The folks at CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) are gearing up for Community Pubs week, which starts on 16th February. To promote the event they have provided drinkers with the kind of trivia guaranteed to win any pub quiz. Take it away boys...
The three most common pub names are:
Red Lion
Crown
Royal Oak
The highest pub in Britain is:
Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire at 1,732 feet above sea level
The smallest pub in Britain is claimed by three pubs:
The Nutshell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The Lakeside Inn, Southport Merseyside
The Smiths Arms, Godmanstone, Dorset
The largest pub in Britain is:
The Regal, Cambridge
Longest pub name in Britain is:
The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn, Stalybridge, Manchester
Shortest pub Name in Britain is (there may be some other pubs that now use just one letter):
Q in Stalybridge, Manchester
Oldest pub in Britain - Dispute amongst three:
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham 1189
The Old Ferry Boat , St Ives, Cambridgeshire possibly 10th century
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans possibly 11th century.
Most South Westerly pub in Britain is:
Turks Head, St Agnes Isles of Scilly
The Most Northerly Good Beer Guide pub in Britain is:
Baltasound Hotel, Baltasound, Shetland
Sadly this list of CAMRA facts doesn't include Britain's funniest pub name (probably because it is slightly more subjective than most). For me it is the Fat Fiddler in Ashford, Kent, but I would love to hear your suggestions.
