The Malt Shovel Inn, Derby

Lovely old multi-room pub, close to the church but slightly hidden away as it is set back from the road up a side street. With the heritage interior recognised by Camra as being of national importance, all parts are very traditional as you would expect, including the old-school ladies toilets in a separate block to the rear (as well as the more usual gents). Also has a rear beer garden, catching the evening sun. Pedigree, Wainwright Gold and Rev James being served from the three handpumps.

A village pub, set back from the road, and near enough to the church to get some funeral bookings. The interior is splendidly unspoilt, with the curved, glazed partition of the snug opposite the small bar counter justifying the pub's place in Camra's heritage pubs database. A dining room in an adjacent building also has a bar for use when the room is let out for functions, and there is also a full size snooker table here. Beers on offer at the time of my visit were Pedigree, Sunbeam and Hobgoblin, all from the Marstons stable. The couple who run the pub are from Sheffield, and seemed friendly, welcoming and committed to the pub, but I was told later on the same day in another pub in Spondon that they may be leaving after 18 years.