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https://www.get-licensed.co.uk/get-daily/britains-best-night-out-where-in-the-uk-offers-the-best-nightlife-experience-in-2023/

Scroll down a bit and you get to "Wigan is the Best City For Drinking...

The Great British Pub Awards 2023

Includes plenty of pubs to avoid, like best to watch sport, dogs, families.

Homes for sale in former pubs

Does anyone remember them as pubs...

No doubt this has appeared on account of it being Paddy's Day tomorrow

That's because, despite the grandiose name, it's a one man band website chronicling the travels of its owner, one Jack Anderton, rather than the output of some commercial travel guide.

Hence...

30 of the best UK pubs for Sunday lunch or maybe now

30 pubs to avoid on a Sunday because they're full of Grauniad foodies.
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Great British Pub Awards ... no idea who picks these, looks like an excuse for an industry pissup


https://greatbritishpubawards.co.uk/live/en/page/2022-finalists

Best City/Urban Pub

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The Wellington and the Bartons Arms, suspect I'm not alone with those two.

Needless to say, I haven't been in any of them.

The inn crowd: 10 of the UK’s best renovated foodie pubs with rooms

Salters rent punts out at Folly Bridge

https://salterssteamers.co.uk/punting-boat-hire-oxford/

As I was saying:

"Any way the Bell, Buckingham Arms and Star in London and Roscoe for me. Done neither of the Warks ones, must get out more."

Great British Booze Off

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/great-british-booze-finalists-revealed-24274288

The "Toughest Pub" category is a little alarming.

I'm content with being just really nice. Though whoever thought of that didn't have me in mind.

Our next nearest pub in our Sarf London days kept a supply of Bill Hill slips, pens and a couple of copies of the RP by the door for the convenience of those who preferred to enjoy their racing in...

Only three in this one, mercifully. Been in the bronze, not really my cup of tea.

https://www.visitengland.com/visit-england-awards-2020-winners#puboftheyear

The Baskerville
Three Horseshoes...

There were indeed four, the WhatPub entry for the Fox lists them. I'm sure I used to know why/how Gales acquired them but depletion of brain cells has taken its toll. I think I've got a seventies...

Here

Pronuciation? - you might recall "apply the Brakes"

Agreed. Cut my underage teeth on Ordinary, our local was a Brakspears tied house. It was remained what everyone was on whenever I went back over the next thirty years.

And Brakspears

The best thing about pisspots was ease of washing up. Two in each hand, swill in the soapy water sink, rinse in the less soapy water sink, rim down on the drainer ready for the next punters. Change...

[QUOTE=rpadam;105595] it is now entirely possible to regularly visit Young's pubs and find staff (let alone customers) who suffer the misapprehension that Young & Co's Brewery Plc have something to...

About the same for me. But I do wonder about the people who write this stuff. "Young’s know how to look after their beer and so it is here: besides the brewery’s usual pints, they’ve usually a...

Yes...self propagating typo....

"Ten other pubs have also had their status updated to include details of their interiors."

Liverpool Philharmonic: Pub joins Buckingham Palace on Grade I list



Philharmonic, Liverpool...

<fx> holds nose to read Sun </fx>

Just the Knights Templar. Presumably the propaganda level has returned to normality so I might lift my self-imposed ban one day.