The Bole Bridge (JD Wetherspoon), Tamworth

This Spoons is set just off the main shopping area of Tamworth. It was formerly a working man's club although what it may have been before that is anyone's guess. As noted below it appears to be two buildings joined together each with their own entrance. The pub and street name comes from a long gone ancient bridge across the River Anker (I don't have a dodgy keyboard!). The old building entrance takes you up some steps into the more attractive part of the pub with a small seating area to the left and a larger slightly raised area to the right. The bar is on the left as you go through to the more modern building which has an entrance on the right. There are some tall tables and chairs near the bar but the rest of this rather drab rectangular room is furnished with just rows of low tables and chairs making it look rather like a work canteen. At the far end is a patio. The bar has two sets of five hand pumps which had the JDW Trio Of Doom doubled up, Banks's / Arcadia Angler's Ale, Long Man Sussex Pride, Dorset Midnight Blinder and Ringwood Fortyniner. I went for the Sussex Pride (£2.09) which was in good nick. This is the better of the two Tamworth Spoons but overall it's pretty average.

A pretty average Wetherspoons with a pretty average selection of ales on today.

A large one roomed Wetherspoon's that had a good selection of real ales. The pub has an open and airy feel about it.

The Bole Bridge is a Spoons pub. Once inside there is a long oblong shaped room with the bar on the front left side,there is a small raised area to the front left,the seating in the main room is normal tables and chairs. There was a decent choice of real ales on the bar which was slightly spoilt by the american beers on the bar which are brewed in Britain,i will never drink these beers,i had a drink of John Willies 100 from Lees brewery which went down well at 9.20 in the morning. This spoons seemed is quite smart and had a nice laid back atmosphere,i quite liked this one. Pub visited 25/10/2014

Official pages of the Bole Bridge at the JD Wetherspoon site - www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk

Official pages of the Bole Bridge at the JD Wetherspoon site - www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk

I've just been to this pub with my 3 yr old daughter because I understood it to be a friendly family pub. However, after less than a minute of entering a man who told me he was a staff member, despite the fact that he was standing at the bar drinking, told me my daughter should not have been near the bar. He was very aggressive and my young one was quite upset. I certainly won't be returning.

One of the better Wetherspoon's housed in the town centre's old Working Men's Club. Clean and friendly with decent food and well kept beers including guest ales....not bad example at all for this chain UPDATE: Now offers a 'beer garden' or rather a 'beer backyard'