THE Clachan Inn has been named the UK's most popular, longest running pub.
The Drymen pub, which is said to have served its first pint in 1734 and is a favourite with walkers on the West Highland Way, scored the highest, average rating from pub goers.
Glasgow comedy legend Billy Connolly is among the pub's most famous patrons and it is said to have links with the family of Rob Roy.
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While the Clachan isn't the oldest pub in the UK - The Bingley Arms in Bardsley, Leeds claims to have first served alcohol in 953 AD - an analysis of Google reviews by Liberty Games, found it attracted the highest average rating of 4.7.
In second place was The Skirrid Inn, in Abergeavenny in Wales, which is said to have first served alcohol in the year 1110.
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The name is based on the Welsh word for Shiver and it is rumoured that more than 2,000 years ago in the hours after the Crucifixion of Jesus, the mountain (on which the pub is located) showed its anger, shivering and breaking into two, creating “the Great Shiver” and “the Little Shiver”.
This pub has also been used as a courtroom and place of execution, with its’ own oak hanging beam, and is therefore listed as one of Britain’s Most Haunted Pubs.
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