Bar could also be a live music venue

An Irish bar with live music could be set to take over a former Greggs bakery shop.

Jaxx Irish Bar Ltd is looking at a creating a bar at the Greggs site at 236 Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, and has applied for a licence for the venue.

The former Greggs on Bawtry Road, Wickersley, could become an Irish bar. Photo: Google | Google

placeholder image — The former Greggs on Bawtry Road, Wickersley, could become an Irish bar. Photo: Google | Google

The site was occupied by Greggs until recently - but earlier this summer, the bakery chain left to open a new, bigger shop a few doors down on the same block of shops.

Jaxx Irish Bar Ltd is a new company that was only set up last month, run by Leaona Edwards and Joshua White.

The licensing application to Rotherham Council asks for drinks to be sold from 4pm until 10pm Mondays to Wednesdays, 4pm until10.30pm on Thursdays, 2.30pm and 11.30pm on Fridays, 12 noon until 11.30pm on Saturdays, and 12noon until 9.30pm on Sundays.

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They have also applied for a licence to have live music from 8pm until 10pm on Fridays, and from 6pm until 11pm on Saturdays.

The premises are located within the Wickersley Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ), the applications states, where the council strictly limits new or varied alcohol and late-night food licenses.

The last date to send comments to Rotherham Council is application is July 29, 2026