The Green Dragon (JD Wetherspoon), Leek

This Spoons is a very smart building externally and has a rambling inside layout. Disappointingly there were only three guest ales available and they were all bitters, so a bit poor compared to most branches. It was very busy at the time of my mid week lunch time visit, but the staff were efficient at clearing plates away etc. I might give it another go when next in Leek but I'd probably be tempted to try a few other places first.

The Green Dragon is a sprawling Wetherspoons that reminded me of the Waterhouse in Manchester in that it was the last pub of the day and I spent at least two minutes walking around the many small seating areas looking for the bar. Two duplicate banks of five hand pumps sit on the bar, the usual three were available alongside GK Old Speckled Hen and Hook Norton’s Old Hooky.

Attractive old pub which makes a pretty decent Spoons. I failed to note the beer range but I do know that my pint of Pheonix brewery Boss Man's brew was in good shape.

Fine old building with plenty of exposed timberwork on the façade and inside. The interior has been thoroughly refurbished by Wetherspoon, but not fully opened out, so there are various different seating / dining areas which still retain a semi-traditional feel. I found a duplicated selection of the expected Ruddles, Doom Bar and Abbot trio supplemented with Burton Bridge Festival Ale (£2.10) and Wobbly Bob from Phoenix on the two banks of five handpumps.

A large sprawling Wethers. The servery is through the main door, past the thingy room, turn left, go through the gap, enter a large room and there in front of you is the bar. There could possibly be another entrance. Either way, the bar had 10 handpumps and a fairly decent selection. I liked this Wethers and, not that I'll ever be back to Leek, I'd recommend it.

Large Wetherspoon's with a modern interior in an old building. Several large rooms connecting through with the bar right at the back. Benefits from having an outdoor area in the courtyard. Range of beers seemed fair, otherwise fairly typical.

This is a newish Spoons dating from Summer 2013 and was originally another pub, something that isn't immediately obvious after their refurbishment. It consists of a room at the front with mainly small tables and some alcoves. The bar is at the back in another room with a paved patio to the left. On my Saturday lunchtime visit it was quite busy with a variety of people. The bar has two sets of five hand pumps, one set had the two GK beers, Lymestone Einstein and Slater's Queen Bee & Western American IPA. The other set had the International Hook Norton San Diego Pale, Adnam's Broadside, Beartown Black Bear and Titanic Iceberg & Plum Porter. I make that five Locale beers with no doubling up and only one of the boring three nationals. I went for the Slater's Western American IPA Which was in very good nick. This is a well above average Spoons that in most towns the size of Leek would probably be GBG listed but it's up against some very strong contenders.