Pub names are used to identify and differentiate pubs many pubs are centuries old from a time when their customers were often illiterate but could recognise pictorial signs pub names have a variety of origins from objects used as simple identification marks to the coats of arms of kings or local aristocrats and landowners. Therefore it is constantly changing as pubs open close and change names. Most common names of open pubs listed on pubs galore this table is based on all of the uk pubs listed on this site that are currently listed as being open.
Send us your pub sign pictures on facebook page or on twitter. And which pub names did you expect to see that didn t make the top 50. Is your pub name on the list.
An analysis of data provided by readers of the morning advertiser has revealed the top 50 most popular pub names in the uk. Also there are questions as to. This list isn t exact because obviously three years have passed since this survey.
A survey by camra in 2007 reveals a list of the ten most popular pub names in the uk. There are only four pubs acceptable to go to in my town and none of them appear in the list of the top 10 most popular pub names in the uk. The good beer guide which surveys 4 500 of the best pubs.
The red lion is the most popular pub name across the uk followed by the royal oak and the crown inn according to the good beer guide 2020 camra s premier publication featuring the very best pubs to find a great pint in the uk to be published on 12 september. We work with six pubs that share one of these names and i think the team here have probably sunk a few pints in a pub named after all 50 at one point or another on our travels. The morning advertiser has published a list of the top 50 most popular pub names in the uk as listed below.
Coming out on top is the red lion with 517 establishments with that name followed by the royal oak with 403 appearances. A list showing the most popular pub names in each county of the uk. Pubs were often named thus because of religion royalty local trades and proximity to popular travellers routes historically.
The morning advertiser ma has compiled an updated list of the most popular pub names in 2019 the top 25 pub names listed below are using the data from ma s newsletter subscribers and magazine subscribers.
Most popular pub name uk. Edging out the royal oak to pub name supremacy the red lion is the most popular pub name in the uk. Heraldry played a large role in the formation and development of pub names. Pubs often employed animals depicted on the coats of arms of prominent families such as the red lion. The red lion is thought to have emanated from the coat of arms of.
The uk s most popular pub names. Have you ever wondered what the uk s most popular pub names are. Our uk pubs database tells us that the top 100 canonical names are. 1 red lion 443 pubs 2 royal oak 346 pubs 3 crown 269 pubs 4 white hart 240 pubs 5 rose and crown 204 pubs 6 kings head 201 pubs 7 white horse 197 pubs.
1 red lion 443 pubs 2 royal oak 346 pubs 3 crown 269 pubs 4 white hart 240 pubs 5 rose and crown 204 pubs 6 kings head 201 pubs 7 white horse 197 pubs. Our uk pubs database tells us that the top 100 canonical names are. Have you ever wondered what the uk s most popular pub names are.
The uk s most popular pub names. The red lion is thought to have emanated from the coat of arms of. Pubs often employed animals depicted on the coats of arms of prominent families such as the red lion.
Heraldry played a large role in the formation and development of pub names. Edging out the royal oak to pub name supremacy the red lion is the most popular pub name in the uk.
