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Nearby Holme Fen is 2.75 metres (9.0 feet) below sea level, and the Admiral Wells claims to be the lowest pub in Great Britain. [1] History
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Britain's smallest pub measuring just 5 metres by 2 metres (16.5 ft by 6.5 ft), according to the Guinness Book of Records. [7] The pub, a timber-framed Grade II listed building, has been in existence since 1867. [8] In 1984, a record 102 people squeezed inside. [9] The Old Ferryboat Inn, Holywell, Cambridge. One of a number of pubs claiming to ...
The Bingley Arms was originally named The Priests Inn. The Bingley Arms calls itself the oldest pub in Britain, with a history dating back to between AD 905 and AD 953, and says that it served as a safe house for persecuted Catholic priests, and also as a courthouse from around AD 1000 from which offenders were taken to the pillory across the road. [1]
In 1995, the Tan Hill Inn became the first public house in the UK to be granted a licence to hold weddings and civil ceremonies, after new laws were established to allow couples to marry in places other than churches or register offices. [6] The pub is a free house and has served a range of beers from the Black Sheep and Theakston breweries. [7]
The pub was the first micropub to open in the West Midlands, opening on 5 September 2013 in a building that was previously occupied by the former Claregate Post Office and an antiques shop. Hail to the Ale won the Campaign for Real Ale 's Wolverhampton City Pub of the Year for five years in a row in 2015, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 2016, [ 3 ] 2017, 2018 and ...
The King's Arms pub is in a prominent position on the corner of Parks Road and Holywell Street, opposite the New Bodleian Library building. Also nearby are Broad Street and the Clarendon Building, part of Oxford University. A local myth has it that the KA has the highest IQ per square foot of any pub or bar in the world. [3]
The George Inn is a historic establishment in Norton St Philip in Somerset, England. Built in the 14th or 15th century, the inn has been designated as a Grade I listed building , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is one of a number of establishments that claims to be Britain's oldest tavern.