The much-loved local boozer has been serving pints for 1997 prices (Picture: Ella Millward)
Beer lovers rejoice! Britain’s ‘cheapest’ pub has been revealed – and you can grab a pint for less than £2.
The Ardwick pub in Blackpool charges prices that were last normal in 1997 for some of its pints, making it a favourite destination for holidaymakers and locals in the seaside town.
Landlady Lynn Haworth told The Sun: ‘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.
‘I manage to keep prices so cheap because of the volume I sell. I didn’t design the pub to be the cheapest in Britain, it just turned out that way.’
Favourites such as Fosters, Strongbow cider or John Smiths cost only £1.80 per pint.
Lynn added: ‘I get people coming in here year in, year out, and they love the price of the drinks.
Punters can buy a round of five pints for just £10 (Picture: Getty)
‘Sometimes if a group comes in and they are buying rounds, you can hear them saying to their mates “hurry up and drink them, we’ve been undercharged”, but they haven’t.
‘It’s quite funny to watch people thinking they have got away with being undercharged.’
Employee Emma Berry, 28, joined The Ardwick two years ago, and was born in 1996 – one year before pint prices were as cheap as they sell for in the pub.
She said: ‘I love working here and I love seeing the shock on people’s faces when they learn how much the drinks are.
‘They sometimes think I’ve charged them for just one pint if they order a couple.’
Though The Ardwick has stunningly low prices, Blackpool doesn’t rank in the top ten cheapest UK cities to buy a beer.
The cheapest cities to buy a pint in the UK
Newcastle upon Tyne – £4.11
Swansea – £4.36
Aberdeen – £4.39
Reading – £4.44
Sheffield – £4.45
Nottingham – £4.45
Leicester – £4.45
Dundee – £4.45
Preston – £4.45
Cardiff – £4.45
Bournemouth – £4.45
Birmingham – £4.46
Source: Numbeo
A list released in November last year by Numbeo revealed that Coventry is the cheapest city to buy a beer – with the typical pint costing around £3.89.
Coming in a close second place was Newcastle, where the average pint costs punters just £4.11.
But unsurprisingly, the most expensive city in the UK to buy a pint is London, where most cost over £6.50.
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