County by county: what will you pay for a pint of beer?

As the Good Pub Guide breaks down the best possible places to grab a pint, we look at how the average cost of a beer varies across the nation.

What will a pint of beer cost you? As the Good Pub Guide 2016, published today, reveals the cost of a beer can vary quite significantly across the country.

Indeed, there is a difference of as much as 82p between different counties when looking at the average price of a pint.

Cheap(er) beer!

The average price of a pint today stands at £3.46 according to the guide, up 15p on last year.

When it comes to bagging a beer bargain, Herefordshire has taken the top spot once again with a pint costing an average of £3.10. London, as expected, is the most expensive place to have a brew at a whopping £3.92 on average.

But it's the lucky locals of The Crown & Trumpet in Broadway, Worcestershire who are best off, with the pub named Value Pub of the Year.

Here’s how pint prices break down from region to region:

County	Average price per pint
Herefordshire	£3.10
Yorkshire	£3.15
Derbyshire, Worcestershire	£3.20
Cumbria, Shropshire	£3.22
Nottinghamshire	£3.23
Northumbria	£3.24
Lancashire, Wales	£3.27
Cornwall	£3.28
Northamptonshire	£3.30
Staffordshire	£3.32
Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Somerset	£3.33
Cambridgeshire, Essex	£3.35
Lincolnshire	£3.38
Devon, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Warwickshire	£3.39
Dorset	£3.40
Wiltshire	£3.41
Suffolk	£3.46
Hampshire	£3.51
Scotland	£3.53
Hertfordshire	£3.55
Oxfordshire	£3.56
Buckinghamshire	£3.61
Kent	£3.62
Isle of Wight, Surrey	£3.63
Sussex	£3.66
Berkshire	£3.67
Scottish Islands	£3.85
London	£3.92

Source: Good Pub Guide 2016. Regions with the same price per pint have been grouped together.

Fiona Stapley, Editor of The Good Pub Guide, pointed out that as pubs in the South and South East have the largest overheads, this pushes the price of a pint up too.

She added: "Ultimately breweries will charge what they want, and more importantly, what they can get away with! Pub-goers in the South East and Home Counties will be prepared to pay more for beer than the North of England, or the South West, where salaries and wages are lower.”

Track down a cheaper pint

If you're fed up paying too much for a pint, try somewhere that brews its own beer. It’ll be cheaper compared to the average local price at around 48p less per pint.

But if you go for quality above all else, the Good Pub Guide also gives its take on the best British pubs. It’s worth mentioning that pubs featured in the guide have been charged to appear in there.

Check out our sister site loveFOOD for more on the best British pubs.

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