Betfred Opening Times Dudley
Opening times for both Betfred betting shops with a Dudley address: the Arcade on Kent Street at Upper Gornal and 1c High Street at Sedgley. Neither is in the town centre. Both show whether they are open right now and how long you have before they close today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Dudley
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— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the town centre: Betfred, The Arcade, 12/14 Kent Street (DY3 1UU), at Upper Gornal, about a mile and three quarters from the Market Place.
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Betfred Dudley opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Dudley
- 2 branches
- With published weekly times
- Both of them
- Opening time, every day
- 09:00 — both branches
- Closing time, every day
- 20:00 — both branches
- Christmas Day
- Both shops closed — required by law
Two things stand out about Dudley, and both are unusual. First, there is no Betfred in the town centre at all: the two shops with a Dudley address sit at Upper Gornal and Sedgley, a mile and three quarters and two and three quarter miles north-west of the Market Place. Second, both run 09:00 to 20:00 on every single day of the week — the same eleven hours on a Monday as on a Sunday, and the earliest closing time of any town covered on this site. There is no late-evening Betfred in Dudley on any day.
Betfred at Upper Gornal
The nearer of the two to Dudley town centre, in the Arcade on Kent Street at Upper Gornal. The row shows today’s times, whether the shop is open now and how long until it closes, with buttons for the map pin, a route from where you are and Street View of the shopfront.
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Betfred, Upper Gornal (Kent Street)The Arcade, 12/14 Kent Street, Upper Gornal, Dudley DY3 1UU
The Arcade at Upper Gornal carries its own published weekly times: 09:00 to 20:00 on all seven days. It sits in a small shopping arcade on Kent Street, on the ridge between Dudley and Sedgley, and a reviewer notes that parking is easier here than at a high-street shop. It is about a mile and three quarters from Dudley Market Place. Distances are straight-line estimates from the town centre. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Dudley Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for both branches in one table. Today’s column is highlighted.
There is nothing to separate them, and nothing to learn from the table beyond one line: 09:00 to 20:00, seven days a week, at both shops. Dudley and Cheltenham are the only towns on this site where two branches keep identical hours on all seven days, but where Cheltenham’s pair run fourteen-hour days, Dudley’s run eleven.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Upper Gornal (Kent Street)The Arcade, 12/14 Kent Street, DY3 1UU | 09:00–20:00 | 09:00–20:00 | 09:00–20:00 | |
| Sedgley (High Street)1c High Street, DY3 1RP | 09:00–20:00 | 09:00–20:00 | 09:00–20:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Dudley
Full weekly times are published for both branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
09:00 at both shops, every day. Nothing in Dudley opens before nine on any day of the week, which puts it behind most towns covered here — Coventry’s city-centre shops open at 07:30, and Doncaster, Derby and Chelmsford all manage 08:00. On a Sunday, though, a 09:00 start is respectable: Castleford and Bury both wait until 10:00.
Open latest
20:00 at both shops, every day. This is the earliest closing time recorded anywhere on this site: Darlington’s 19:30 Sunday is earlier on that one day, but no other town closes at 20:00 across the whole week. If you want a bet after eight in the evening in the Dudley area, the branches at Brierley Hill, Tipton or Wolverhampton are the ones to check.
Nothing to choose between them: both run 09:00 to 20:00 on all seven days. Pick whichever is nearer — Upper Gornal for Dudley town centre, the Zoo and the Black Country Living Museum, Sedgley for the Sedgley village shops and the Wolverhampton side.
Betfred Dudley Sunday opening times
Sunday in Dudley is exactly the same as every other day: 09:00 to 20:00 at both shops.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| Upper Gornal (Kent Street)The Arcade, 12/14 Kent Street, DY3 1UU | 09:00 | 20:00 | |
| Sedgley (High Street)1c High Street, DY3 1RP | 09:00 | 20:00 |
Both shops run eleven hours on a Sunday, 09:00 to 20:00. On the one hand there is no Sunday penalty at all here, unlike Castleford or Bury where the shops open an hour later than midweek. On the other, 20:00 is early: a 16:30 kick-off will be settled but a later one will not, so for a Sunday evening bet you will need Brierley Hill or Wolverhampton.
Betfred Dudley bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so both Dudley branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Dudley branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would make no difference in Dudley, since both branches already close at 20:00. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect both Dudley branches to follow their usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before, and neither branch would be affected, since both already close at 20:00.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Dudley times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Dudley |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, both shops |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Dudley branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. Both sit in village shopping parades rather than the town centre, so their festive hours tend to follow the local shops around them. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Dudley (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the Upper Gornal branch. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. After the last close it switches to counting down to opening the next morning. Since both Dudley shops keep identical hours, the panel is accurate for either.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and both lists re-order themselves, and the directions button points to whichever of the two branches is closer to you.
Betfred at Sedgley
The second branch sits at 1c High Street in Sedgley, about two and three quarter miles north-west of Dudley town centre and a mile beyond Upper Gornal. It publishes full weekly times, so its live status is as exact as the Upper Gornal shop’s.
