The Thomas Drummond (JD Wetherspoon), Fleetwood

Its nothing special but for some reason I quite liked it. Half decent ale selection.

This Wetherspoons pub opened back in 2001 in the town’s former Sunday School building, built by Thomas Drummond, who now gives his name to the pub. It’s a deceptively large building and it was only as I was leaving that I realised the pub extends much further than I had initially realised. Entering through the right hand front door, you find yourself in a large, almost drinking barn-style room with the servery sited on the back wall. The room has been carpeted and has the usual ‘Spoons furniture layout of high tables and stools opposite the bar, standard tables and chairs in the middle of the room and a series of padded banquette booths running along the front wall. There is a very high ceiling, which makes the place feel spacious and airy and has a balcony looking down into the main bar area, although I didn’t notice any seats up there from which to enjoy the view. The décor comprises the usual pastel shaded walls and a few large pictures and local history boards, with TV screens dotted around including one which was showing a Six Nations rugby match with the commentary audible. Another screen listed ales which were due to feature in the near future and explained the role of the pub’s ale committee, who are responsible for deciding which beers and breweries get featured on the bar. A couple of openings on the left hand wall lead through to a few more seating areas, each very spacious, with plenty of tables and chairs and similar décor to the main bar area, although I didn’t really explore this side of the pub properly. There are ten hand pumps on the bar which were dispensing six guest ales and three ‘Spoons regulars with one ‘Coming Soon’ clip when I arrived. I decided to try the Hawkshead Dry Stone Stout, which was absolutely spot-on and went down very nicely indeed. Funnily enough, a ‘Meet the Brewer’ evening with the Hawkshead Brewery was being promoted for later in the month. The staff were very efficient and helpful and I got the impression that they were keen to engage with their customers and make the experience a bit more personal than you get in your average Wetherspoons venue. I visited a lot of Wetherspoons pubs whilst I was in Lancashire, but none of them quite matched up to this one, which I found to be clean, comfortable and welcoming, as well as very popular with the locals. I’m not too familiar with Fleetwood’s pub scene, but I imagine that you could do a lot worse than spending an evening here.

Its a spoons nice place but unfortunately full of fleetwood low life

If you're out in Fleetwood then this is definitely somewhere you want to visit. They have a wide selection of spirits at reasonable prices and the staff are very friendly and helpful.

Called in on our way to the Fleetwood beer fest and it is one of the better Wetherspoons as staff seem to keep some order in how they serve, and it was clean and tidy. The Leeds New Moon and Lancaster Amber were both well kept ales.