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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 ...
This is a list of pubs in London. Typical interior. The Falcon Inn, Battersea. A pub, formally public house, is a drinking establishment in the culture of Britain, [1] [2] Ireland, [3] Australia, [4] Canada and Denmark. In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community.
1899 map showing number of public houses in a district of central London. Ale was a native British drink before the arrival of the Roman Empire in the first century, but it was with the construction of the Roman road network that the first pubs, called tabernae (the origin of modern English "tavern"), began to appear.
British pubs may be named after and depict anything from everyday (particularly agricultural) objects, to sovereigns, aristocrats and landowners (shown by their coats of arms). Other names come from historic events, livery companies, occupations, sports, and craftsmen's guilds. One of the most common pub names is the Red Lion.
The British government has been accused of being reckless in allowing pubs to open again, given coronavirus infection and death rates are still high and amid evidence that reopening bars in ...
Hook Norton Brewery is one of the last surviving Victorian breweries in the UK. (April 2006). The Marble Arch Inn, home of the Marble Brewery in Manchester Kelham Island Brewery in Sheffield Firkins outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham A 19th-century poster for Phipps India Pale Ale (IPA) showing the Northampton Brewery on Bridge Street, now the site of Carlsberg UK Skinner's ...
Police forces across England have warned partygoers to drink sensibly and be mindful of social distancing restrictions still in place.
One of many Carpenters Arms pubs located in the United Kingdom. This one is in Windsor, Berkshire. Carpenters Arms is a common British pub name. The Carpenters Arms are today an unrelated series of public houses informally referred to as "Pubs" within the United Kingdom. Historically the first such named "Carpenter Arms" was based on a forfeit ...