A pub in Wantage is to be transformed into a sports bar in a £250,000 revamp, if planning permission is granted.

Plans have been drawn up for a two-week refit of the Lord Nelson, in Charlton Road, with work due to start in weeks if councillors give the go-ahead.

The lounge and bar will be revamped, with a large television screen added in the bar, and other screens dotted around the pub. Other alterations planned include new disabled toilets.

Manager Malcolm Burton said: "It's going through planning at the moment but we're talking weeks rather than months.

"We're hoping to attract all age groups -- obviously we'll get young people coming in to watch the sport, but we'll still have our children's menu for families.

Mr Burton added that The Ladygrove pub in Didcot -- also part of the Greene King chain -- had been given a similar refit, which had proved extremely popular.