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The Wheeltapper, Loughborough
Loughborough
LE11 2TZ
Served areas
The Wheeltapper Loughborough
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Reviews of The Wheeltapper (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about The Wheeltapper
Service was a bit friendlier this time but again, I didn’t really warm to the place as a venue – though its insistence on opening later in the afternoon means I usually see it without punters. My choice of Panther by Little Brewing was fine (NBSS 3). 6.5
November 2022
Modern bar in a new build - too big to be a micro. Inverse L shaped interior, quite a clean and modern feel with cream walls and a burgundy lower third with some rail themed décor including some nice interwar posters. Dart board. Five pumps all dispensing, my Black Lodge Parade was a bit flabby but perfunctory (NBSS 2.5) much like the service. I got here not long after opening and the place felt a bit flat. I wasn’t really enamoured with Loughborough pubs and this place kind of summed things up – plenty of potential but not really firing on all cylinders. Rated 6
On 19th June 2025
- rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about The Wheeltapper
I visited the Wheeltapper not long after the 16:00 weekday opening so I was the only customer sat in this L-shaped bar with a short counter on the rear wall that faces a couple of tables to the left of the front entrance. Across the front windows to the left of these tables are a couple of sofas and in the far left is a dartboard. Some high tables and bench seating run up the right-hand wall and there’s a railway and beer theme on the walls throughout. The back bar and supporting pillars around the counter are plastered with old pumps clips, quite a collection is being amassed. During my visit the five hand pumps were drawing a very good Elgood’s Black Dog Mild alongside Little Brewing’s Epiphany, Hollow Stone Brewery’s Sorbeto Mango IPA, Shiny Brewery’s 4wood and Attic Brew Co’s Centro. There are also ten craft keg fonts on the back bar. I found the owner to be polite and I enjoyed the 1970s background music that could have come off my Spotify account, however there’s no character and it feels a bit like drinking in an office block. I would pop back in if passing, but only for one.
On 3rd June 2025
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about The Wheeltapper
As described before a bare modern room on the ground floor of a modern block, it does have a railway theme which relives the modernity. One wall is covered with 1950/60s BR posters and there are many other railway references. Fairly basic craft bar type furniture but there’s a pleasant atmosphere. An L shape with a central counter, home to five pulls with well kept local beers and the standard 10 keg taps on the back wall with a mix of non Camra approved ciders and craft kegs. Lots of pump clips decorate the walls inside the counter. There’s a rear garden with a second entrance off an adjacent alley. It has a dart board but I’m not sure that qualifies it for the CAMRA Traditional Pub of the Year 2023 (3rd place) award it displays. It does however well deserve its GBG 2025 place.
On 25th April 2025
- no rating submitted
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- Accommodation : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 31 May 2023 by Pub SignMan
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 19 June 2025 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 19 June 2025 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 19 June 2025 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
