The Signal Box Inn

{{short description|Public house in Cleethorpes, UK}} thumb|right|The Signal Box Inn '''The Signal Box Inn''' is a public house in the seaside resort of Cleethorpes, United Kingdom.<ref>[http://www.thepublican.com/story.asp?sectioncode=7&storycode=52426 Smallest pub in the world?] - The Publican</ref> It was opened in August 2006 and is a contender for the smallest pub in the world.<ref>[http://www.signalboxinn.co.uk The Signal Box Inn] - Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway</ref>

==Details== The Signal Box Inn is named for its location at Lakeside Station of the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway. The size of the building is approximately to the same scale as the trains that use the track.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2006/08/04/signal_box_inn.shtml Pint-sized pub] - BBC Humber</ref>

It has five hand pumps serving real ale and a beer garden, and was submitted for a place in the Guinness Book of Records.<ref>[http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1154543209217A551 World's smallest pub hits the tracks] - IOL.co.za</ref>

It faced opposition for the title of the world's smallest pub from ''Sam's World's Smallest Bar'' in Colorado Springs, United States. The area of that establishment is 10.12 square metres, as opposed to the Signal Box's 5.95 square metres.<ref>[http://www.whitebeertravels.co.uk/signal.html The Signal Box Inn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306211450/http://www.whitebeertravels.co.uk/signal.html |date=2012-03-06 }} - White Beer Travels</ref><ref>[http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=znews&itemid=IPED04%20Aug%202006%2022%3A38%3A00%3A187 In a Nutshell, size does matter] - East Anglian Daily Times 24</ref>

==See also== *The Nutshell Bury St Edmunds

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==External links== *[http://www.signalboxinn.co.uk/ Signal Box Inn Official Website]

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