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Re:Nearest Pint by wetbaby on Monday August 10, 2026 @02:35AM (#49240026)
A good third of the pubs are missing in my town tbh and they're definitely still open.
Re:Nearest Pint by CiaranMcNulty on Monday August 10, 2026 @02:50AM (#49240168)
It looks like the data is from OpenStreetMap so maybe you could add them if they’re missing there?
Re:Nearest Pint by n4r9 on Monday August 10, 2026 @03:39AM (#49240547)
If you click the question mark it has:

> Pub data is sourced from the Food Hygiene Rating Service (FHRS) via GetTheData Open Pubs

https://www.getthedata.com/open-pubs

Re:Nearest Pint by MrDOS on Monday August 10, 2026 @04:09AM (#49240774)
Ah, interesting. Searching the dataset for my local area, this seems to include some restaurants, but omits hotels entirely. That's skewing the numbers downward tremendously.
Re:Nearest Pint by 2b3a51 on Monday August 10, 2026 @04:36AM (#49240981)
Which explains why Spearmint Rhino is listed in Birmingham (hint: you might get a surprise popping in that establishment for a quick pint).

So nice interface and all but some data curation will be needed - perhaps on a crowd sourced basis? Click and add comment &c.

Re:Nearest Pint by flir on Monday August 10, 2026 @05:34AM (#49241415)
I thought about doing something similar pre-Covid. There are commercial datasets that are more complete (Local Data Company was the one I targeted when I was researching), but... well... £000's a quarter.

The project would have had to cover its costs, so the idea went to the great backlog in the sky.

Re:Nearest Pint by mojo74 on Monday August 10, 2026 @03:29AM (#49240472)
I would argue it's your civic duty :)
Re:Nearest Pint by BoxOfRain on Monday August 10, 2026 @04:45AM (#49241043)
Yeah I'm dogsitting at my childhood home right now and it's missing the rural pubs on the dog route.