Betfred Opening Times Worcester
Opening times for all three Betfred betting shops in Worcester: 21 The Cross and 11 Trinity Street in the city centre, and 12 Derwent Close out at Warndon. Every shop shows whether it is open right now and how long you have before it closes today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Worcester
--:--:-- —Central Worcester Betfred shops open now
— —Last Betfred in central Worcester closes in
— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the city centre: Betfred, 21 The Cross (WR1 3PZ).
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Betfred Worcester opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Worcester
- 3 branches
- Latest closing
- 21:00 — all three, Mon–Sat
- In the city centre
- 2 of the 3 — The Cross, Trinity St
- Sunday closing
- 20:30 — all three
- Christmas Day
- Every shop closed — required by law
Worcester is the most uniform Betfred town on this site. All three shops close at 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 20:30 on a Sunday, and the only difference anywhere in the week is that Derwent Close at Warndon opens at 08:30 on weekdays rather than 08:00. The two city-centre shops, eighty yards apart on The Cross and Trinity Street, keep identical weeks.
The 2 Betfred shops in Worcester city centre
Two branches eighty yards apart: 21 The Cross and 11 Trinity Street, both a couple of minutes from the Guildhall.
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Betfred, The Cross21 The Cross, Worcester WR1 3PZ
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Betfred, Trinity Street11 Trinity Street, Worcester WR1 2PW
Both centre shops run 08:00 to 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 20:30 on a Sunday. The Cross is the busiest bookmaking spot in the city: a Ladbrokes trades at 27 and a William Hill at 28, both sharing the Betfred’s WR1 3PZ postcode, and a Coral sits at 11 Trinity Street beside the other Betfred. Distances are straight-line estimates from The Cross. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Worcester Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for all three branches in one table, nearest the city centre first. Today’s column is highlighted.
There are only two distinct weeks in this table. The Cross and Trinity Street share one; Derwent Close differs from them by half an hour, and only on weekday mornings.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| The Cross21 The Cross, WR1 3PZ | 08:00–21:00 | 08:00–21:00 | 09:00–20:30 | |
| Trinity Street11 Trinity Street, WR1 2PW | 08:00–21:00 | 08:00–21:00 | 09:00–20:30 | |
| Warndon12 Derwent Close, WR4 9TY | 08:30–21:00 | 08:30–21:00 | 09:00–20:30 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Worcester
Full weekly times are published for all three branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
The Cross and Trinity Street open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday, Derwent Close at 08:30. On a Sunday all three open at 09:00.
Open latest
All three close at 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 20:30 on a Sunday. Worcester has no Betfred open past 21:00 on any day of the week.
Betfred opens first, closes first: on The Cross the Ladbrokes at 27 matches the Betfred exactly at 08:00 to 21:00, while the William Hill at 28 and the Coral on Trinity Street open an hour later at 09:00 and close an hour later at 22:00. If you want a bet before nine in the morning, Betfred or Ladbrokes; after nine at night, William Hill or Coral.
Betfred Worcester Sunday opening times
Sunday is the shortest day at every Worcester Betfred.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| The Cross21 The Cross, WR1 3PZ | 09:00 | 20:30 | |
| Trinity Street11 Trinity Street, WR1 2PW | 09:00 | 20:30 | |
| Warndon12 Derwent Close, WR4 9TY | 09:00 | 20:30 |
Sunday is the one day all three Worcester shops are identical: 09:00 to 20:30 at every branch. Nothing separates them but distance.
Betfred Worcester 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 all three Worcester branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Worcester branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred’s own shop notices have stated that all its shops close at 20:00 on bank holiday Mondays, which would take an hour off each of the three Worcester shops. 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 each Worcester branch to follow its 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; a 20:00 bank holiday close would take up to an hour off the Worcester branches.
| 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 Worcester 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 Worcester |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, every shop |
| 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 Worcester branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. 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 Worcester (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 Cross branch in the middle of the city. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. Trinity Street keeps the same hours, and Derwent Close differs only on weekday mornings.
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 the lists re-order themselves so the closest shop is always at the top, and the directions button points to the nearest of all three Worcester branches.
