The Bell Inn Cellars are opened to the public on regular guided tours. In 1998, Channel 4 television series "History Hunters" examined the claims of The Bell Inn, Ye Olde Salutation Inn and Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem to each be the oldest pub in Nottingham. The programme, first broadcast on 5 December 1998, concluded that of the three, Ye Olde Salutation was the oldest "building" but the Bell had been the earliest in use as a pub. The Bell Inn The Bell Inn is an ancient pub in Nottingham, England. Dating from around 1437, it claims, along with Ye Olde Trip to
Irish pub largely identical to their counterparts in the Republic except for the aforementioned lack of spirit grocers. Traditional pubs in Belfast include "The Crown Liquor Saloon" (owned by the National Trust) and the city's oldest bar," White's Tavern", which was established in 1630 as a wine shop. Outside Belfast, pubs such as the "House of McDonnell" in Ballycastle (a former spirit grocery retaining all the characteristics of the type) are representative of the traditional country pub. "Peadar O'Donnell's" is a famous traditional pub on Waterloo Street in Derry, while "The Farmers Home" is another fine traditional pub in Strabane, County Tyrone.