Pub be the oldest surviving establishment in the United Kingdom, although in several cases original buildings have been demolished and replaced on the same site. Others are ancient buildings that were used for purposes other than as a pub previously in their history. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, Hertfordshire, holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest pub in England, as it is an 11th-century structure on an 8th-century site. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham is claimed to be the "oldest inn in England". It has a claimed date of 1189, based on the fact it is
Pub church room in an existing pub, and church happens with the context of the functioning public house. In the UK examples can be found in Nottingham - "Eagle's Nest Church," Brighton, London - "Church on the Corner", and Christ Church Balham, and Cardiff. Currently, a community of believers in Fishers, Indiana are meeting at The Pub at Pinheads under the ministry name of "Leavener;" also a group called "Connect Rome" meet at a local bar named McCrobie's in Rome, Georgia. This has been said to be an example of what Nicholas M Healy calls "ecclesial bricolage." The church inhabits various aspects