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===Longest and shortest name=== The town of [[Stalybridge]] in Greater Manchester is thought to have the pubs with both the longest and shortest names in the United Kingdom β The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn and the Q Inn, both operating {{As of|2019|lc=y}} (the Rifleman reopening in new premises, moving from Astley Street to premises two doors away from the Q Inn in Market Street in 2019, after being closed for three years).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/16/pub-longest-name-uk-reopens-next-pub-shortest-stalybridge-rifleman-q |title=Pub with longest name in UK reopens next to pub with shortest |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Maya|last=Wolfe-Robinson|date= 16 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/pub-longest-name-stalybridge-rifleman-16588910 |title=Pub with longest name in the country reopens in Tameside β two doors down from the pub with the shortest β Manchester Evening News |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |first=Sam|last= Yarwood |date= 15 July 2019}}</ref> The original Rifleman building retains a pub sign, and a [[blue plaque]] from 1995 recording the recognition of the name in the Guinness Book of Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/theriflemaninn |title=Blue Plaque β The Rifleman Inn |website=Tameside Metropolitan Borough|access-date= 16 July 2019}}</ref>
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