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Chesterfield Arms, Stonegravels, Chesterfield
Chesterfield
S41 7PH
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 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
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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
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Chesterfield Arms
An extensive and attractive street corner pub with a very strong real ale reputation .The interior has original features ,lots of wood panelling and winds around the central bar.The doors are attractive and the various sections have a mix of furniture,the extension is large,green banquettes elsewhere,a darts board which can only be used when it's quiet,and the pub certainly wasn't quiet approaching 6pm on a Friday.The handpumps are split over two sides of the bar,with nearest the front door Bass,TT Landlord,Everards Tiger (is this a Project William pub featuring Resting Devil ,the pubs microbrewery ?),Bang the Elephant Have You Got a Kiss for Daddy,Red Willow Breakfast Stout while on the otherside there was Thornbridge Jack of All Taps (NBSS 4),Two by Two Azacca Mosaic, Only With Love Dabble ,Resting Devil Twisted Pale,Banshee and one Resting Devil I failed to note.
There is a large keg selection,a cabinet of rolls and pork pies,one of which was consumed by the PuG crawlers in honour of Real Ale Ray.
I was only visiting as part of a crawl,I really will have to revisit ,stay a lot longer and sample more of the excellent ale.This pub stands shoulder to shoulder with some of the great ale houses of the UK,it's an absolute must visit .
On 8th November 2025
- rating: 10
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Graham Coombs left this review about Chesterfield Arms
An excellent and lively pub with a great beer range. The decor is perhaps a bit suburban but it is a good drinking venue nonetheless and well worth a visit. I had to have a Bass, of course.
On 8th November 2025
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about Chesterfield Arms
This has been one of my favourite pubs for quite a while and I can't believe my last review gave a rating of just 9. The beer quality here is tremendous - I always seem to be between 3.5 and 4.5 in my NBSS scores. The beers brewed on site - the Resting Devil brewery - are very well made, but on this visit the Brass Castle Hoparoo was a shoo in 4.5, not because it's a good beer, though it is, but because it's in such tremendous condition. If I was in a curmudgeonly mood I would deduct points for Halloween paraphernalia, but the very friendly customer service assistant was so willing to take all the blame that I'm prepared to forgive the "caution" tape on the front door. Roll on Christmas.
On 26th October 2025
- rating: 10
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Will Larter left this review about Chesterfield Arms
I've been here many times over the years - I remember when they used to feature beers from Leatherbritches brewery, and Ashover too. Everards Tiger is always on as this is one of that brewery's Project William pubs. There is now a microbrewery at the pub, called Resting Devil, and there were three of their beers on the bar today. I went for a 6% West Coast IPA called Banshee - it was very good. The real ale scene in Chesterfield is really very good for a medium-sized town, and this pub is right up there with the best.
On 8th December 2022
- rating: 9
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ROB Camra left this review about Chesterfield Arms
The one large L shaped room is nicely decorated with lots of wood and pictures along with a mable look figure or two. Lots of hop bines around the ceiling and walls. Some very comfy chairs in the corners make for a very pleasant pub. Reasonably busy at around 5 p.m. on a Thursday evening. This is a Project William pub in conjunction with Ashover Brewery, there were 10 ales available on our visit, 2 from Ashover and the rest guests. Both the beers I had were in excellent nick. This is a very good pub and makes a great double header with the nearby Neptune.
On 25th July 2016
- rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about Chesterfield Arms
This is a Project William pub originally set up with Brown Ales who were taken over by Ashover and who now have a couple of beers on here. It's an L shaped room with a wood floor and lots of wooden panelling. There is an extension to the rear. Live music was advertised for Saturday night. It was quiet on my Saturday afternoon visit.
There are twelve hand pumps here which included two from Ashover and Everard's Sunchaser rather than Tiger. The rest were mainly from the Midlands & North and I went for the Blue Monkey Fat Ape and Marble Howgate & Kemp (both £3.80). Both were excellent pints. This is another good Project William pub but I found it worrying that it was quiet on a Saturday afternoon.
On 8th June 2016
- rating: 8
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Alan Winfield left this review about Chesterfield Arms
The Chesterfield Arms is a decent sized white painted pub that is at the town end of newbold road.
Once inside there was an L shaped room with the bar facing,there was some comfy leather bench seating to the right,with a mix of seating types to the left,the floor was part tiled and carpeted,there were lots of hops hanging above the bar and around the room.
The bar facing the entrance had five pumps on,all in use,three had beers from a brewery called Brown Ales,which was local (Clay Cross),i had a drink of Brown Ales The Shining which was a very nice well kept beer,the other beers i noted were Brown Ales Gravity /Inception,Bass,Everards Tiger,Raw Euro IPA,Whim Flower Power,Black Hole Cyborg and Harvistoune Natural Blonde,there were 12 real ales on altogether,with four craft beers in the Barn to the rear,this only opens after 6 in the evening.
The pub was fairly busy mid Saturday afternoon with a decent atmosphere,there was also some decent background music playing.
This was a very pleasant pub to try some different real ales in.
Pub visited 29/3/2014
On 29th March 2014
- rating: 8
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