Huge Bradford pub with snooker table and beer on sale for just £140k – but with a catch

Pubs across the UK are shutting up shop, with lifestyle changes and the seemingly endless cost-of-living crisis pushing more people to opt for a night in rather than a pint at their local.

But what happens to those once-loved boozers, packed with countless happy memories? YouTuber David Burnip, known to his legion of followers as Wandering Turnip, managed to bag himself a tour of an abandoned pub in Bradford.

The old Woodend free house was on the market with a starting bid of just £140,000– a steal for anyone who has ever dreamed of owning their very own pub. But it quickly became apparent to David why the asking price was so low once he stepped inside.

The building had suffered from years of disrepair, with significant parts of the ceiling caved in and water damage throughout, leaving the pub's bars and function rooms open to the elements, reports the Mirror.

A full-sized snooker table, which could have fetched a tidy sum, lay in ruins under the weight of plasterboard from the fallen ceiling, its surface now littered with rubble.

"I wonder when the final game was played on there," mused David. "Who were those people? I wonder if they knew this was the last game."

A peek into the cellar showed that some beer remained in the lines, though only the truly daring drinker would contemplate a pint from the long-neglected plumbing.

The Woodend shut its doors for the final time at the end of 2021. Signs of happier times were evident in the storeroom packed with decorations for various events and seasons, including old Christmas and Halloween ornaments.

The pub offered ample space for patrons to drink and socialise, with several rooms and a sizeable upstairs flat for owners or staff. "When you do factor in all the space that comes with this pub. the price tag does become slightly appealing," David commented.

David used Google's "Time Travel" feature to look back at what the pub looked like when it was last open. He noticed a batch of new-bold houses had sprung up in a nearby green field just a few years before the Woodend's bell rang for the final "Last Orders."

However, he noted that the development wasn't enough to keep the pub alive. He explained: "You'd think people being nearer to the pub would keep it alive, but no. As they came, the pub died. They were probably sat at home drinking cheap tinnies, and you can't blame anyone for doing that."

A proposal to convert the pub into an apartment building was rejected by local planning officers last year due to concerns that future residents of the nine flats would have "unsatisfactory living conditions".

But they also noted that the prospects of Woodend regaining its past splendour were slim. Planners in Shipley remarked: "It is acknowledged the Woodend Public House is a detracting feature and that it could lend itself to being redeveloped for residential purposes given the character and appearance of the surrounding local area."

After the hammer went down at £240,000 at auction, the pub's fate seemed sealed. New planning submissions suggest it will be transformed into nine compact apartments.

As for where locals will gather for their pint and a round of snooker in the future remains an open question.