The Green House, Belper

This shopping centre pub was well described by Aqualung below. I saw four hand pumps with a cider and three beers. My half of London Pride was ok (NBSS 2.5) but the noise level made me regret leaving my ear plugs at home. Numerous TV screens showing Brighton scoring against Man Utd (who knew there would be so many Seagulls fans in rural Derbyshire?).

This place is set above a shop on the hill through Belper. It's very modern and has a paved patio on the upper side that you need to go through to get inside. It's a roughly L shaped room that really is like a small Spoons with cigarette smoke drifting through from the patio and rampaging kids whose parents couldn't care less what they are up to. I noticed some booths that had a TV screen at the end of them, an idea that I hope JDW never latch on to. I decided to eat here and went for the rump steak which turned out to be a rump morsel with oven chips. It was cheaper than JDW but didn't include a drink. The beer choice from the four hand pumps was also a bit JDW with GK Abbot, Doom Bore, Pedigree and Sharp's Atlantic. I went for the Abbot (£2.80) which was in good nick. JDW have shown an interest in Belper in the past and I'm sure if they opened an outlet here it would kill this place stone dead. Luckily for Stonegate they seem to have given up on the town.