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The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon), Buxton
Buxton
SK17 7DJ
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J D WetherspoonReviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Strongers . left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
The Wye Bridge House is an staple-shaped Wetherspoons with a central L-shaped serving counter that supports two banks of five hand pumps that were duplicated with the usual three suspects plus Titanic’s Plum Porter and Robinson’s Dizzy Blonde. Not a great selection, but the Porter was spot on and went down a treat, especially at £2.50 a pint. The pub itself is rather forgettable, but on the walk up I did stop to witness a freight train passing across the railway bridge above the pub which was slightly more interesting.
On 8th March 2025
- rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
An absolute nightmare of a road to try and get across to this JDW. Thankfully we only had one drink so getting back was fine. The first thing to notice, was the large front beer garden. The interior colour scheme in here was mostly caramel and coffee painted walls in the main part of the pub. The far end of the pub had dark blue painted panelling and walls to match. Ten handpumps with five either end of the bar. Pretty boring line up, the usual suspects apart from a Titanic Cherry Porter and Redemption Big Chief. I went for the Redemption which was fine. I wouldn't make the effort again to get here.
On 29th August 2024
- rating: 5
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
This felt like a strange branch of Wetherspoons, located on a road leading out of town, away from the town centre and accordingly quiet on my mid-week visit. However, the lack of customers may have partly been due to the fact that their kitchen was closed for a refurbishment, so no food was available. You enter via a front patio seating area next to a busy main road, into a carpeted, long room with plain painted walls and some low wood wall panelling, art deco light features and the servery midway down the left-hand side of the room. Tables and chairs fill the front space near the entrance, with lots of high tables and stools opposite the bar, as tends to be the case in most 'Spoons pubs. More seating can be found to the rear, but it was all stacked up and marked as out of bounds due to the aforementioned refurbishment. The bar has a timber fronted counter with a polished stone top and plain bar back, looking like a hundred other 'Spoons serveries you've doubtless seen before. Several slots machines were quite prominently positioned and I noticed a few TV screens, all of which were switched off. There's a display case opposite the entrance with some odd sculpted animals on show and the usual local history boards and black and white photos can be seen around the walls.
The pub's limited capacity had a knock on effect at the bar, with the three regular 'Spoons ales supplemented with just two guests, and all of the above were doubled up across two banks of five handpulls. I tried the Magpie Jay IPA, which was in good shape and served to me by a very cheery barmaid, whilst another barmaid was busy on the floor, scrubbing table and chair legs whilst customers moved around her.
I think this could be quite a nice 'Spoons experience, but I clearly caught it at a bad time, with much of the pub and its services out of action. The service was good and the garden looked like it would be great in the summer, but there wasn't too much else to shout about on this visit and I preferred the more central pubs than this outlier.
Date of visit - 17th January 2024
On 3rd June 2024
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
Extensive Wetherspoons in an old building close to the river Wye, usual sort of multi space ‘spoons rearrangement maybe a bit more haphazard due to respecting the original fabric. Roughly an L shape or perhaps a truncated U it has the standard five plus five pulls topped and tailed by T-bars. Nice decor of the more modern spoons variety. Ordering on the app I was very impressed by the speed of service and even the old plates were shifted in reasonable time, better than some more traditional pubs. All in all a pretty well run spoons, the beer is above average however not much above, but one worth a visit.
On 22nd October 2023
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Quinno _ left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
Fairly bland Spoons situated a little out of the immediate town centre which has a lovely (if you like trains!) backdrop of the arches taking freight over the way. In a former life this was the Midland Railway Hotel. Just two guest cask, my Titanic Plum Porter was fine (NBSS 3) and no problems with my breakfast. Nice seats at the far end overlooking the bridge and park. Serves its Spoonsy purpose for the town but I didn’t get much out of it otherwise.
On 8th March 2023
- rating: 6
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
Large and impressive Spoons on the edge of town. Plenty outdoor seating. We had a quick lunch here which was fine. I found the service to be nice and friendly and the beer was well kept. Shame I forgot the name of it! Worth a visit.
On 21st October 2022
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
Impressive old building on the northern outskirts of town, mostly opened out by still leaving separate areas on each side of the main space around the bar. It also benefits from some large windows, including several bays, plus front and side patios from which to observe the world go by. Although there are two banks of five handpumps, the choice on my visit was restricted to Ruddles, Doom Bar, Abbot, Ghost Ship (£2.15), Forty Niner and a cider (although the range is probably bigger in normal times).
On 5th July 2021
- rating: 7
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
10 hand pulls split across two banks, one of which is partially obscured by some decorative feature on top of the bar. On offer was Old Rosie cider, Ruddles Best, Doom Bar, Abbot Ale (duplicated across the two banks), Boon Doggle and the rest were more interesting guests including something from Conwy brewery that I had. Guest ales priced at £2.15 a pint (£1.08 for a half).
I didn't find the bar man to be especially friendly. All the cask pumps had a glass tankard on the handle which initially led me to wonder if the beers were all off, but it just appears to be some kind of fiddly gimmick.
There is a nice beer garden / patio outside but it was raining at the time of my visit this lunch time so was not being utilised.
Not a bad Spoons despite the surly service, and also worth noting that the toilets are on the ground floor.
On 11th June 2019
- rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
This is an opulent JDW compared to many set in what was once a hotel. I could see no evidence of the upstairs being used so presumably this would be a candidate for a conversion to one of their hotels. Inside it's a wide room with the bar at the back and extending down further at the sides. There is a large patio area that on a fine summer Saturday afternoon was responsible for keeping plenty of room available inside. A downside of this place is that they serve you with a stupid dimple jug by default so I kept having to ask for a straight.
Although there are ten hand pumps the beer choice wasn't that good consisting of the JDW Trio Of Doom with Abbot & Doom Bore doubled, Robinson's Trooper doubled, Thornbridge Jaipur & Wye and one of those International collaborations. I tried the Thornbridge Wye (£3.05) and the biggest "Why" going through my mind was "Why's it so expensive?". It's an undistinguished (for Thornbridge) 4.7% golden bitter. I looked at the menu and the standard guest price was listed as £2.49. The Trooper which should be the standard guest price and the brewery have watered down from 4.8% to 4.7% was priced at £2.75. I ordered some food and made sure that the "free" drink was Jaipur at £3.20. The food prices were not unduly expensive.
It's a shame that the beer choice and prices let this place down as apart from that it seemed a good Spoons.
On 3rd July 2017
- rating: 5
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custodian 42 left this review about The Wye Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon)
Decent enough Spoons where I had breakfast on Friday morning and returned at night. There was Jaipur on hand pump which was in good condition. Would return.
On 29th January 2017
- rating: 7
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