Peter's Pub Quiz

It's not a quiz for doing in pubs, it's a quiz about pubs. You'll all be familiar with the inviting PH symbol on OS Landranger maps. This quiz contains 15 OS map extracts, all taken from current on-line mapping, showing the locations of PH's (plus one Inn) in Great Britain. All you need to do is identify the names of the establishments (not the names of the roads they are on). Send your answers to me by e-mail.

They are all at the same scale, north is always at the top, and most identifying text has been removed. Some are well-known in road or other transport terms, others are famous in their own right as pubs or hotels. I have now added clues for each pub.

I have now added the answers for all the map extracts.

Thank you to everyone who took part.


Question 1

This famous stretch of road, very popular with motorcyclists, takes its name from the pub.

Cat & Fiddle, A537, Cheshire.


Question 2

This pub features in a novel by the author of "Rebecca".

Jamaica Inn, A30, Cornwall.


Question 3

Wow - look at those spot heights! Can there be a higher pub in the country?

Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire.


Question 4

Down by the shoreline, and only a few miles from one of the UK's biggest ports.

Butt & Oyster, Pin Mill, Suffolk.


Question 5

There's a sporting chance that this may be the highest pub in the country in which it's situated.

Sportsman's Arms (Tafarn Y Heliwr), A543, Denbighshire.


Question 6

There aren't many parts of the country where a Roman road runs SW-NE at over 1000 feet above sea level. There's a parallel motorway not far to the north.

Nont Sarah's, A640, West Yorkshire.


Question 7

Situated between two lakes, but not in the first place you'd think of looking. What is conspicuous by its absence from this map extract?

Tibbie Shiels Inn, A708, Scottish Borders,


Question 8

This pub gave its name to a famous crossroads, now bypassed by the new roundabout. Although only S2, two of the primary roads form the main route between two of the UK's biggest cities.

Flouch Inn, A616, South Yorkshire.


Question 9

Another waterside pub, sharing its name with a female character in the Adrian Mole books.

There's a bonus point if you find out where the unusual name came from.

Pandora Inn, Restronguet Creek, Cornwall. Named after HMS Pandora, Capt. Edward Edwards, which sought out the Bounty mutineers.


Question 10

Another pub that shares its name with a high, rugged pass.

Kirkstone Pass Inn, A592, Cumbria.


Question 11

In remote country 700 feet above sea level, but less than 50 miles from London. Finding the name of this pub could prove very difficult (and that is a clue, not a statement).

White Horse (aka Pub with No Name), Prior's Dean, Hampshire.


Question 12

This pub gives its name to one of the UK's most distinctive road junctions. The motorway is one of the newest in the country.

Bassett's Pole, A38/A446/A453, Warwickshire. The motorway is the M6(Toll).


Question 13

Not a lot around here apart from the pub - I wonder what they might call the railway station...

Berney Arms, Norfolk.


Question 14

A famous landmark on one of the UK's most historic routes. You might encounter Black Betty here.

Ram Jam Inn, A1, Rutland.


Question 15

The disused mine workings here could well cause a lot of subsidence - what might that have done to the pub?

Glynne Arms (aka Crooked House), Himley, West Midlands.

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