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The Blue Bell (JD Wetherspoon), Pontefract

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8 Cross Hill
Hemsworth
Postal town: Pontefract
WF9 4LQ

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J D Wetherspoon

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Hemsworth

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Rob Hunter left this review about The Blue Bell (JD Wetherspoon)

Visited in February. The Spoons usuals feature on the cask front, plus three guests - Old Peculiar and two by Wilde Child. Guest ales are £1.89 Monday to Wednesday.

Looks like it has always been a pub, rather than a conversion, and has several distinct sections across the ground floor. A beer garden is signed to the rear, and toilets are upstairs.

Reasonably busy at 1:45pm on a Tuesday.

It's not exciting, but there doesn't seem to be much else to get excited about in the area, so is probably your best bet for real ale.

On 18^th May 2026 - rating: 7
[User has posted 906 recommendations about 702 pubs]

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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Blue Bell (JD Wetherspoon)

You can't imagine that this 'spoons occupying a semi-detached building overlooking the main road junction is going to have much space inside, but looks deceive. Going back further than you might expect, there are several different seating / dining areas within the partially opened-out and extended interior, with generally semi-modern furniture throughout. Mostly artwork rather than information boards on the walls, but on closer inspection these are of local scenes (including the former colliery). Rather limited selection of real ales and ciders from the two banks of five handpumps, with several duplicated clips, but I went for the seasonal Rudgate Jerusalem (just £1.75).

On 16^th February 2019 - rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Blue Bell (JD Wetherspoon)

This one is a former Scottish & Newcastle pub that is a relatively new Spoons dating from Autumn 2013.
Inside there's a low ceiling at the front with the bar on the left. At the rear is a high ceilinged room with low seating. The furnishings are better than average.
The beer here is remarkably cheap with a standard guest price of £1.75.
Greene King IPA is £1.59. The food prices are more normal. Although there are ten hand pumps the beer choice was poor with one available soon, 3 ciders then GK IPA & Abbot and Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger all doubled. I went for the Bishops Finger (£1.75) which was in good nick but rather cold.
I thought this one was badly let down by the poor beer choice.

On 2^nd October 2017 - rating: 5
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]

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