Holding in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
26 February 2001



              J D Wetherspoon plc ('the Company')
                               

J D Wetherspoon plc has today been advised that Fidelity
International Ltd (FIL) and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries now hold an interest in 8,271,148 ordinary shares
in the company representing 3.93% of their issued ordinary
share capital.