie Benson as well as a live DJ set to kick festivities off. Entertainment continued over the weekend with plenty of karaoke and live football including the Everton vs Newcastle and West Ham vs Liverpool games.
The Wellington offers a wide range of drinks promotions, including Wine Wednesday, where customers can get £2 off a bottle, Fizz Friday, offering a bottle of fizz for £10, along with cocktails, bottle and shot deals throughout the week.
Stephen Rickards, Operator of The Wellington, said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to have reopened The Wellington and it’s been a huge success so far! It’s fantastic to welcome everyone back through the doors, especially as we head into the Christmas countdown. The refurbishment has completely transformed the pub, and I’m so proud of its new look – it’s the perfect space for people to come together, relax and enjoy great drinks, live sport and entertainment. As a local resident myself, it means a lot to be running a proper community pub at the heart of Wavertree, and I’m really looking forward to seeing it continue to buzz for many years to come.”
As part of Stephen’s commitment to bringing people together and supporting all aspects of community life, he is excited to run a busy schedule of regular entertainment with a different event planned for every night of the week including games evenings, open mic nights and more. In addition, he will be collecting food to donate to the local foodbank and hosting frequent charity raffles to raise money to have a lifesaving defibrillator installed at the pub.
Matthew Gurney, Operations Director for Proper Pubs, said: "It’s a real pleasure to welcome Stephen to The Wellington and to see this incredible refurbishment come to life. The transformation has created a vibrant, inviting space that can be enjoyed by all the local community. On behalf of myself and the entire Proper Pubs team, we’re delighted with the successful reopening and wish Stephen and The Wellington all the very best for a fantastic festive season and beyond."
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 for its UK wide defibrillator installation campaign which has already saved 11 lives.
Currently, operators across Proper Pubs’ estate are collecting as many selection boxes as possible to donate to local charities and communities in need this Christmas, as well as fundraising for Admiral Taverns’ charity partner, Claire House Hospice. In addition, operators are encouraging their customers to write Christmas cards to those who will be experiencing loneliness this Christmas.
The Wellington, Picton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 4LP
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Notes to Editors
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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