A DAY has passed since a a pub, standing on one of the oldest inn sites in Worcester, was forced to shut its doors - and still no explanation has been offered for the sudden closure.

Managers at the Old Greyhound, in New Street, told the Worcester News that landlord Marston's had ordered them to shut due to complaints about customers smoking in the seating area outside the pub, which is within Reindeer Court shopping centre.

Old Greyhound staff said that customers had long been smoking in that area but the new managers at Reindeer Court had enforced a ban.

They said Marston's decision to force them to close down had come as a huge shock and they did not know when they would be allowed to open again.

There has been a pub at the Old Greyhound site since 1766.

Managers at Reindeer Court refused to comment but confirmed that the shopping centre does have a no smoking ban.

The Worcester News has contacted Marston's and is awaiting a response.