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? The post Where to find the cheapest pint of Guinness on St Patrick’s Day appeared first on The Drinks Business.

Mar 13, 2025 - 13:25
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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? Where to find the cheapest pint of Guinness on 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