Wheatsheaf Inn, Leeds

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Directly outside the railway station it’s a double fronter with two doors off the entrance vestibule but leading into a single U shaped bar. The outside and the sign are labelled John Smiths and Heineken/Star keg brands were all that were available. When asked about cask I was told “it’s the brewery wot stopped it”. A few weeks before when WhatPub updated the page it had John Smiths cask. Two T-Bars on the counter located at the back and an unused but still clipped John Smiths handpump supporting a clutch of charity collecting boxes. It’s pretty unspoiled inside apart from the two bars being combined, as it’s cash only it is a bit like stepping back a decade or three. Carpeted throughout the ex public on the left has a screen, pool table and dart board, the ex lounge has tables and chairs, the public has a mix of seating. Decorated with much brassware and rugby team photos and shirts etc plus some Victorian boxing pictures. Odd but not unpleasant, beer excepted.

Adjacent to the station on a bypassed stretch of road, the two former rooms of this partly opened-out pub now form an 'U'-shape with the pool table in one arm, the main seating area in the other and the counter at the far end. Looks a bit plain from the front, but fairly traditional furniture and decor inside. Not much on the beer front, with just John Smith's Cask (£2.90) from the pair of handpumps, and a few standard keg offerings.