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The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon), Barrow Town Centre, Barrow-In-Furness
Barrow-In-Furness
LA14 5QR
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J D WetherspoonReviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
In common with most Barrow pubs, this branch of Wetherspoon's had its fair share of drunken people. Although, it was much quieter than many of the town's other pubs, both in terms of volumes of people and the noise levels. The denizens of Barrow seem to like a little loud music. So, perhaps that was why there were less customers here.
Having negotiated the bouncers on the door, my next challenge was to get served. A barman had clocked me, but carried on doing what he was doing until a bar manager instructed him to serve me! The usual Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar were all on, along with 3 guests - Summerskills Devon Dew, Magpie Jay IPA & Bowman Wallops Wood. The cider was Weston's Old Rosie.
A group of young girls opposite me looked a little worse for wears. They were sat at a table full of pitchers containing all manner of strange colourful concoctions. I would imagine that there would be a few hangovers for them on the Saturday morning.
On 2nd March 2023
- rating: 6
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
Average Wetherspoons, long room, standard with booths right at the end. Average beer
On 20th August 2018
- rating: 5
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Brainy Pool left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
not the most interesting spoons and found the beer choice uninspiring really but I suspect you'll struggle to find better places in desolate Barrow
On 12th May 2018
- rating: 5
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custodian 42 left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
Decent Spoons which is flat and wide with the bar in the middle. Usual selection of ales on offer. Worth a revisit.
On 25th August 2017
- rating: 7
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Lester Ford left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
A Saturday morning visit to this large single storey 'spoons which is a short walk from the station and is one of 2 pubs in the town that appears in the 2017 GBG.
Unsure what use this building had before it was a 'spoons but it's a bit more cosier and intimate than other 'spoons, the clientele were a mix of breakfast eaters and some early drinkers like my pal and I were.
6 ales on the hand pumps, the Coniston Blue Bird was on good form and service was swift.
Not much more to say, Barrow is quite a dessert for ale drinkers so I get why this place has been included as the pint I had was well kept and of course was Wetherspoon's prices.
On 18th April 2017
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
This looks very much like an old school Spoons externally with the original plastic signage but as it is now one of their hotels it must have been upgraded. Inside the pub is on the ground floor and consists of a wide room split into areas and the bar roughly in the middle. The fixtures are certainly more varied than the usual old school shop conversion.
The 12 hand pumps here had two unused, GK Ruddles, Well's Directors and eight festival ales. I went for the Truman's Samson which was in good nick. I suspect this place has improved as a result of being extended into a hotel and thought it was a good Spoons.
On 5th November 2016
- rating: 7
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STEPHEN LODGE left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
Was in here recently and the beer is up to it's usual good standard as was the food.At the moment the place is covered in scaffolding,as they are turning the upstairs into a 50 room hotel and are also going to expand the pub downstairs as well.
On 31st March 2015
- rating: 8
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STEPHEN LODGE left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
This pub was up to it's usual good standard,the Corby Noir beer was on very good form as was the food.
On 23rd February 2015
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
Standard-issue 'spoons in a converted department store, partly opened out to form further seating areas each side of the main two-part bar. Also has a few patio tables out front. Ten of 12 handpumps were working, with a reasonable selection including Loose Head from the small Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery (£2.15). Let down a bit by poor service and uncleared tables when I visited, but otherwise OK.
On 9th March 2014
- rating: 6
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Roger Button left this review about The Furness Railway (JD Wetherspoon)
Originally built in 1889 as a Department Store, this is a fairly large if formulaic Wetherspoons situated at the edge of the shopping area in was previously the town’s Co-Op which had closed in 1999. The interior is wide but not very deep and is divided into 3 or 4 sections that are all much of a muchness with typical ‘Spoons décor.
Since most people outside of Barrow are probably not familiar with the town’s history or the importance that the Furness railway line played, the old pictures and history snippets on display are actually quite an interesting raed.
The 12 hand pumps had a decent choice of guests and “available soon” labels were few and far between on my couple of visits which was good to see.
As one would expect, it can get very busy although I always found a table available, even during England’s washed out game in Poland that everyone had gathered for.
The bottom line is that it’s a ‘Spoons so you know what to expect whether that be good or bad and given that Barrow isn’t a priority ale destination, it will have more appeal than some of the other pubs in town.
On 4th January 2013
- rating: 7
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