The places in Britain with the most pubs per square mile revealed  (2024)

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Which British town has the most pubs per square mile? ›

Dundee, Scotland. It is claimed that Edinburgh has more pubs per square mile than any other UK city (a 2007 survey counted more than 700).

It's official… Pompey is the pub capital of the UK! With 12 pubs per square mile, the seaside city takes the top spot.

Obviously because they have the biggest population, London comes out on top for the number of pubs and bars they have. With a population of 8,907,918, they have 4,366 pubs and bars, which is one pub for every 2,040 residents.

While recent data on the number of pubs per capita on a country isn't available, a survey from 2017 suggested that Spain has the most. Even the Spanish region of Andalucia alone had more bars than Ireland, Denmark, Finland and Norway combined, with 47,000 in total, with the country as a whole having 350,000.

Topping the study to claim the title of the destination with the most bars in the world was London, with a total of 1327. A popular tourist destination famed for its selection of authentic pubs, it may come as no surprise that the English capital scooped the top spot.

The U.K. is the country with the most pubs in the world, followed by Japan.

London has a vibrant pub scene with over 3500 pubs, so you can never run out of options to share a drink in the neighbourhood living room!

Taking the top spot on the rankings is the seaside resort of Scarborough in North Yorkshire with 640 people per pub. Scarborough attracts a lot of tourists, however, the population of people who actually live in the town and surrounding district are just over 108,000 and they are catered to by 170 pubs.

Which city has the most pubs per capita UK? ›

Numbers and facts

I can then find how many pubs are in each country. The UK has the highest number of pubs in the world, followed by Japan, Germany, Spain and the United States. Per person, the UK has the 7^th highest number of pubs. Slovakia, Hungary, and Ireland have more than 5 pubs per 10,000 people.

The only ways to get to the Old Forge Pub are by sea ferry or by a two-day, 18-mile hike across the Scottish Highlands – a trip that gives new meaning to the term "pub crawl".

The word pub is short for public house. There are over 60,000 pubs in the UK (53,000 in England and Wales, 5,200 in Scotland and 1,600 in Northern Ireland).

Pittsburgh, PA. With 446 bridges, the “City of Bridges” claims more bridges than any city in the world. But now Steel City has a new (and much more impressive) claim to fame: the most bars per capita of any city in the U.S., with 12 bars per 10,000 residents.

With an average of 7.4 pubs per 10,000 residents, Edinburgh has the highest ratio of anywhere in the entire United Kingdom (the national average is 5.4 pubs), so there is certainly a very varied and exciting selection of pubs, bars and nightlife to choose from.