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Did you know that The Three Tuns Inn on Market Square in Bishop’s Castle can lay claim to being the oldest working brewery in Britain? Beer has seemingly been brewed on the premises since at least 1642, when the first licence was granted. The brewery and pub are a mixture of Jacobean and Victorian architectural styles. We raise our metaphorical glass to this delightful survival.

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