What's the legal drinking age in England?

Answer 1

12 on a street corner 15 in most bars .... oh im sorry i forgot you said LEGAL its 18 someone just said he checks the internet and its 21 ? sorry but as a registered doorman in england i can guarentee its 18.

Answer 2

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What's the legal drinking age in England?

Answer 3

It is not very straight forward

It is illegal to give anyone under 5 an alcoholic drink anywhere
Persons age 5 or more can drink in a registered club, public place (unless prohibited by by-law) or at home
Under the age of 14 children are not permitted into the bar area of a pub unless the pub has a children's certificate. In this case they can enter if they are accompanied by an adult.
At 14 you can enter a bar or pub but only if the landlord agrees and if you drink soft drinks (this can include low-alcohol beer).
At 16 you can buy beer, cider or perry (made from pears) in a restaurant or eating area of a pub where there is no bar, if you are ordering a main meal.
At 18 you can legally buy drinks in a pub, bar or off licence. If you are having problems getting served in pubs and you are over 18 you could apply for a proof of age card from the Portman Group, an organisation set up by the drinks industry.

Answer 4

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Some of the answers on here scare me, especially as they are coming from people engaged as managers etc. in the trade who should know the law. The various expressions 'pubs', 'bars' 'night clubs' 'off licences' , 'restaurants', do not matter - any venue retailing alcohol has what is called a 'premises licence'.The age limits are applicable to all these venues as follows: The ONLY person so far to come nr. the correct answer is 'Appoloni' who appears to have looked up a correct web ref. for you. The English licensing rules were altered in November 2005 - until that date I could show you loop holes where a 5 yr old could drink spirits, a 16 / 17 yr old could themselves buy beer, cider, perry or porter with a meal in a restaurant etc. BUT despite the answers you have been given with these in they are all now wrong. Those loop holes / exceptions ceased in November 2005. Now, in practice most places will ask you for some ID but it is not strict law to do so - they do it because some penalties are now up to £1000 fine for under 18yrs old breaking the drinking laws & up to £5000 for over 18yrs breaking those laws and serving or buying for under age people. The venue could even lose their 'premises licence'. That is why some venues impose their own, discretionary, higher than 18yrs admission policy, they are playing safe. At 16 yrs +, subject to management discretion, you can legal go into our pubs, bars etc. unaccompanied but you can not buy any alcohol yourself in any circs. under 18yrs. At 18yrs you can buy any type of alcohol. At 16 or 17yrs you can drink, beer, wine or cider PROVIDED an over 18yr old has purchased it for you AND you are eating a proper substantial meal, not a packet of crisps, AND the 18yr + person stays with you and supervises your eating and alcohol consumption in effect 'baby sits' you. Remember even if the law allows certain age limits etc. no manager is compelled to admit or serve you, they can and often do impose higher limits and will refuse you service without giving a reason and do not have to give reasons. In your own home any body over 5yrs can be given alcohol, if under 5yrs only for medicinal reasons / or on a doctors authority.

Answer 5

18

Answer 6

18 years

Answer 7

21

Answer 8

18 is the legal age,but you must carry ID,if you have no ID and don't look about 21 you won't get served. UK res

Answer 9

You have to be 18.

Answer 10

I was drinking red wind in England at age five in my granddads house, maybe it wasn't legal, but my grandad would have said " It's none of your bloody business", and that's why my grandad was a great limey