Betfred across the rest of Worcester
One more branch serves the east of the city: 12 Derwent Close at Warndon, about a mile and a half from the Guildhall.
Betfred in Warndon 1 shop
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Betfred, Warndon12 Derwent Close, Warndon, Worcester WR4 9TY
Derwent Close closes at the same times as the two centre shops, 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 20:30 on a Sunday, and differs only by opening at 08:30 on weekdays. It is the one to know for Warndon and Nunnery Wood; a Coral on Ambleside Drive nearby keeps exactly the same hours, and a William Hill on Cranham Drive closes half an hour earlier.
Betfred near Worcester
The register and current listings write the two centre addresses differently.
The licensing register has the centre shops as 22A–23 The Cross and 11 The Trinity at WR1 2PN; current listings give 21 The Cross and 11 Trinity Street at WR1 2PW. The two Trinity postcodes are about sixty yards apart, which points to revised numbering rather than separate premises, so we show what current listings carry. Both sources agree on the third shop at 12 Derwent Close, and the Gambling Commission’s public register lists all three under Worcester City Council.
All three branches are licensed by Worcester City Council. Droitwich, Kidderminster, Evesham and Redditch have their own betting shops under their own post towns. If you are heading for Warndon, St John’s or Blackpole rather than the centre, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the nearest of the three.
Other bookmakers in Worcester
Ladbrokes has the most betting shops in Worcester.
Coral has four shops in Worcester, William Hill three and Ladbrokes two: nine against Betfred’s three. Two of them share a Betfred’s postcode, on The Cross and on Trinity Street. The Coral at 61 Ambleside Drive in Warndon keeps 08:30 to 21:00, identical to the Derwent Close Betfred.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Worcester, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. Every bookmaker in the city is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Worcester
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Worcester City Council |
| Branches in Worcester | 3 betting shops |
| In the city centre | 2 of the 3 |
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 110 miles north. Worcester has three branches, all closing at 21:00 Monday to Saturday.
For visitors, 21 The Cross is the one to know: in the middle of the city a few minutes from the Guildhall and the cathedral, and about ten minutes from Foregate Street station. It opens at 08:00 Monday to Saturday and closes at 21:00.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Worcester?
- Three, all licensed by Worcester City Council: 21 The Cross and 11 Trinity Street in the city centre, about eighty yards apart, and 12 Derwent Close out at Warndon.
- What time does Betfred close in Worcester?
- 21:00 Monday to Saturday at all three shops, and 20:30 on a Sunday. No Betfred in Worcester trades past 21:00 on any day.
- What time does Betfred open in Worcester?
- The Cross and Trinity Street open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday; Derwent Close at 08:30. All three open at 09:00 on a Sunday.
- Which Betfred in Worcester is open longest?
- The two city-centre shops, The Cross and Trinity Street. They keep identical weeks — 08:00 to 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 20:30 on a Sunday — so whichever is nearer is the one to head for.
- 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 Worcester 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’s own shop notices have stated that all its shops close at 20:00 on bank holiday Mondays, which would take an hour off each of the three Worcester shops.
- Is there a later-closing bookmaker in Worcester?
- Yes. The William Hill at 28 The Cross and the Coral at 11 Trinity Street both close at 22:00, an hour after the Betfreds beside them, though both open an hour later at 09:00. The Ladbrokes at 27 The Cross keeps the same 08:00 to 21:00 as Betfred.
- Which betting shops share a postcode in Worcester?
- Two sets. WR1 3PZ on The Cross holds the Betfred at 21, a Ladbrokes at 27 and a William Hill at 28; and WR1 2PW on Trinity Street holds the Betfred at 11 and a Coral at the same number.
- Why do the register and current listings give different addresses?
- The licensing register has the two centre shops as 22A–23 The Cross and 11 The Trinity, WR1 2PN; current listings give 21 The Cross and 11 Trinity Street, WR1 2PW. The two Trinity postcodes are about sixty yards apart, so these look like revised numbering rather than different premises, and we use what current listings show.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Worcester?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Every list on this page then re-orders nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closest of the three Worcester shops.