Have you winced at the sound of a bartender announcing the price of your pint recently? Or murmured rude words under your breath when the price of half-pint sounds ridiculously close the the cost of a full glass? You’re not alone. Recent research shows that there has been a 10 percent jump in the number of people finding the average cost of a pint to be ‘unaffordable’.
A survey commissioned by the Campaign for Real Ale recently found that 52 percent of people said pints were becoming unaffordable, up from 42 percent in 2019. Pub-goers face paying an average of £4 for a pint across the UK, while Londoners are lucky if they’re getting a pint for less than £5.
And now, as if to help us all out in these tough times, another report, from comparison site Finder, has found the places with the most wallet-friendly pints. And where came top? Out of all places surveyed, Derby and Inverness have been named the two British cities with the cheapest beers – at just £3 on average.
The survey combined data from crowdsourced price database Numbeo and cost-of-living calculator Expatistan to find the average price for a cold one in every British city.
Here are the top 20 cities for a cheap pint, according to Finder:
- Derby – £3.00
- Inverness – £3.00
- Kingston upon Hull – £3.32
- Perth – £3.46
- Gloucester – £3.50
- Peterborough – £3.50
- Leicester – £3.63
- Swansea – £3.65
- Aberdeen – £3.67
- Preston – £3.69
- Aberystwyth – £3.70
- Northampton – £3.74
- Coventry – £3.78
- Leeds – £3.79
- Plymouth – £3.84
- Newcastle – £3.88
- Southend – £3.91
- Reading – £3.99
- Exeter – £4.00
- Ipswich – £4.00
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