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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 Bystander Hungry Horse pub, Wootton, Oxfordshire (August 2012) Hungry Horse is a chain of 246 pub restaurants in England , Wales and Scotland which is owned by Greene King . It was first established in 1995 and promotes itself as offering low cost meals for families and groups.
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. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England.
In 2016, the Cott Inn was 8th in The Daily Telegraph's list of "30 Best Pubs in Britain". [4]In 2019, it was named "Great British Pub of the Year". [8]Also in 2019, The Guardian listed the Cott Inn among its "40 great cosy hotels, B&Bs and pubs with rooms for winter".
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 ...
Greene King plaque on the side of a pub in Sudbury, Suffolk. The brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in Bury St. Edmunds in 1799. [3] In Richard Wilson's biographical analysis of the Greene family, he credits various family members for being able to achieve distinction in the worlds of business and banking, literature (Graham Greene, for example) and broadcasting in the nineteenth and ...
[4] [5] The pub is best known for being the location of reggae and pop band UB40's first gig in 1979. [6] In 2011, to commemorate the occasion, a PRS For Music Heritage Award plaque was unveiled. [7] In 2016, the Hare & Hounds won the Best Live Entertainment award at the Great British Pub Awards. [8]
A pub, archaically known as a "public house", is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises in countries and regions of British influence. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although the terms are increasingly used to refer to the same thing, there is a definite difference between pubs, bars , inns , taverns and lounges where ...