The Jack Fairman (JD Wetherspoon), Horley

Large 'spoons, initially looking like an Art Deco former cinema, but actually a converted 1930s garage once owned by the local Fairman family (of whom Jack was a famous racing driver). Some attempt has been made to break up the space, but it does remain a bit of a gloomy barn. However, if the weather permits, there is also a reasonable amount of seating out on the front pavement. Eight of ten handpumps in operation, with a couple of local(ish) Westerham beers on offer, but I went for the Goldmark American Hop Idol (£2.55).

This has already been well described below but I would add that the right hand side seems to have a dropped ceiling making it more attractive while the left hand side and the bar retain the shed like nature of the building including exposed ventilation ducts giving it all a rather bizarre appearance. On my Thursday afternoon visit the clientele was mixed but it mainly consisted of older people in for meals. The ten hand pumps on my visit didn't have a great selection as Hog's Back IPA was available soon, Ruddles, Doom Bore and the Locale Pilgrim's Progress were doubled up. This left Abbot, Milk Street Funky Monkey or Firebird No. 79 Pale Ale. I went for the Firebird brew which was in very good condition but not a particularly memorable brew. It's a Lloyds so may transform itself into Nightmare On Elm Street after 21:00 on Friday and Saturday but I thought it was OK.

The Jack Fairman is a large open plan town centre Lloyd’s No 1 that was quiet at 21:00 on a recent Saturday evening. The ales on offer were Greene King’s Abbot Ale, Brain’s SA, Black Dragon IPA, Sharp’s Doom Bar and Ruddles. The usual draught suspects are all present alongside cheap pub grub. There is at least one plasma screen that was off and I spotted some gaming machines. There was also some background music playing. The toilets are located upstairs, but I would imagine a pub of this size has disabled facilities.