Full list of 9 towns with the cheapest Wetherspoons in the UK – where pints cost 99p

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IF you want a boozy night out on a budget you are likely to find yourself in a Wetherspoons.
And a number of the famous pubs in the UK have pints of beer for as little as 99p.
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Some of the pubs are also as beautiful as they are cheap
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Here are nine of the towns where you will find a Wetherspoons pubs serving Worthington's beer for less than a quid.
Dudley
The Full Moon in Dudley opened as a Wetherspoons pub in 1996, transforming a previous pizza restaurant.
It is one of the many pubs that have moon in the name, which originated from George Orwell, who named his fictional pub 'Moon Under Water'.
But Dudley is also known for being the home of the Black Country Living Museum, which lets guests go 'back in time' with replica high streets as old as 1850s.
There is also the free-to-visit Dudley Museum and Art Gallery right n next door, with dinosaurs and fossils to explore.
And history buffs will love Dudley Castle, dating back to 1530 with limestone tunnels underneath to explore.
Need somewhere cheap to stay? There is an affordable Travelodge hotel with rooms from £27.
Wath-upon-Dearne
The small town of Wath-upon-Dearne is found in South Yorkshire.
There is Wath Wood and Manvers Lake and nature park for outdoorsy tourists who want a scenic walk, or a number of adventure attractions such as indoor karting and the Magna Science Adventure Centre.
But the cheap 99p pints are found at The Church House which opened as a Wetherspoons in 2000.
One of the UK's prettiest Wetherspoons is in an up-and-coming seaside town
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We've rounded up the nine towns in the UK where the Wetherspoons have 99p pints
Built as Cross House in 1810, it was consecrated by the Archbishop of York before becoming a pub in the 1980s.
There is a cheap Holiday Inn in town, as well as a Premier Inn with rooms under £100.
Batley
Batley, a market town near Leeds, also has 99p beers at The Union Rooms.
The Wetherspoons pub is one of the most beautiful in the UK from the outside, built in a grand Victorian bank.
Otherwise the town is known for its Victorian architecture as well as Basghaw Museum, set in a Victorian gothic mansion set in 36 acres of woodlands and parks.
It was once famous for Batley Varity Club which attracted everyone from Tom Jones to Louis Armstrong, although this closed in the 1970s.
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The Union Rooms in Batley is one of the more beautiful Wetherspoons in the UK
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Leigh
One of Leigh's most beautiful buildings is the The Thomas Burke Wetherspoons, which is built in a former cinema.
Along with 99p beers, the historic building opened in 1908 as the Grand Theatre and Hippodrome, before turning into an Odeon in the 1950s.
Elsewhere in the town there is The Turnpike Gallery for art lovers, while nature fans can head to the Pennington Flash Nature Reserve to spot everything from deer to endangered birds.
One of the cheapest hotels in town is the Holiday Inn, or opt for The Greyhound Hotel with £42 rooms.
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Along with pints under a quid, many of the original features remain
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Gateshead
The town of Gateshead has more to it than cheap pints at the Wetherspoons Tilley Stone pub.
It is famous for being home to the iconic Angel of the North statue, the largest of its kind in the world and seen by more than 33million people a year.
Gateshead also has beautiful outdoor space - one of it's most beautiful buildings is the Victorian Saltwell Park, with 55 acres of gardens, woods and boating lakes as well as the Georgian landscape garden Gibside.
You aren't short of cheap hotel rooms either, with Premier Inns and Travelodges in town.
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Gateshead has more to it than the Angel of the North, including Saltwell Park
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But don't forget to pop into The Tilley Stone Wetherspoons too
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Driffield
The Wetherspoons pub The Benjamin Fawcett is built in industrial print store, and even has an outdoor beer garden.
And most people visiting the town explore the nearby Sledmere House, a Georgian house with deer park as well as Burton Agnes Hall, which was built in 1173.
Nicknamed the Capital of the Wolds in Yorkshire, it is the burial home of Aldfrith, the King of Northumbria, who died in 705.
The town has few hotels, with Forty One having £105 rooms, or the fancier four-star Highfield House.
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Driffield's The Benjamin Fawcett is built in an old printing factory
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Bedlington
While there are many Red Lion pubs in the UK, the Wetherspoons in Bedlington is another cheap pint location.
And one of the best places for a walk after a beer is the Bedlington Country Park, with kids play areas, woodlands and horse trails.
Or opt for a day of golfing at the Bedlingtonshire 18 Hole Golf Course on the edge of Humford Woods.
Due to being a small town, you won't find any chain hotels for the night, but there are a number of B&Bs.
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The Red Lion is a great spot in the sunny weather for your 99p pint
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Crook
Despite being small in size, the market town of Crook near Durham has a surprising number of pubs.
There is the gastropub The Copper Mine as well as The Kings and The Surtees.
But if you are on a budget, the Wetherspoons The Horse Shoe Inn is the cheaper option.
If you need somewhere to stay you have just one option, which is the three-star The Crook Hotel, or stay just outside of town at the four-star Dowfold House.
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The Horse Shoe In has an outdoors area as well
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Byker
While it doesn't look like much from the outside, The High Main Wetherspoons has a great beer garden to take your 99p pint.
And the district of Byker is mainly known for being the setting of the BBC TV series Byker Grove.
Not only that, but it is home to the modernist Byker Wall estate, now a Grade II listed building.
There aren't any hotels in the district so you will have to stay in the centre of Newcastle, with everything from Premier Inn to Travelodge as well as Hilton, Leonard and INNside hotels.
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The High Main Wetherspoons is where you will find a cheap pint
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