What is Melbourne's oldest pub?

Officially the oldest pub in Melbourne, The Duke has been standing on this spot since 1850, and serving beers since 1853.

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What is the oldest pub in Victoria Australia?

Welcome to the Merrijig Inn, a special place in Port Fairy. The oldest Inn in Victoria, Merrijig Inn is located in the heart of Port Fairy's historic village.

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Which is the oldest pub in Australia?

Hope and Anchor Tavern, Hobart, Tasmania

Established in 1807, the Hope and Anchor Tavern is technically Australia's oldest continuously licensed pub.

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What is the oldest still operating pub?

Established: 900 A.D.

Sean's Bar, located on the banks of River Shannon in Athlone, Ireland, has served up drinks for nearly as long as people have gathered together to enjoy them. Along with claiming to be the oldest pub in Ireland, Sean's Bar could be the oldest operating pub on the planet.

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What is the oldest original pub?

The George Inn in Norton St Philip, Somerset, has the strongest claim to be England's earliest surviving purpose-built inn. This likely makes the George Inn the oldest site where you can still buy a drink today.

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What is the oldest hotel in Australia?

The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne

The Windsor is the oldest hotel in Australia, its Renaissance Revival facade making it a major Melbourne landmark, still proudly standing opposite the Gold Rush-era Parliament House and Treasury.

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What is the smallest pub in the world?

The Signal Box Inn is named for its location at Lakeside Station of the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway. The size of the building is approximately to the same scale as the trains that use the track. It has five hand pumps serving real ale and a beer garden, and was submitted for a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

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What is the longest pub bar in Australia?

ELEVATE Sydney 2023 kicks off on January 3, featuring Australia's longest bar, stretching 127 metres along the Cahill Expressway.

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What is the pub that never closes?

The Marisco Tavern is Lundy's only pub and as such has to be all things to all people. It's the pub that never shuts, although alcohol is only served during permitted hours, and is the only building on the Island to have lighting after the generators shut down for the night.

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Which pub is closing after 1,000 years?

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks used to be recognized as the oldest pub in England by Guinness World Records, but the record title is now inactive, a spokeswoman for Guinness told CNN. "This record was rested in 2000 when it became clear that it was not possible to verify it in full," the spokeswoman said in a statement.

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What is the second oldest pub in Victoria?

The Maidens Hotel (Where Burke and Wills stayed)

in Menindee claims to be the 2nd oldest continuously operating Hotel having opened in 1853.

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What is the most famous Australian pub?

Located near the rugged Flinders Ranges, Prairie Hotel is one of Australia's most iconic pubs.

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What is the most isolated pub in Australia?

But now Parachilna in far north South Australia is home to the state's most remote brewery. The Prairie Hotel is attracting a new crowd.

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What is the largest pub in Victoria?

The Camfield opened two years ago and has five bars, a micro-brewery, 175 beer taps, the longest bar-top in WA at 65m and a capacity of 2500 people.

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What is the smallest pub in Victoria?

The McEvoy Tavern is infamous for being the smallest pub in Victoria.

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What is the longest bar in Victoria?

The history of our Club is one of the few in the world which runs parallel with its own town's history. Once renowned for having the 'World's Longest Bar' measuring 298 feet 7 ½ inches (approx. 91 metres) the Mildura Working Man's Club is known far and wide.

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What is the most violent pub?

A pub deemed to be the most dangerous in Britain is set to open its doors again after previously being shut down by council chiefs. Seven Bar in Wednesbury, West Midlands, was reportedly often the scene of violence, with alleged stabbings, brawls and hospitalisations a regular occurrence.

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What is the pub with no name?

Known by locals as 'the pub with no name', you won't find too much signage at The White Horse in Petersfield. What you will find though, is top notch real ale, great food and all the character charm you'd expect from a historic 17th century pub.

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Where is the largest pub in the world?

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Twickenham is now the world's biggest pub! Watching England from the stands has become unpleasant... people are more interested in drinking than the rugby.

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What is the smallest bar in Australia?

Australia's smallest cocktail bar – Tiny Tails – is popping up in Melbourne and Sydney in the coming weeks.

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What is the shortest bar in Australia?

It's Australia's smallest bar! Roadhouse at Lynd Junction, North Queensland.

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Which Australian town has the most pubs?

“Ballarat has a renowned history as being a pub town – in 1870 boasting over 500 pubs in the district as a result of the Gold Rush. “It is also well known for the brew “Ballarat Bertie” which unfortunately is only made now in special batches.

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Where is the most isolated pub in the world?

In fact, the pub is situated in a settlement known as Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, which itself is the most remote permanent settlement on Earth—in the middle of the ocean somewhere between Cape Town and Buenos Aires.

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Why is it called 12 pubs?

"That will be the 12 pubs of Christmas brigade," explains my patient companion. "They go from pub to pub taking a drink in each - 12 like the Christmas carol. Instead of the 12 days of Christmas it's visiting 12 pubs in one night. For the last three years it's grown to be a tradition in Ireland and is now massive."

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Which pub chain has the most pubs?

Stonegate Pub Company is the largest pub company in the UK, operating around 4,800 managed, leased and tenanted pubs . It is owned by TDR Capital. The head office is based in Solihull, UK, and the company is registered in the Cayman Islands.

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