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The Signal Box Inn is a
In a Nutshell, size does matter
- East Anglian Daily Times 24
Old Smith's Arms
at Godmanstone * Queensbury Arms, Brighton
Lakeside Inn
Southport
Signal Box Inn Official Website
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The Signal Box Inn is a public house
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in the seaside resort of Cleethorpes, United Kingdom
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. It was opened in August 2006 and is a contender for the smallest pub in the world.
Details
The Signal Box Inn is named for its location at Lakeside Station of theCleethorpes Coast Light Railway
The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a minimum-gauge railway that primarily serves holidaymakers in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. It operates from near the Cleethorpes Leisure Centre, running to the mouth of the Buck Beck.
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. The size of the building is approximately to the same scale as the trains that use the track.
It has five hand pumps serving real ale and a beer garden, and was submitted for a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
It faced opposition for the title of the world's smallest pub from ''Sam's World's Smallest Bar'' in Colorado Springs
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, United States
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. The area of that establishment is 10.12 square metres, as opposed to the Signal Box's 5.95 square metres.- East Anglian Daily Times 24
See also
* The Nutshell Bury St EdmundsOld Smith's Arms
at Godmanstone * Queensbury Arms, Brighton
Lakeside Inn
Southport
References
External links
Signal Box Inn Official Website
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