The William Aylmer (JD Wetherspoon), Harlow

Housed under a very undistinguished office block on the northern edge of the grim town centre, this elongated 'spoons is in two parts, each large enough to be a pub in their own right (although only the right-hand one has a bar). Usual furniture and decor throughout, plus a limited amount of pavement seating by the main entrance. Mauldon's Silver Adder and Goffs White Knight (£2.10) in addition to the regular trio of Doom Bar, Greene King IPA, and Abbot, with Blindmans Golden Spring have run out as my pint was being poured.

Harlow must be a strong contender for the most horrible town in the UK so I wasn't really hoping for much from this JDW. It's less central than I expected being stuck on a side road at the North end of the main shopping area. It's set in the ground floor of a typical ghastly Harlow office block and is long and narrow with the bar area on the right and a dining area on the left. The dining area was quiet on my Saturday afternoon visit but the bar area had a fair few in. There are three banks of five hand pumps here but there was lots of doubling up. I noticed the two GK beers, Doom Bore, Broadside, Wadworth Dungarvan Irish Red, Jenning's Snecklifter and Kelham Island Pale Rider. I went for the Pale Rider (£2.20) which was really quite cold (not something I would normally comment on) and hazy. I thought this was an average or possibly even below average Spoons so wouldn't return but mainly because I don't want to ever visit Harlow again.