The Royal Enfield (Lloyds No 1 Bar), Redditch

The Royal Enfield is a Wetherspoons pub that is fairly close to Redditch Train station,so handy for me to get my first drink of my crawl round Redditch. It looks like an old cinema from the outside. Once inside there is a large room with an island bar close to the entrance,there are slight raised areas on each side of the room,the room is carpeted and had the usual Wetherspoons seating. The guest beer choice was a bit poor and the service even worse with a long wait,i had a drink of Lymestone Son of Stone,which was a decent drink,the other beers noted were Saddlers Peaky Blinder,Old Speckled Hen,Doom Bar and GK IPA. I was not that struck with this Wetherspoons. Pub visited 26/5/2017

An odd Lloyds No 1 Bar in a cinema conversion that doesn't seem to have made very good use of the space. There is an island bar and side seating area - both under quite a low ceiling - just inside the entrance, but the main space between this and the kitchen counter is cavernous. Dark modern furniture and decor throughout. Also has a front patio terrace. Two banks of five handpumps, with three usual suspects - Doom Bar plus Greene King IPA and Abbot - but three better offerings from Backyard, Lymestone and Sadler's (JPA, £2.35).

This cinema conversion makes for a more interesting place to visit than the other JDW but the beer choice isn't as good. There's an island bar in the middle of the old cinema with tall tables near the bar and lower tables further away. There is a light rig and DJ booth at the back giving the game away that it's a Lloyds. For once the toilets are at ground level rather than up several flights of stairs. The bar has two sets of five hand pumps with the front ones having Adnam's Redpoint Tai Pale Ale, Sadler's Worcestershire Sorceror, Jennings Golden Bee, Purity Mad Goose and Prescott Hill Climb. The rear five had two unused, GK IPA & Abbot and a repeat of the Redpoint which I tried and was in excellent condition. This JDW is reasonably OK for a Lloyds. Given it's fairly close proximity to the other JDW I hope it's not earmarked for closure.