Bristol ranks top for the most patriotic pub names ahead of Euros

The study from football betting tips, predictions and news site Footy Accumulators, aims to find England’s most patriotic cities ahead of Euro 2024. 25 of England’s most populated cities were tested against seven different factors. These factors include Google searches for England shirts, the most royal street and pub names, the most fish and chip shops, the most fancy dress shops and the popularity of fan parks in the area.

One factor honed in the cities with the highest number of patriotic pub names, particularly royal pub names that include terms such as royal, King, Queen, Prince, Charles, Elizabeth and several more.

Bristol and Liverpool were joint first place scoring a perfect 10/10 score for patriotic pub names, with Bristol having 36 royal pubs in an area of 42 square miles, and Liverpool having 37 Royal pubs in an area of 43 square miles. This means there are 0.9 royal pubs per square mile in each city.

Bristol’s most common royal pub name is ‘Queen’, with eight pubs in the city having the term in the name of the pub. Second is the term ‘Royal’ - which is in the name of 7 pubs, followed by six pubs containing the name ‘George’, and five pubs with ‘Victoria’ in the name.

Up next is Norwich, which has a total of 10 pubs with royal names - but in a smaller area of 15 square miles, meaning there’s 0.7 patriotic pubs per square mile - giving the city a score of 7.8. Norwich's most popular royal pub names are ‘Queen’, ‘Royal’ and ‘William’ which each have two pubs with those names. ‘King’, ‘Prince’, ‘George’ and ‘Edward’ all have one pub which features that name in Norwich.

Brighton, Hull and Portsmouth all score 6.7/10 for their royal pub names. Brighton has 19 royal pubs within 32 square miles, Hull has 17 in a 28 square mile radius and Portsmouth has 9 patriotic pubs within a 16 square mile radius.

Derby, Leicester, Plymouth and Reading all score 5.6/10 when it comes to patriotic pubs. In the midlands, Derby and Leicester have 14 and 13 pubs within the city respectively. The term most commonly used for pubs in both areas is ‘Royal’.

Down south, Plymouth and Reading have 17 and eight Royal pubs respectively. However, they both score the same as Plymouth has a much bigger area of 31 square miles, while Reading is in a vicinity of just 16 square miles, making them both have 0.5 patriotic pubs per square mile.

Down at the very bottom of the list in 25th place is Middlesbrough, which contains just ONE patriotic pub within an area of 21 square miles. The royal pub contains the term ‘Princess’ - meaning Middlesbrough scores 0/10.