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The New Penny, reported to be the oldest continually running gay pub in the UK, in The Calls, Leeds; The Moorcock Inn, a pub near to the Settle-Carlisle Railway at Garsdale Head [118] The Old Queen's Head, opened as a public house in the mid-19th century, but is one of the oldest Grade II* listed buildings in Sheffield, dating from around 1475 ...
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.
The pub quiz was established in the UK in the 1970s. History. Origins. 1899 map showing number of public houses in a district of central London. Ale was ...
Punch acquired its larger rival Pubmaster in November 2003 for £168 million, which included taking on Pubmaster's £1 billion debt; the move took the group to more than 7,000 pubs and made it at the time the largest pub operator in the UK. [11] After completing this deal, Punch later bought InnSpired Inns plc, [12] and then Avebury Taverns. [13]
The legacy of taverns and inns is now only found in the pub names, e.g. Fitzroy Tavern, Silver Cross Tavern, Spaniards Inn, etc. The word also survives in songs such as "There is a Tavern in the Town". [4] The range and quality of pubs varies wildly throughout the UK as does the range of beers, wines, spirits and foods available.
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 ...
Prices will be increasing at all JD Wetherspoon locations across the UK today as pub bosses say impacts from Labour’s Autumn Budget continue to negatively affect the industry.. The prices of ...
The Boar's Head Inn is the name of several former and current taverns in London, most famously a tavern in Eastcheap that is supposedly the meeting place of Sir John Falstaff, Prince Hal and other characters in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays. An earlier tavern in Southwark used the same name, and an inn of the name in Whitechapel was used as a ...