Hain Line, St Ives

Newly opened in May 2012 literally in the town centre in the former Isobar nightclub, this is one of the more compact Wetherspoon branches, although it recently extended into the former shop next door. The split-level ground floor has a seating area at the lower front end, the raised part behind hosting a narrow bar space where 7 handpumps offer the usual Wetherspoon suspects plus three or four changing beers. A separate albeit narrow drinking/eating space is located along the side wall. Upstairs, a more spacious room, also on two levels, offers much more table seating space and its own bar with 3 handpumps where one of the beers might be different from the downstairs lineup. Although there is piped music upstairs, this is not a Lloyds Bar version of Wetherspoons; there are no noisy machines to distract and conversation dominates. It opens at 08:00 for breakfast each day.