Betfred in Sedgley 1 shop
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Betfred, Sedgley (High Street)1c High Street, Sedgley, Dudley DY3 1RP
Sedgley runs exactly the same hours as Upper Gornal: 09:00 to 20:00 on all seven days. It sits on Sedgley High Street by the Bull Ring, and reviewers rate it the friendliest of the Betfred shops in the Dudley area. There is another Betfred about two and a quarter miles north on Dudley Road in Wolverhampton, which is worth knowing because it trades later than either Dudley shop. Sedgley is the closer of the two to Wolverhampton, Coseley and Bilston.
Betfred near Dudley
Dudley borough is a patchwork of Black Country towns, and almost all of them have their own post towns and their own Betfred branches.
This matters more in Dudley than almost anywhere else on this site, because the borough’s own towns hold the branches that Dudley itself lacks. Brierley Hill, Stourbridge and Halesowen are all inside Dudley borough but carry their own post towns, and Tipton’s Princes End and Great Bridge shops are three miles north-east. Wolverhampton, with branches on Dudley Road and Lower Villiers Street, is about two and a quarter miles from Sedgley, and Bilston and Coseley are closer still. Birmingham, covered on its own page with 32 branches, is ten miles east.
Both Dudley shops are licensed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The Brierley Hill, Stourbridge and Halesowen branches share Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council as their licensing authority despite the different post towns, while Tipton and Wednesbury fall under Sandwell and Bilston under Wolverhampton. If you are heading for Brierley Hill, Tipton or Wolverhampton rather than the Gornal and Sedgley side of Dudley, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the closer of the two Dudley branches, which may not be the nearest Betfred overall.
Other bookmakers in Dudley
In Dudley town centre, where Betfred has no shop, the other brands have the market to themselves.
Ladbrokes trades at 244 Castle Street in Dudley town centre, which is the nearest betting shop to the Market Place and about two miles from the Upper Gornal Betfred. Further out there are Ladbrokes shops at 156 High Street in Princes End and 7 Dudley Port in Tipton, William Hill in the Roseville Shopping Centre at Coseley and on Church Street in Bilston, and Coral on Owen Street and at Great Bridge Market Place in Tipton.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Dudley, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. The practical point is simpler than usual: if you are in Dudley town centre and want a betting shop, the Ladbrokes on Castle Street is what you have, because the nearest Betfred is a bus ride up the hill to Upper Gornal. And if you want a bet after 20:00 anywhere in the borough, neither Dudley Betfred will help. Every bookmaker in the borough is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Dudley
| Trading name | Betfred |
|---|---|
| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Branches with a Dudley address | 2 betting shops |
| In Dudley town centre | None |
| With published weekly times | Both of them |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 90 miles north-west. Dudley is the odd one out among the towns covered on this site: a borough of 320,000 with no Betfred in its town centre at all. The two shops carrying a Dudley address sit up on the ridge at Upper Gornal and Sedgley, in village parades rather than on a high street, and both run the short 09:00 to 20:00 day you would expect of a neighbourhood shop. The branches that cover the rest of the borough — Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Halesowen — are all listed under their own post towns.
For visitors, neither shop is convenient to the things people come to Dudley for. Dudley Zoo, the Castle and the Black Country Living Museum are all in or beside the town centre, with Upper Gornal the nearer of the two Betfreds at about a mile and three quarters and no direct walk. Dudley has had no railway station since 1964, so the usual arrival points are the bus station in the town centre or Dudley Port and Tipton stations a few miles north-east. The Metro extension to Dudley and Brierley Hill has been under construction; when it opens it will put the town centre on the tram network, though neither Betfred is near a planned stop.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Dudley?
- Two carry a Dudley postal address, both licensed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: the Arcade on Kent Street at Upper Gornal and 1c High Street at Sedgley. Neither is in Dudley town centre itself — the nearest Betfred shops to the Market Place are these two, about two and three miles north-west. Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Halesowen and Tipton all have their own branches under their own post towns.
- Is there a Betfred in Dudley town centre?
- No. Betfred has no shop on Castle Street, in the Market Place or anywhere in the DY1 town-centre postcode. Upper Gornal is the closest at about a mile and three quarters, and Sedgley is two and three quarter miles out. In the town centre itself, Ladbrokes on Castle Street is the nearest betting shop.
- What time does Betfred open in Dudley?
- Both branches open at 09:00, every day of the week including Sunday. Neither opens earlier on a Saturday and neither opens later on a Sunday — the opening time never moves.
- What time does Betfred close in Dudley?
- Both close at 20:00, every day of the week. That is the earliest closing time of any town covered on this site, so Dudley has no late-evening Betfred option at all — not on a weekday, not on a Saturday, not on a Sunday.
- Which Betfred in Dudley is open latest on a Sunday?
- Neither is later than the other: both run 09:00 to 20:00 on a Sunday, the same as every other day. The choice comes down to which of the two villages you are nearer, Upper Gornal or Sedgley.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Are Betfred shops in Dudley open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would make no difference in Dudley, since both branches already close at 20:00. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Dudley town centre and Merry Hill?
- The Arcade at Upper Gornal is the nearer of the two to the Market Place, Dudley Zoo and the Black Country Living Museum, about a mile and three quarters north-west. For Merry Hill at Brierley Hill, neither is close — the centre is three miles south, and the Brierley Hill branch is listed under its own post town.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Dudley?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Both lists on this page then re-order nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closer of the two Dudley Betfred shops. If you are in the town centre, bear in mind that both are a bus ride away.