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Chesterfield Arms, Stonegravels, Chesterfield
Chesterfield
S41 7PH
Served areas
Reviews of Chesterfield Arms (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about Chesterfield Arms
Absolutely heaving by the time of my arrival. My bad run of form with this place continued, as my Bass was under-par (NBSS 2.5). Seemed a bit dark and gloomy as well. Everyone else on the crawl was raving about it though, maybe if I’d have had an additional beer it might have looked up a bit but there were still pubs to tick down the hill and a train to catch. I’ll give it one more go.
August 2011
Located a tidy walk from the old Saltergate ground of Chesterfield FC, this pub came highly recommended by the 2011 Good Beer Guide so I was looking forward to a good session. The exterior is nicely done up, with a couple of large graphics depicting some chap in a hat. The attractive interior is large and reverse L-shaped, with lots (original?) square wood panelling, a combination of carpets and flagstone flooring, hops adorning the walls, pewter tankards above the bar, old clocks, interestingly intricate plaster moulding on the beams and tidy music from the Rolling Stones and Beatles back catalogue. Cobs were available as well as pies, cheap too. A rear area called the Barn looked set up for dining and the gents had plenty of old pump clips festooning the ceiling. Sadly though, on a lovely sunny Sunday it was rather gloomy due to the curtains not being pulled fully back for some reason. This gloom was unfortunately symptomatic of the atmosphere, it was like a morgue - a number of old blokes sat around staring vacantly. The barmaid too was really down at the mouth and had no real people skills. Four times I went to the bar and four times I got the same glum reception, despite hardly being rushed off her feet. After I sat down I had the distinct impression of being watched by some of the regulars, like an exhibit - as a non local I felt uncomfortable throughout my stay. That aside, there were a large number of ales available, including three from local brewery Leatherbritches (all of whose ales were very cheap, barely touching £2.50 in most cases whilst the others hovered just around the £3 mark). There were also a large number (six?) real ciders stationed on stillage at the left of the bar and plenty of continental bottles were also advertised. I ended up trying four of the ales; the Leatherbritches Bounder, A Brew Co one, O’Hanlons Goldblade and TSF Double Espresso Stout. The first two were fine but I was less enamoured about the latter couple and the TSF was downright horrible - having never tried the brewery before I couldn’t say with conviction whether it was the pub’s fault or not but I suspect it was. Sadly for me it was last one and I trudged off up the road towards the Derby Tup unfulfilled - I desperately wanted to like this place as it ticked many boxes but it tried its damnedest to stop me. I shall give the Chesterfield Arms another go because I really want it to be better than this visit. I’ll leave others to make up their own mind. Rated 6
On 5th January 2026
- rating: 6
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Steve of N21 left this review about Chesterfield Arms
What a great pub this is and probably shaved it as my Pub Of The Day on our recent crawl around Chesterfield.
Cannot really add much to Mr Fastard’s review below except to confirm that the available In house Resting Devil Brewery beer that he failed to note was their Lake Shawnee 6% Porter.
Five ale pumps greet you on the first section of the bar and when this section is busy, as it was for our visit, you could easily miss the other seven pumps lurking on the other bar section, but hopefully not the chalk board on the pillar between the two bar sections that details what is on them.
Three from the in house brewery and eight other ales as detailed by Mr Fastard below providing a superb choice of beer styles and strengths. I went for the Turning Point Become The Data Session IPA, as it’s a brewery I do not see much, and excellent it was.
A fine pub and well worth doing as a double with the nearby Neptune Beer Emporium with both of them justifiably being in the current GBG
On 15th November 2025
- rating: 9
[User has posted 2317 recommendations about 2167 pubs]
Tris C left this review about Chesterfield Arms
Chesterfield Pub of the Year 2022, 2023 and 2024, there’s a very attractive interior, plush with much wood panelling, all to a very lively good atmosphere.
I counted 12 pumps, though a couple could have been dispensing pseudo ‘real’ cider, I adventurously plumped for the Landlord at £2.15 a half and very good.
A must-visit Chesterfield pub.
On 14th November 2025
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2303 recommendations about 2249 pubs]
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Dronfield, 5.36 miles, 1 hr 43 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Darts : Yes last updated 06 June 2016 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes - Pizza Thu/Fri/Sat; roast Sun - last updated 27 October 2025 by Will Larter
- Jukebox : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : Yes - Wednesday - last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 05 January 2026 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 27 October 2025 by Will Larter
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