The Jolly Tars (JD Wetherspoon), Cleveleys Town Centre, Thornton-Cleveleys

As noted below the Jolly Tars is a shop conversion but a more recent one and they've made an effort to make it a bit more interesting. It is an open plan square room with two odd looking enclosures in the middle. It's on the expensive side for a JDW with standard guest ale price of £2.59 and the food a bit dearer than average. The ten hand pumps had one unused, Doom Bore doubled up, Ruddles, Cumberland Great Corby Stout, Dunscar Blissful Blonde, Moorhouse White Witch, Thwaites Lancaster Bomber, Burton Bridge Porter and Phoenix Wobbly Bob. I went for the Blissful Blonde (£2.59) which was in good nick. Despite the slightly higher prices than usual I thought this was a good Spoons. It's GBG 2017 listed.

A fairly decent Wethers. Its an open plan square basically with the usual Wethers fixtures. 10 handpumps on the bar and, today at least, a decent selection. Lots of wood panelling and 2 little booths in the middle of the pub.

A short walk from Cleveleys tram stop, the Jolly Tars is a modern Wetherspoons pub, opening back in 2011 in a former Kwiksave store. The pub has a straightforward single room interior with the servery located on the right hand wall. The room has mostly been fitted out with seating options, including high tables and stools directly opposite the bar and standard tables and chairs beyond. Some nice dark wood partitioning screens partly obscure the left hand side of the pub where a lot more standard seating can be found, as can a huge fireplace with a lovely curved lintel and a wooden surround decorated with a collection of wall clocks. The ceiling has a nice frieze running around it and the usual 'Spoons local history boards include some fine photos of the 'Jolly Tars' performers who gave the pub its name. A TV to one side of the pub was showing a muted BBC programme and to the rear of the room there was an open kitchen, which was a Wetherspoons first for me, although ironically I found another in a different pub the following day. For me, the star attraction is the bar back which has some high arched recesses, each filled with large mirrors and fronted by displays of spirit bottles or, in one case, with a 'Jolly Tars' clock mounted on an elaborate backboard. The pub has a sizeable seating area out on the wide front pavement, in lieu of a proper beer garden. There are ten hand pumps on the bar, and these were serving a decent ratio of six guest ales and four 'Spoons regulars. I struggled to find a guest that caught my eye and ended up with a decent enough pint of Moorhouse Witchfinder General. The staff were all very friendly, including the two doormen who were jovially welcoming everyone and wishing them a good evening on their way out. This seemed like a pretty well run branch of this ubiquitous pub chain and whilst I wasn't enamoured with their guest ale choice, I did at least think the pub had a bit of character, which isn't always the case for shop conversions. Probably your best bet for a decent pint in Cleveleys.

Like i say spoons are good or bad no inbetween this is a good one nice people in and no down and outs like in a lot of them 10 hand pulls had a very good pint of dirty tackle from the Jennings brewery very GOOD. Well worth a visit