Directors' Dealings

WETHERSPOON (JD) PLC
19 October 1999


              J D Wetherspoon plc (the 'Company')
                               
J D Wetherspoon plc were today advised that Mr J Hutson, a
main board director, and his wife Mrs N H C Hutson, have sold
8,500 of the Company's ordinary 2p shares as detailed below:

                  Share                            Resultant
Seller            amount    Date sold      Price   shareholding
------            ------    ---------      -----   ------------
Mr J Hutson       2,500     19 Oct 1999    332p    131,781
Mrs N H C Hutson  6,000     19 Oct 1999    332p     18,598