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Is Hanmer Arms Still Open? The Hotel Inspector Update (Hanmer, UK)

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As of October 2026, Hanmer Arms is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 22, 2026.

Primary source
camra.org.uk ·
Secondary source
thehanmer.co.uk ·

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What the source shows: CAMRA's pub listing, updated 2026-07-22, gives current opening hours and a 2023 reopening, and the pub's own site and a Google listing also show it trading.

  • Season / episode Season 1, Episode 2
  • Original air date
  • Address Hanmer, Whitchurch, Hanmer SY13 3DE

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What happened after The Hotel Inspector?

The Hanmer Arms is a pub with rooms in the village of Hanmer, in Wrexham County Borough, Wales (SY13 3DE). Wikipedia's list of The Hotel Inspector episodes (read 2026-10-19) describes the series 1 episode, broadcast in October 2005, as a visit to a 23-bed hotel, pub, restaurant and conference centre whose new owners had family investors expecting a return. Ruth Watson came back for a follow-up episode in series 2, aired 2006-08-17.

Since the broadcasts, CAMRA's online listing for the pub, updated 2026-07-22, says it reopened in August 2023 after another lengthy closure. The same listing gives drinks hours of 9am to 11pm Monday to Saturday and 9am to 10pm on Sunday, with food served 9am to 8pm daily.

The pub's own website, thehanmer.co.uk (footer dated 2025), describes a country pub and eatery serving home-made food and cask ales, with en-suite family and double rooms overlooking the garden, a campsite, free parking, a Sunday carvery, a Wednesday evening carvery and a Sunday quiz. It links table and room bookings and lists a phone number and email address. A Google Maps listing checked on 2026-10-19 shows The Hanmer Arms as operational. The sources read do not say who owns or runs the pub today.

In a follow-up episode titled "Hanmer Arms Revisited", aired 2006-08-17 as part of series 2, Ruth Watson went back to the Wrexham County Borough hotel and pub she had visited in series 1. Wikipedia's list of The Hotel Inspector episodes (read 2026-10-19) describes it as a return to the owners from the earlier episode and gives no further detail on what had changed at the property.

Featured on The Hotel Inspector

Season / episode
Season 1, Episode 2
Original air date
Episode title
Hanmer Arms, Wrexham County Borough
What was featured
23-bed hotel, pub, restaurant and conference centre with family investors expecting a return
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Hanmer Arms
Season / episode
Season 2, Episode 7
Original air date
Episode title
Hanmer Arms Revisited
What was featured
Follow-up visit to the Hanmer Arms owners from series 1
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Hanmer Arms

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Visit info

Address
Hanmer, Whitchurch, Hanmer SY13 3DE
Venue type
hotel
Official website
thehanmer.co.uk

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Sources

  • camra.org.uk — https://camra.org.uk/pubs/hanmer-arms-hanmer-137160
  • thehanmer.co.uk — http://www.thehanmer.co.uk/
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Hotel_Inspector_episodes
  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The+Hanmer+Arms+Hanmer+Whitchurch+SY13+3DE

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