The Exchange (JD Wetherspoon), Banbury

A grimly sterile two-tier Wetherspoons with one of their catalogue interiors, apparently converted from an old post office. Eight(!) guests with three of them not actually on, a bit poor for a Saturday. My Goodhands Xmas beer was flat and I couldn’t be motivated to finish it. Pictures of Olde Banbury on walls. A plus is the nice stained glass used as part of the porch area. I would rank this below the other JDW in town.

This Wetherspoons was converted from an old building. Once inside it had the usuall Spoons layout though i thought this one was a bit better that a lot of Spoons, there was a decent choice of beers on the bar and i had a drink of Ringwood Fortyniner which was a very nice drink. As usuall with Spoons pubs it opens early and this was handy for me as i was waiting for a bus to take me to Chipping Norton. All in all not a bad place for a quick drink. Pub visited 13/9/2003

Not a bad Wetherspoons pub and there were clips on all 12 handpulls, but as usual not all of them were available. 2 banks of 6 both with Greene King Abbot and Greene King Ruddles on. We had Acorn 1887 and Hawkshead Cumbrian Five Hop both of which were very good. Others that were on or coming soon were from Arundel, Warwicksheire, Roosters, Triple FFF, Daleside and Saltaire.