Nearest Pint

(knowwhereconsulting.co.uk)

27 points | by bookofjoe 6 days ago ago

11 comments

  • toolslive 13 minutes ago ago

    OK, I think this will be close to an all time record: Leopoldsburg (Belgium, 14k inhabitants) had more than 150 pubs in the 1980s.

    • flir 2 minutes ago ago

      I make that 933:1? Portsmouth (Navy/dockyard town) had 115:1 in the 1860s. (822 pubs and beerhouses against a population of 95k).

      I see Leopoldsburg had a large military camp nearby. Same story?

  • northernsausage an hour ago ago

    Its only 9am in the UK and the demand means its has already serving a 520.

  • jrflo 3 hours ago ago

    Really surprising that Inverness and Skye have only 16 pubs considering how much tourism the area has. I felt like it wasn't lacking for pubs but maybe I saw all 16...

    • wetbaby 2 hours ago ago

      A good third of the pubs are missing in my town tbh and they're definitely still open.

      • BoxOfRain 15 minutes ago ago

        Yeah I'm dogsitting at my childhood home right now and it's missing the rural pubs on the dog route.

      • CiaranMcNulty 2 hours ago ago

        It looks like the data is from OpenStreetMap so maybe you could add them if they’re missing there?

        • n4r9 an hour ago ago

          If you click the question mark it has:

          > Pub data is sourced from the Food Hygiene Rating Service (FHRS) via GetTheData Open Pubs

          https://www.getthedata.com/open-pubs

          • MrDOS an hour ago ago

            Ah, interesting. Searching the dataset for my local area, this seems to include some restaurants, but omits hotels entirely. That's skewing the numbers downward tremendously.

          • 2b3a51 24 minutes ago ago

            Which explains why Spearmint Rhino is listed in Birmingham (hint: you might get a surprise popping in that establishment for a quick pint).

            So nice interface and all but some data curation will be needed - perhaps on a crowd sourced basis? Click and add comment &c.

        • mojo74 2 hours ago ago

          I would argue it's your civic duty :)