The Walls Club in Gloucester has announced it will close next month.
The venue in Barnwood has been an instiution for more than 60 years.
In a statement, the club said: “Walls Club will close its doors for the final time on Sunday 31st March 2024 after providing a huge range of social events and sporting facilities for the employees of Walls Factory and the people of Gloucester for over 60 years.
“During this time, the Walls Club has become a Gloucester institution, known, and used by so many who enjoyed the family friendly atmosphere, fantastic customer service and value for money facilities it has provided. Our aim as a business has always been to provide an affordable and accessible community facility aiming to provide great products and services that delivers value for money while assisting local people, businesses and charities.”
Directors said the pandemic had financially hit the running of the club.
“Since the COVID pandemic, we have been working extremely hard as a team for the past two and a half years to try and turn things around. Over the past 12 months, we felt like we had turned a significant corner, however, unfortunately it was not quickly enough and due to a combination of the COVID pandemic, a cost of living crisis, high inflation, high interest rates, a building requiring urgent renovation and an extremely difficult hospitality market, we have had no choice but to come to the very difficult decision to enter the company into liquidation.”
“We would like to sincerely apologise to any customers who had events planned at the Walls Club in the future. All these bookings were taken in good faith believing that we would be able to fulfil them. We have reached out to every customer individually and we are working with the proposed liquidator to understand the next steps as quickly as possible as well as offering to try to help them find an alternative venue.”