A MAP has revealed which parts of the UK have the most pubs per square mile.
Liberty Games analysed the addresses of more than 50,000 boozers and geographical data for over 350 boroughs to see which parts of Britain have the “highest pub density”.
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Liverpool and Brighton and Hove came out with the most – a whopping 11 pubs per square mile.
They were followed by Portsmouth, Norwich, Bristol, Dundee, Nottingham, Oxford, Dudley and Southampton.
London didn’t even make it into the top ten having just seven pubs per square mile.
However the capital city had by far the highest total of pubs with 4,441, followed by Liverpool with 477.
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There was also no data available for Stirling and Corby.
Meanwhile the home of Britain’s ‘cheapest’ boozer also was absent from the top of the list.
The Ardwick in Blackpool serves up pints at 1997 prices with beers costing less than £2.
As tight-fisted Brits think twice before pulling out their wallet for soaring prices on booze, the Lancashire watering hole prides itself on its affordability.
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“When I took over here in 2010 a pint cost £1.49, and I’m pleased my customers are only paying 31p more 14 years later,” landlady Lynn Haworth said.
“I manage to keep the prices so cheap because of the volume I sell.
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“I didn’t design the pub to be the cheapest in Britain, it just turned out that way.
“If you go out you need a lot of money, but not here, so I am proud of the fact that I’m Britain’s cheapest pub.
“I was working in another pub in Blackpool in 1997, so not much has changed.”
Lynn, 64, first cut her teeth in the pub trade when she was 23 years old.
Favourites such as Fosters, Strongbow cider or John Smiths cost only £1.80 per pint.
It comes after seaside city Portsmouth was crowned the UK’s pub capital last year – but there is a lack of nightclubs.
One local told the Daily Star: “From stag dos to football weekends away, Pompey is like a pub-lovers playground.
“The city may now be down to just a few genuine nightclubs but what does that matter when you’ve got so many boozers on tap? Pardon the pun – or not – up to you.
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“Anyone after a crawl could easily stay put in Albert Road, a notorious stretch of pubs from The 5th Hants Volunteer Arms all the way down to One Eyed Dog.
“Stop off at one of the several curry houses en route and you’ve got a top Saturday night on your hands.”
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The cheapest pint in the UK
BY JONATHAN ROSE
A PUB is selling the “cheapest pints” in the UK for as little as £2.30 – almost half the average cost.
The Waggon and Horses in Oldbury, West Midlands, is flogging all beers, ciders and ales for £2.90 and under to encourage punters to drink in traditional local boozers.
Although other places have previously slashed the cost of one or two brands to lower, customers reckon nowhere can be beaten on price for their entire drinks selection.
The old-fashioned Black Country pub said it wanted to “give back” to locals with bargain beer while many people struggle during the cost of living crisis.
A pint of Stella will now set you back just £2.80, while Carling, Coors and John Smiths is £2.40 and a pint of Thatcher’s Gold is £2.30.
The average cost of a pint in the UK is now over £4 for the first time – at £4.58, compared to £2.30 in 2008 during the last recession.
And a pint in London’s West End can top £9 while one in ten taverns sell at between £6-£6.99 and 40 per cent ask the average of £4.58.
Leaseholder Matthew Porter said: “I’ve had this pub for seven years, and it’s a proper locals pub. It deserves to be busy every day.
“There are multi-million pound companies either side of us who are putting their prices up and we’re putting ours down to say ‘come and drink with us’.
“In this day and age you have to think a bit outside of the box. We just looked at how low we could cut our prices while managing to survive.
“As long as we pack the place out all day, every day, we should be able to pay the bills and people get cheap beer so it keeps everyone happy.”
