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The Wicket Gate (JD Wetherspoon), Chester Le Street
Chester Le Street
DH3 3AX
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J D WetherspoonReviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about The Wicket Gate (JD Wetherspoon)
Medium sized spoons, no longer a Lloyds No1, in 3/4 of a modern brick building on the site of the town’s workhouse. Usual ‘spoons set up regarding high tables by the counter and low further away and it’s on two floor levels, it’s raised on the right. The odd thing here was not that the place was full but there was a bingo game in progress, a first for me, some regulars also returned their glasses to a tray by the counter that the staff use for that. There’s a screen on silent at one end with a couple of machines below and another machine by the front door. The rear located counter has six plus six pulls with a standard and a double T plus the usual wine / cocktails dispensers. Good Beer Guide listed, my Maxim Swedish Blonde was a VG; Hadrian & Border, Yorkshire Heart and Wychwood were also available plus Abbot Reserve, and two usual suspects. Just a little of the usual spoons decor, old photos either side of the kitchen serving hatch and other odd places. There’s a beer garden at the back and another upstairs with toilets both at the ground floor left end and upstairs by the upper beer garden. The tables and glasses are cleared quickly, it seems a well run spoons.
On 18th June 2026
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Wicket Gate (Lloyds No.1)
Lloyds No 1 bar housed in a prominent modern building at the south end of Front Street. Various seating / dining areas around the island bar, with a semi-open kitchen at the far end. Dark furniture and only a limited amount of window space, but the decorative lighting helps a bit. Two banks of five handpumps, but with little duplication the choice was much better than expected, with two Firebrick beers - Blaydon Brick and Toon Broom (£2.15, a pair from Maxim and Phoenix Wobbly Bob in addition to Ruddles, Abbot and a couple of ciders.
On 25th August 2018
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Wicket Gate (Lloyds No.1)
This is an unashamed Lloyds No 1 that retains the external branding but didn't have any music playing before midday on a Friday. I'm guessing that as it looked a very modern building it's a purpose built Spoons. It's an open plan room with an island bar on the left and a large and very dominant Lloyds Disaster Area to the right with speakers, lights, glitter ball and idiot booth.
Most people seemed to be in for a bite to eat on my morning visit.
There are ten hand pumps in total with one unused, two ciders, GK Ruddles doubled, GK Abbot, Hadrian Border Secret Kingdom, Mordue IPA, Hobgoblin Gold and Sonnet 43 Aurora. I went for the Thistly Cross Cider which was great value at £2.49.
It's not the worst Lloyds I've been to but wouldn't like to visit it on a Friday or Saturday night.
On 3rd December 2017
- rating: 4
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Wicket Gate (Lloyds No.1)
A large and trendy interior, with an oval shaped bar on the left of entrance. The main lounge is over on the right, with a central DJ booth. The deco in here was beiges and dark browns, wallpapered feature walls and chandeliers.
Expected to see some cricket memorabilia and history of the cricket ground, but this was absent. There was some literature on the Lambton family who were the local estate owners.
Ten handpumps with three repeated and four guest. Tyneside Blonde was my order on the day.
On 9th July 2015
- rating: 5
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William Purnell left this review about The Wicket Gate
This pub is a Lloyds No1 Bar (J D Wetherspoon) which opened on 28 August 2009
On 15th October 2009
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