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Owners of well-known Black Country pub call last orders after Covid and rising costs

The owners of a well-known Black Country pub and microbrewery have called time due to rising costs.

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The Windsor Castle Inn in Lye, Stourbridge

The Windsor Castle Inn, Printworks Brewery and Dr Hardwickes Gin Bar in Stourbridge Road in Lye were earlier this year put on the market with an auction guide price of more than £475,000. However, the pub enterprise continued trading.

Now the licensees Emily and Gareth Bedford have announced on social media platform Facebook that they are calling it a day stating: "It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the closure of the Windsor Castle.

In 2020 Stourbridge MP Suzanne Webb called in to meet owners Emily and Gareth Bedford during the coronavirus crisis

"As a family we are immensely proud of everything we have achieved over the past 17 years.