Pub In Didcot To Open Late Thanks to Noise-Reducing Measures

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A local pub in Didcot has been given a licence to serve alcohol until 3am, despite worries over the noise pollution that will result.

New opening hours mean that the Wallingford Arms in Broadway will be allowed to stay open until 3am on weekends, 2am on Thursdays, and 1am every other day. These changes come about after the landlord claims taking were dropping as it closed early.

Landlord, My Brewerton, said that customers in the past would leave the pub to drinking elsewhere, and late night trade will help to boost takings. Nationally, many pubs now stay open as late as 5 or 6 in the morning.

Neighbours in the past have stated that the pub was a huge source of noise, leading to the atmosphere and peace of the area being slowly destroyed.

However, the pub has taken measures to help ease minds of worried locals, and has impressed police with its measures. This includes installing more CCTV cameras, hiring bouncers and only serving drinks in plastic glasses.

When it comes to the biggest complaint – the noise of having a local pub open all night – the landlord has tackled this by installing double glazing which can greatly reduce the amount of noise leaving the building.

The landlord has also agreed not to repeat past club nights such as drum and bass which had the local residents up in arms about the noise.