Waggon & Horses (JD Wetherspoon), Alfreton

Close to the town centre, but unfortunately for the chain, they didn't manage to get prime location along Alfreton's main high street. The pubs entrance and main bar area was long and narrow and opens up towards the rear. The main colour scheme was peach, with lots of dark furniture, the main bar area was also finished in dark oak. Two banks of five pumps, with nothing outlandish, so we went for the Hanlon's Yellowhammer golden ale.

Wetherspoons "yes", What I expect from them all across the country. Good thing is food comes out faster than other "Spoons" and is consistently "Bloody Good". Staff as always are Brilliant, Polite and helpful. "Sophie" (Manager) "WOW".

As I approached this I thought it looked like an original pub although JDW do seem to have given it a rather garish external look. Inside it could be any other Spoons as it's a long narrow room that is rather dark and has the bar further back on the right. The bar here has two sets of five hand pumps but it was so dark I couldn't see all the beers. There was one available soon, one unused, Doom Bore doubled, Abbot, Woods Shropshire Lad, two ciders from the festival over a month ago, Three Castles Autumn Daze and one I couldn't make out. I went for the Autumn Daze (£2.15) which was in good nick but a fairly mundane beer. I had no problems with the staff here and it seemed a reasonable Spoons to me.

Long narrow L shaped Spoons. Main entrance and bar is divided in two, lengthways, and is decorated in a rather nasty salmon colour with third length wood panelling. A nicer far rear left area, up a step to a light and airy room much better decorated leading to a decent rear patio. On our Thursday afternoon visit the pub was functioning more as a crèche, and the continuous bawling of one particular little delight made my head hurt. Loads of ales clipped at the bar but all bar two were unavailable, leaving Irish Red from Everards and Robinson Trooper 666. The Red was a pretty ropey half. All in all this is a depressing, poor quality Spoons.