Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
6 March 2001


              J D Wetherspoon plc ('the Company')
                               

J D Wetherspoon plc has been advised on 5 March 2001 that
Fidelity International Ltd (FIL) and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries now hold an interest in 8,579,959 ordinary shares
in the company representing 4.08% of their issued ordinary
share capital.