The Draper's Arms (JD Wetherspoon), Peterborough

This is quite a smart Wetherspoons pub, close to the train station and town centre. The light front area, soon gives way to a darker middle section which has lots of dark wood panelling, bare floorboards covered in places by old rugs and a comforting dark purple paint scheme, making this about as cosy as any Wetherspoons is ever going to be. Beyond this is a bright rear area lit by skylights. Paintings by local artists are on display and seemingly for sale whilst behind the bar there are bar towels from local breweries hung up in keeping with the pub's attempt to feel more like a community pub. There was a very good selection of festival ales and ciders on, with only one non festival drink (Ruddles) in a bank of ten pumps. I had a pint of Inveralmond Old Brig, which wasn't really to my taste unfortunately. The staff were very friendly and seemed to be working hard to keep the place clean and presentable. I'm not really sure why I included this place on my crawl round Peterborough, but I'm quite glad that I did and would go so far as to say that this is one of the best Wetherspoons pubs I've been to. A nice surprise.

Not that much to say as it is after all a Wetherspoon's and they're all very similar. Open to midnight which is always handy (I think it maybe later on a weekend). They had TEN real ales on when we visited, but it was during their beer festival so I don't know what the usual number is. This one's definately preferable to the other JDW in Peterborough (College Arms) and seems to be in a nicer part of town. That's from a very quick observation though, I don't know the area!