Formerly shop premises, this JD Wetherspoon conversion has made it into a busy town centre pub on the main road through Blackwood. Extended during 2018,there are several drinking/dining areas on different levels as you go towards the back, where there is a garden and smoking area. It carries all the familiar trappings of a JDW pub and is a popular meeting venue for all ages during the day and evening, with the attractive food and drink deals. Note in the lower level framed sketched caricatures of the town's famous sons, the Manic Street Preachers who have played at Blackwood Miners' Institute just up the road, which makes this a handy meeting place before attending a show there. Toilets well hidden up the stairs to your left as you enter.