The Earl of Dalkeith (JD Wetherspoon), Kettering

Fairly central branch of Wetherspoon's. This one occupies a fairly small space with seating boosted by an upstairs balcony area. There are a few fruit machines to the side of the stairs. A typical 'spoon's crowd were in on a Sunday evening. I decided to avail myself of an offer on the gammon and chips, which was fairly decent. On the bar, were the usual beers - Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar. Guests were Beartown Bruin's, Magpie Jay IPA & Exmoor Beast. There was no real cider. As Wetherspoon's go, this was ok, but there are better pubs (and clubs) in Kettering.

A decent Spoons this one with an upper level, good staff and well kept beer

Te Earl of Dalkeith is a relatively small Wetherspoons with some seating around the entrance before a couple of steps that lead up to lots of high tables and a flight of stairs at the rear that climb to a U-shaped seating area with balcony that overlooks below. The bar on the right wall supports standard and premium keg and there are two banks of six hand pumps. These were drawing Phipps NBC, Grainstore’s Zahara and JW Lees Plum Pudding alongside the usual JDW suspects.

Usual Wetherspoons decor, but not uninviting. My past couple of visits have seen Black Swan Mild and Rutland Osprey Bitter amongst the ale options. Has a covered patio area down the side of the pub itself. As always with Spoons, good prices for food and drink.

As noted by others, this is an old-school 'spoons with lots of dark wood furniture and panelling. As a result, the bar is rather gloomy (despite being partially opened out at first floor level), although the seating / dining area off to one side has lots of windows. Further space in the 'L'-shaped upstairs room. Fair choice from eight of ten handpumps, and the Yeovil Star Gazer was fine value at just £1.99 (and the food is still cheaper than normal too).

This is very much an old school 1990s Spoons. It was a furniture shop and consists of an L shaped room with the bar on the right and an upstairs area that I didn't look into. The fact it's not a long narrow room makes it a bit brighter than some of their outlets from that era. I noticed that the standard breakfast here is 40p cheaper than the norm and some other food items were slightly cheaper. The bar has two sets of six hand pumps. One set had the JDW Trio Of Doom, two ciders and Vale Gravitas and the other had Wychwood Hobgoblin & Hobgoblin Gold, Osprey Rutland Panther & Rutland Osprey, Adnam's Broadside and White Park White Gold. I had time to try the Rutland Osprey and the Hobgoblin Gold both in excellent condition at £2.15. Although this place is looking a bit tired I thought it was a decent Spoons.