The Bingley Arms is another claimant to the title of Britain’s oldest pub, and certainly has quite a history. Dating back to at least AD 953, the pub was around during the Viking conquests and later used as a safe house for those in danger from Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries (hence its earlier name, The Priests Inn). It even acted as a court before being taken over by Lord Bingley in 1780. Today, you can see an original Dutch oven in the lounge, as well as the old priest holes hidden in the chimney.