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A university student has gone viral on TikTok with her quest to find the greatest ‘Spoons in the country

A university student is determined to visit every Wetherspoons in the country and find the best one before she turns 30. Charlotte Toller, 20, is in the process of ranking all of the 800 pubs in the UK.

Miss Toller, based in Bromley, Greater London, came up with the idea last September when she was sharing a few drinks with her boyfriend Finn Hutchinson, also 20, at their local ‘Spoons.

But she is yet to review The Richmal Crompton – the pub that started it all – and began instead by judging The Cordwainer, in Northampton, that same month.

She has reviewed 13 of the 800 pubs so far and critiques each establishment on certain criteria, including cost and appearance, as well as how far away the toilets are from the bar, the quality of the carpet and the general atmosphere.

Miss Toller told the PA news agency: “We realised that on the Wetherspoons app you can tick off all the ones you’ve been to and we thought, wouldn’t it be cool if we could just tick all of them off?”

To keep things fair Miss Toller, who is studying journalism at the University of Roehampton and also works part time in a pub in her local area, orders the same drink in every Wetherspoons – an Absolut Vanilla vodka and Pepsi.

“I find it crazy how you can order a drink and the price can be double or triple what you would pay in certain parts of the country,” she said.

So far both The Peter Cushing in Whitstable and The Rockingham Arms in Elephant and Castle have received the joint highest score – with both achieving an 8.5 out of 10.

“I have to be biased – my favourite one is The Peter Cushing in Whitstable, it’s very nice and my grandparents have a house in the area,” Miss Toller said.

Posting to her TikTok account @charlsaurus, where thousands of people watch her journey, Miss Toller said The Peter Cushing also impressed with its clean carpet and beer garden. But she deducted points from the pub because of the distance between the toilets and the bar.

She said the look of the carpets in each ‘Spoons features in her ranking system because she received a comment on one of her videos saying there are different carpets in each establishment, which she said has been true so far.

On the carpet in The Rockingham Arms, Miss Toller said: “It’s not pretty but it’s not ugly.”

The pub ramped up its score because of its “great” location as well as the affordability of her drink of choice by central London standards, which came in at £4.16.

She added: “What I have noticed is the airport [Wetherspoons] don’t have carpets so I always mention that in the videos.”

The Swan & Castle in Oxford was praised by Miss Toller for its apt carpet choice which features swans and castles on it. But it wasn’t enough to make the pub a frontrunner.

On the other end of the spectrum, The Four Candles in Oxford scored just three out of 10 due to Miss Toller having difficulty finding a table and, when she did, it was dirty and her beverage had “no fruit”.

The most Spoons she has visited in a day is six, in London, and she tends to fit in a pub visit, often with her boyfriend or friends in tow, if she happens to be travelling to a location where one exists.

“Sometimes people comment and I remember someone commented there is one in Nottingham, and I have a friend who lives there and was planning on visiting her so we went to the Spoons,” she added.

“Some people have also commented saying they are going to do something similar, which is great.”

Her most viewed video so far has been on her trip to The Swan & Castle which has been viewed by more than 350,000 people.

“I did not think I would ever go viral, I just wanted to have a bit of fun,” she said.

She said she feels Spoons has captured the adoration of many in the UK, especially Gen Z, as it is always there if you need a drink or venue to have a catch-up with a friend.

“I first went to a Spoons when I was 18 and everyone is counting down until they’re 18 so they can go to a Spoons and I think it’s because it’s fairly cheap, it’s a good place to go with your friends to play games or just have a chat,” she said.

“Even now, all my friends are off at university and we still all come back and meet at our local Spoons in the holidays.”