The Regal (JD Wetherspoon), Gloucester

Obviously a former cinema in a deco style, building started in 1939 but the cinema didn't open until 1956 and it closed in 1990 eventually reopening as a JDW. Entry is down a staircase from street level into a large open space with facilities down one side and the counter down the other all under a false ceiling. At the “screen” end the roof and width open out in a seating area, where the screen used to be is a glass wall giving access to the garden. This far end is also home to a large King Kong complete with attacking aeroplanes. The cinema theme is continued in a décor of film stills from the 30s and 40s and an “Oscar” statue stands either side of the rear staircase. The usual JDW standards plus locals from Wickwar and Gloucester. Not a bad 'spoons by any standards.

Massive open space Wetherspoon's that has been converted from a cinema.There was a very good selection of real ales and most of them were local ales.