Devonshire Arms, Alfreton

A brick built back street pub set back slightly from the main road just outside the town centre. Internally, the white painted walls are criss-crossed with fake timbers giving the impression of a much older building. There are two rooms: I went in the public bar on the left, where there are two hand pumps, though the beers were drawn from pumps on the bar in the other room. Beers on offer were Oakwell Barnsley Bitter and Dark Mild. I enjoyed a half of the latter (only 90p), which Trudi, the friendly bar person, topped up without having to be asked. It was fairly quiet, in terms of customers, for a Saturday lunchtime, but with The Who followed by Derek and the Dominoes at high volume on the CD player, it was anything but quiet aurally. Some interesting black and white photos of local street scenes adorn the walls. Definitely worth a visit for the beers, this would be a much nicer pub without the loud music.