Crofters Hotel and wedding venue in Garstang demolished three months after closure

After just three months of closing, the Crofters Hotel and wedding venue has been demolished ready to be resurfaced as a residential care house. The 25 room Crofters Hotel on the A6 Garstang bypass in Cabus closed its doors on Friday, August 12. While a planning application has been submitted to Wyre Council to demolish the hotel and build a new 66 bedroom care home.

LNT Care Developments – who specialise in the building of care homes – say the two-storey facility will create between 50 to 60 jobs, the majority of which it expects to offer to ‘suitable candidates’ from the local area. With the Crofters hotel just a 20-minute drive from Preston and Lancaster, and a 30-minute drive from Blackpool and Morecambe, it was a popular venue for weddings and other functions and residents expressed disappointment and sadness at the sight of its demolition.

One resident said on a Facebook post: “Spent many an hour with my old man in there. Might be flattened but the memories will never die.” Another upset resident commented: “Very sad to see it gone, used it regularly and was a lovely place to go and have a meal out too.” Amongst the array of disappointment in the comments, one local wrote: “Many a happy time in there as a teenager! Maybe I will also now get happy times in there when my time is up”, referting to the new ownership taking over as a residential care home.