The Greenwood Hotel (JD Wetherspoon), Northolt

Spoke to a resident who lives opposite and she said pub has been sold and closed at the end of last week.Future not known.

This huge pub looked closed as I approached at lunchtime today due to lack of light and some blacked out/covered up windows. I was quite surprised when I pushed the door and it opened and I was even more surprised when a friendly barmaid walked over a poured me a decent pint of Guinness when it was clearly the first of the day as I was the only patron. The pub itself is sparsely decorated and a little grim, but it is very big and split down the middle creating two sides that would be classed as good sized pubs in their own right. The first thing that I spotted as I entered the right hand side of the pub were that two of the three hand pumps on the bar were unused leaving a lonely Courage Best holding the fort against the draught taps that were dispensing the usual suspects. I didn’t spot any advertisements for Sky Sports and the plasma screen up on the wall was showing an old John Wayne film on E4 which gave a slightly surreal atmosphere. After being served I wandered into the back section where the bar continues to reach around with another two unused hand pumps and some more standard draught products. There was another plasma screen in here that was off and a pool table. Behind the pool table there are some double doors that lead to the ‘Whitton’ function rooms which were closed off during this visit. I didn’t venture into the left hand side of the pub, but I did spot yet another three unused hand pumps, more fizzy beers and a dartboard as I peered through the bar. Looking at the outside of the building I think that this is one large horseshoe pub with four separate rooms all served by the bar. There is some outside seating in the form of picnic tables, but these are next to a fairly busy road and I’m not sure where the seating section ends and the car parking begins. There is another large car park at the rear which I’d imagine being used for parking when a function is in progress as the main entrance to the ‘Whitton Rooms’ is at the rear meaning that access is gained without traipsing through the pub. It would take a lot of people to be in this place to give any sort of atmosphere and I got the sense that it has been neglected a little in recent times. I spotted a sign outside advertising the Freehold for sale so maybe the current owners have had enough as the size of this place dictates a lot of hard work just to keep it running.