The Blue Bell Inn (JD Wetherspoon), Scunthorpe

The Blue Bell Inn is a Wetherspoons located mid-terrace in old local shops that have been knocked through, therefore it is more wide than long. There is an L-shaped bar counter to the right rear where the usual standard and premium keg fonts surround two banks of six hand pumps. The usual Ruddles, Sharp’s Doom Bar and GK Abbot Ale were available alongside Acorn Brewery’s Darkness and Rooster Brewing’s Buckeye and Londinium. There is a mix of high tables and standard seating throughout, and in the left is some open plan seating adjacent to the food service area. The only real feature in here is a large chimney breast with a fireplace that was housing a basket. At the rear is a patio area with seating that backs onto a large car park. Upstairs is a roof terrace that overlooks the patio below and has much better view of the car park. This isn’t the greatest Wethers, but it is a welcome relief in a town that is swimming in mega-keg outlets.