| Pub | Comments | Location |
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| BUXTON | ||
| Cheshire Cheese | This excellent pub serves quality ales from owners Titanic Brewery and guests. The food is great.
Last visited June 2024. |
High Street / Church Street |
| Swan | A rather fine traditional boozer with three rooms around a central servery. There's some nice leaded glasswork. Excellent real ales.
Last visited September 2009. |
High Street / Church Street |
| Wetherspoon's Wye Bridge House | A pleasant conversion of an old building retaining the exterior while thoroughly modernised inside.
Last visited November 2011. |
Fairfield Road |
| CHESTERFIELD | ||
| Golden Fleece | ||
| Joplin's | A nicely done out knocked through pub concentrating
on food but serving an excellent pint of cask conditioned
Stones. LSTV.
Last visited May 2000. |
Low Pavements |
| Royal Oak | A selection of real ales is available in this two sided pub with a half-timbered interior. It claims to be the oldest pub in Chesterfield. There is no communication between the two rooms except via the street, so don't drink in the upper bar on a rainy day or you'll get wet going to the gents! The food is good.
Last visited July 2007. |
Hidden up an alley-way off the Market |
| Wetherspoon's Portland Hotel | A large popular Wetherspoon's, traditionally decorated. Hotel upstairs.
Last visited October 2022. |
West Bars / Park Road |
| Wetherspoon's Spa Lane Vaults | A typical reliable Wetherspoon's with rather nice stylish decor.
Last visited October 2022. |
St Mary's Gate |
| DERBY | ||
| Alexandra | An excellent two sided boozer serving superb real ale with about ten on. I had some Ice Cream Porter which was superb, unfortunately I forgot to note the brewery. The place was full of railway people and the walls are covered in railway memorabilia. You don't often see a jar of pickled eggs behind the bar, nowadays.
Last visited June 2024. |
Siddals Road / Canal Street |
| Brunswick | A superb provider of umpteen real ales in a splendid stone floored multi room interior. The unusual handpumps have a short and a long spout, selectable according to what type of serve is desired.
Last visited August 2024. |
Calvert Street / Railway Terrace |
| Derby Brewing Tap House | Five or so real ales on offer in this rather good pub, partially knocked through with a dark atmospheric interior. I've a sneaking suspicion it's all fake but it is still pleasing. Old wooden floors add to the pleasant appearance. Menu looks good.
Last visited February 2023. |
Derwent Street / Exeter Place |
| Exeter Arms | An excellent historic-looking multi room interior. Quality cask ales served. Food is excellent and despite a warning at a very busy time that there would be a delay it arrived pretty quickly. Lots of friendly regulars who all know each other.
Last visited February 2023. |
Exeter Place / Exeter Street |
| Peacock | A plain pleasant two sided boozer, the room I sat in was decorated with umpteen black and white pictures of footballers - Brian Clough was the only one I recognised.
Quality cask ales are on offer, a choice of four or five. After I sat down I noticed the "Fresh Bass" sign - Curses, missed it. Never mind, the Titanic Plum Porter was gorgeous. Last visited February 2023. |
Nottingham Road / Robert Street |
| Smithfield | A rather fine two sided street corner pub with a great range of about ten real ales, including some fine Bass. The walls are decorated with plenty of breweriania. The live music blackboard was two months of of date, still showing December in mid February. Or maybe it was next Christmas?? Plenty of cheerful regulars at four on a Friday.
Last visited February 2023. |
Meadow Road |
| Wetherspoon's Babington Arms | A nicely done spoons with dark wood panelling and bookcases. A wide range of quality real ales.
Last visited February 2023. |
Babington Lane / Gower Street |
| Wetherspoon's Standing Order | A spectacular main room in this former bank. Larger and surprisingly slightly less busy (I managed to get a seat.) than the other 'spoons next door.
Last visited October 2017. |
Iron Gate / Amen Alley |
| Wetherspoon's Thomas Leaper | Dark wood panelling in an interior somewhat cluttered with columns. This Lloyds No.1 was packed at four on a Saturday.
Closed in 2023. Last visited October 2017. |
Iron Gate / Amen Alley |
| GLOSSOP | ||
| Bar 2 | A very good shop conversion offering quality real ales.
Last visited November 2023. |
High Street East / Norfolk Street |
| Crown | Included in CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, this rather fine pub with one central counter and a number of rooms is well preserved, retaining some Victorian features. They provide a fine (and cheap) pint of Sam Smith's OBB. The banning of phones and tablets is a bit irritating when one is alone, and the exhortation to chat instead is pointless when I'm the only customer at two on a Friday afternoon.
Last visited October 2024. |
Charlestown Road / Hollin Cross Lane |
| Norfolk Arms | A very comfortable Hydes dining pub offering quality cask ales.
Last visited November 2023. |
High Street West / Norfolk Street |
| Oakwood | A fine pint of Robinsons in this pleasant pub with contemporary decor in what I presume is a former shop or shops. Card only is all very well but it's a bit inconvenient when the card machine has failed. Luckily they had more than one.
Last visited November 2024. |
High Street West / George Street |
| Queens Arms | A great pub serving excellent real ales.
Last visited October 2018. |
Church Street South / Shepley Street, Old Glossop |
| Surrey Arms | A pleasant plain boozer, the interior has been knocked through into one open room.
Last visited November 2017. |
Charlestown Road / Victoria Court |
| Star | A traditional street corner pub with two rooms but only one counter, where three hand pumps dispense quality real ales.
Last visited October 2018. |
Norfolk Street / Howard Street |
| Wetherspoon's Smithy Fold | A large popular 'spoons with modern decor, in the ground floor of a large mill, the rest of which is a Travelodge.
Last visited October 2024. |
Victoria Street |
| Wheatsheaf | This traditionally decorated place has the atmosphere of a village pub, with cheerful friendly locals and staff. A small selection of excellent real ales including a very nice one from the Howard Town Brewery which is only a stone's throw down the road.
Last visited October 2018. |
Well Gate, Old Glossop |
| HEAGE | ||
| Eagle Tavern | Good food and some fine real ale in this pleasant friendly traditionally decorated village pub.
Last visited September 2006. |
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| White Hart | ||
| MATLOCK | ||
| Thorn Tree | A splendid tiny traditional pub on a hillside overlooking the town centre. The beer is excellent, they had about six real ales on when I visited, and the food looks good. To find the gents, go out of the front door and turn right!
Last visited September 2009. |
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| RIPLEY | ||
| Wetherspoon's Red Lion | A medium size traditionally decorated Wetherspoon's. Good ale and food as usual.
Last visited June 2016. |
Market Place |
| WIRKSWORTH | ||
| Apollo | Located in a static buffet car on platform 3 of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway station, this pleasant bar serves a great pint of Bass.
Last visited June 2024. |
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| Red Lion | Good quality ales and decent food in this comfortable pub.
Last visited June 2015. |
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