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The Old Ferry Boat Inn is a pub in Holywell, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the River Great Ouse. [1] [2] The Old Ferry Boat Inn was established in 560. It claims to be the oldest pub in England. [1] [2] It is Grade II listed. [3]
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 ...
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
In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England. London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. [5] Between 2001 and 2016, London lost 25% of its pubs (1,220 pubs). [6]
The average retail price of a pint of beer in the UK is £4.12 (2019). [130] The cheapest place to get a beer in the UK is Preston, where a pint costs on average £3.06 (2019). [130] In 2018, British people drank 7.75 billion pints of beer: 21.2 million pints a day. [131]
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 Boar's Head Inn in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, is a historic building dating to the 16th or 17th century. [ 7 ] The Boar's Head Resort of Charlottesville, Virginia , US, a hotel and resort owned by the University of Virginia , is also known as the "Boar's Head Inn".