The site shows the walking distance to every pub from its nearest Train, Tube, Tram or Metro Station.
It was developed by someone who likes travelling by train, and likes to visit pubs!
Walking distances are derived from Google Maps; for each pub, there is a link to the Google Maps directions, showing the walking distance and route.
Google Maps assumes a walking speed of about 3 miles per hour.
Use the Main Site if you know the pub you want to visit, and you want to find its nearest station.
Alternatively use the Stations page if you are at a station, and you want to find the nearest pub(s) (within a 20 minute walk).
Type a few characters in the Search box to narrow down the list of pubs displayed.
Walking routes are calculated by Google, and may not necessarily be a recognised walking route, so care should be taken if the route suggests crossing or walking along main roads where there are no pavements or other safe walking route.
Click on the News & Stats page for a summary of proposed new pubs (with opening dates where known), and planned closures. If you can't find a pub, check the News & Stats page in case it has been closed.
NEW You can now mark pubs as "visited" using the checkbox adjacent to the pub name.
You can then filter by your "visited" or "unvisited" pubs using the checkboxes next to the search input box.
You can also view your 20 nearest unvisited pubs via the link in the News & Stats page, which will also show the approximate straight-line distance in miles.
If you are planning to visit another location, use the search box to find pubs in that area, and then click on a postcode to show the 20 nearest pubs to that location.
Data is saved in your browser, but you can export and import your visited pubs list to another device or browser; see the FAQ below.
NEW You can now sort columns as ascending or descending by clicking on the column header.
NEW You can create a Google My Map showing your visited and unvisited pubs by clicking Export.
Feedback and corrections are welcome, and will be gratefully incorporated into the site.
| A | Airport - Airside (after security) |
| A | Airport - Landside (before security) |
| F | Franchised |
| H | Hotels |
| L | Former Lloyds No.1 Bar * |
| S | On Railway Station Premisis |
The problem is that I wanted to list every pub, so I've just given the walking distances regardless of how feasible it would be. For a while, I was tempted to limit the walking time to 20 minutes, but then why not 22 minutes or 25 minutes? So by listing all of the times, it is left up to the individual to choose their own walking limit.
Because otherwise I'd have to list the distances from all of the stations (2591) plus all of the Tram and Metro Stations (another 844), plus 54 stations in Northern Ireland and 146 stations in The Republic of Ireland, to over 800 pubs; I make that nearly 3 million entries to maintain! The only possibility was to limit the walking distance to an arbitrary 20 minutes, which reduces the number of entries to a more manageable 1000 or so.
The honest answer is that I'm not really that knowledgeable about bus routes, and I personally prefer trains and trams. I would recommend the traveline.info site as it gives bus information in a clear and concise way, however you can also try looking at the google maps walking route to the pub from this site (follow the "map" link), then change the icon at the top left from "walk" to "public transport".
It is, but its a bit fiddly. See Transfer for instructions and more information.
This can happen when you have visited pubs which have subsequently closed. The pub is still stored as "visited" in your browser, but no longer exists in the list of open pubs. Have a look at this link: Reconcile for more information.
The web page is initially filtering the full pubs list, and displaying only those 20 pubs.
The pubs are therefore in the same order they would be in the full list, so are sorted by Country, Region, Town and Pub Name.
However you can now sort any column by clicking on the column header, and there is a new "Dist" column which shows the approximate straight-line distance in miles.
If you are having problems with the new site, try deleting the cache in your browser (for Chrome, its under Settings -> Delete browsing data), BUT before trying this, make sure you have saved any visited pubs first, see transfer for instructions.
If you are still having problems, send a mail with the details of the issue to feedback@railspoons.co.uk and I'll see if I can help.
You can try accessing the old site here: v1 site, but it is a static copy and won't be updated with any new or closed pubs.
Please check the official site Wetherspoon Pub Search before travelling!
Feedback to: feedback@railspoons.co.uk