The Counting House (JD Wetherspoon), Congleton

As the name suggests this is a bank conversion. It's an open plan room with the bar area on the right and separated into different areas. It was quite busy on my Saturday midday visit. Although there are twelve hand pumps the beer choice was poor. There were three available soon and the JDW Trio Of Doom doubled up leaving just three dull mainstream International festival ales from the major regional brewers. I went for the Banks's Brazilian Burton Pale (£2.05 festival price) which was in good condition. This could be a decent Spoons if they could sort the beer out a bit better.

A decent Wetherspoons with the usual expedition to the toilets. 12 handpumps serving 6 cask ales.

This is a fairly decent Wetherspoons in a nice oldish building. The pub is in the usuall Wetherspoons style but it does have lots of different drinking areas which i kept finding as i walked round this pub. There was the usuall range of real ales on and i had a drink of Beartown Bearskinfull this was a decent drink and the pub was quite busy at 10.30 in the morning.