Spring Cottage Inn, Ilkeston

The Spring Cottage is a bare brick built pub that is situated in the back streets off bath street. The pub was a Bass tied house when i first went in it,this was rare in Ilkeston at the time,i have been in this pub loads of times and have always enjoyed my time here. The pub has now been opened out but still retains two seperate drinking areas due to the unusuall layout of the pub. Once inside the bar area is to the right,this area runs to the rear of the pub,there is comfy bench seating and small stools,the other area is larger,this is at a sharp angle to the left,this area also has very comfy bench seating,there is also a pool table off this area down a few steps. There were three pumps on the bar but two unclipped,this left Lees MPA which was a very nice well kept beer. There were three TVs showing Sky Sports football updates,the pub was reasonably busy on my Saturday afternoon visit. I have always liked this pub and my most recent visit has made me like it even more. Pub first visited 1980 Old photo taken Recent visit and photo taken 14/9/2013