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The Commercial Hotel (JD Wetherspoon), Accrington

Church Street
Accrington
BB5 2EH
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J D Wetherspoon

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Old Boots left this review about The Commercial Hotel (JD Wetherspoon)

An old Victorian hotel opened out by Wetherspoons in trademark style, lots of darkish wood, carpet which is quite tasteful here, a mix of seating although mostly low for dining. Usual 5+5 hand pumps topped and tailed with T-bars, the casks are fairly well distributed with the evil triplets at one end, a lot of the beers were from Northern Whisper on this occasion. Busy even on a Tuesday lunchtime as you would expect, ditto punters. There’s a raised area to one side, the decor includes a panel about the Accrington Pals* as expected and some music posters and charcoal drawings, more and better than some ‘spoons have. Toilets are upstairs of course with more local interest panels on the stairs and corridors. The staff were mostly pretty good.

*The Pals battalions were a recruiting wheeze for the First World War Kitcheners new army, “serve with your pals from your town”, sadly when they were slaughtered like cattle on the Somme it had a devastating effect on their home towns. I found Accrington a very friendly place today and I expect it was more tight knit in 1914-18 so I hate to think what the pain of those days was like.

On 6th March 2024 - no rating submitted
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Aqualung . left this review about The Commercial Hotel (JD Wetherspoon)

This is an original pub and hotel although it's not currently one of the JDW chain of hotels. Inside it's the usual open plan layout but split into areas with the bar at the rear right and a raised area over to the left. I came here on a Wednesday morning for breakfast and a pint so it wasn't busy.
The bar has ten hand pumps which had one unused, two ciders, the JDW Trio Of Doom, Naylors Lancashire, Coach House Gunpowder Mild, Three Bs Stokers Slake and one called Accy Bees which may have been a house beer.
I had the Stokers Slake which was in good nick and went down well with the breakfast.
This seemed quite a reasonable Spoons to me.

On 9th August 2017 - rating: 7
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custodian 42 left this review about The Commercial Hotel (JD Wetherspoon)

When I went in there seemed to be a lot of uncleansed tables, but, to be fair, this was soon rectified. Usual hand pumps on offer - an easy place to while away the time waiting for my train.

On 24th June 2017 - rating: 6
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Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Alan Hurdle
Accrington, 0.3 miles, 5 min walk (show)
Church & Oswaldtwistle, 1.29 miles, 24 min walk (show)
Huncoat, 1.93 miles, 37 min walk (show)
Latest updates View all updates for The Commercial Hotel (JD Wetherspoon), Accrington
6th Mar 2024, 13:19
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6th Mar 2024, 13:19
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  • Accommodation : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Bar Billiards : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Beer Garden : No - Patio - last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • CAMRA Discount : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Car Park : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Child Friendly : Yes last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Darts : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Dog Friendly : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Function Room : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Hot Food : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
  • Jukebox : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Karaoke : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Live Music : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Live TV Sports : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Micropub : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Pinball : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Pool Table : No last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
  • Real Cider : Yes last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 06 August 2017 by Aqualung .
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
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