Then
Now
Photographed in March 2009, while still trading · Photo: Google Street View archive
The Story
Modern-build canal-side pub on the south side of Springfield Basin, part of the late-1990s wharf redevelopment. Closed December 2011. The building complex still bears the 'WATERFRONT PLACE' name in block letters on the retaining wall — the pub's ground-floor unit is now occupied by Waterfront Coffee, run by City Church Chelmsford; the rest of the complex is apartments.
Ghost Hunter mode reveals 500+ closed and demolished pubs on the PINtPOINT radar — each one a room that once poured pints on that exact street corner.