The Calverts Court (JD Wetherspoon), Stockport

This is a fairly typical Spoons consisting of a long narrow room that is narrower at the rear. The ten hand pumps had a poor selection with two unused, three available soon, the two GK beers, Three Castles Autumn Leaves, Woodforde's Norfolk Nog and Brightside NZ Pale. I went for the Norfolk Nog (£2.45) which was in good nick but expensive for a Northern Spoons and it would have been nice to have a bit more choice.

As average as you can get for a Wetherspoons. Take away the Ruddle's, Abbott and Doom Bore and what's left is quite good.

Ten handpumps in operation on our visit. We went for the Growler Hell and Hound, customers still congregating in the middle of the bar, waiting to be served. It's ok for a swift one and that's about it.

its a spoons what you see is what you get

Even by Wetherspoon's standards this is one featureless bland pub, clearly a converted retail outlet in a drab 60's building, this is a long and ordinary single room with doors at each end, virtually all on one level apart from a few booths opposite the side bar which are up a step. As ROBC says the bar layout is poor, causing gridlock around the pumps but again, in fairness, I was served reasonably quickly. Very little natural light and little to attract interest decor wise. One plus is that the pub has a separate family area. Five guests on, my Lymestone Stone Faced was very good, £2.09 before my CAMRA 50p voucher. Some outdoor seating to the frontage but local licensing prevents drinking outside, so smokers only.

Unattractive Wetherspoons, with large and long (and hence rather dark) bar. Small patio out front, with a larger paved beer garden at the back. Impressive array of 15 handpumps, and even allowing for some duplicates there is a decent range of real ales at bargain prices (e.g. Greenfield Dobcross Bitter at £1.99) and several ciders.

The Calverts Court is a pretty bog standard Wetherspoons with one longish room that was very busy on my late afternoon visit. There was a decent choice of real ales on the bar and i had a drink of Shepherd Neame Spitfire and this was a decent drink. This place is ok for a quick pint but not a lot more. Pub visited 13/4/2007