Where to find the cheapest pint of Guinness on St Patrick’s Day

It’s official: a pint of Guinness in London has broken the £6 mark. With the big smoke now officially the most expensive place for a pint of the black stuff, where should you be ordering Guinness in Britain this St Patrick’s Day?

Across Britain, the average cost of a pint of Guinness is £4.78, according to research by UK Debt Expert.

The financial services firm looked at the cheapest and most expensive places in Britain for a pint of Guinness in the run up to St Patrick’s day on Monday, and found that the average price was up 5% from last year.

The average pint of Guinness has broken the £6 mark in London, at £6.42, making it the most expensive pint in Britain. This is a 12% increase on last year.

Londoners can also expect to pay more than anywhere else for the Irish stout’s alcohol-free alternative, Guinness 0.0, with a pint can (538ml) costing £4.92 on average in the city – 3% more than the UK’s average pint of Guinness.

UK Debt Expert looked at the cost of a pint of Guinness in hundreds of pubs across the UK to reveal the cheapest and most expensive places for a pint of the Irish stout, with the average setting punters back 30p more than this time last year.

Bolton was revealed as the cheapest British city for a Guinness, where a pint will set drinkers back around £4.17.

Here’s the list of the 10 cheapest cities in the UK for a pint of Guinness on St Patrick’s Day:

Bolton – £4.17
Stockport – £4.27
Swindon – £4.28
Gloucester – £4.30
Derby – £4.35
Stoke-on-Trent – £4.36
Rotherham – £4.37
Sunderland – £4.38
Hull – £4.40
Nottingham – £4.42

…and the 10 most expensive:

London – £6.42
Edinburgh – £5.66
York – £5.43
Cambridge – £5.36
Oxford – £5.08
Reading – £5.05
Brighton – £4.99
Watford – £4.97
Glasgow – £4.93
Portsmouth – £4.91

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