An English pub that claims to be the oldest in Britain is closing due to financial problems worsened by the pandemic. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans, just north of London, has been in ...

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans, England, claims to be the oldest pub in Britain, with a storied past featuring medieval pigeons, Oliver Cromwell and a series of tunnels once traversed by monks.

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans, which has been open since 793 AD, is closing after a difficult past few years amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the pub's landlord announced on Facebook Friday.

Hear ye, hear ye: Where once there was an old English pub, now there shall be nothing but rubble. 'Tis true. The Ale House shall be no more come June. Later this summer, the remains will be ...

Photo: Getty Images Ye Olde Fighting Cocks — which claims its origins in the 8th century, making it England’s oldest pub — may have pulled its last pint due to COVID-19. At least for now.

Famed British Pub Reopening After Employees Save 1,228-Year-Old Establishment Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, which first opened in St. Albans way back in 793 AD, will reopen its doors on April 4 ...

ALBANY — The Olde English Pub, a traditional British tavern in Quackenbush House, the city’s second-oldest building, has a new owner after 12½ years, bringing to a close one of the longer ...

LONDON – The Ye Olde Fighting Cocks pub in St. Albans, England, has seen it all: Since its first brick was laid, possibly as early as 793, near the ruins of an ancient Roman city well before the ...