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Greene King drops plan to sell 6p pints - and gives them out for free instead

Greene King has been forced to drop plans to sell 6p pints to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee - and is now giving them out for free instead.

The pub chain discovered its move to sell beer at 1952 prices - when Her Majesty was crowned - was not allowed under licensing laws. But it can give them away for free instead.

Brits will have to act fast, as the deal is only valid today.

A Greene King spokesperson said: “One of the ideas we had was for a promotion in 400 of our managed pubs where customers could buy one pint each of Greene King IPA for 6p today – the same price it was in 1952.

"We thought this was a great way to celebrate this remarkable occasion and we’ve been thrilled at the response from customers.

"However, we have some good news for everyone, which is that we will now be giving the Jubilee first pint of Greene King IPA away free of charge today, as we now understand it’s not permissible under the licensing act to charge the 6p.

"Just remember to use the keyword '1952' and check whether your local pub is running the offer plus further details at greeneking-pubs.co.uk/my-local. Cheers everyone.”

Greene King can't sell pints for 6p, but it can give them away (Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee will be taking place between Wednesday, June 2, and Sunday, June 5. An extra day of bank holiday has been brought in to mark the occasion.

Here is a list of all 408 Greene King pubs taking part in the offer, by area:

Abington (Northampton)

Acorn (Bicester)

Acorn (Burncross)

Admiral Rodney (Nottingham)

Ainsty (York)

Air Balloon (Filton)

Albion (Portishead)

Albion (Rainham)

Amington (Tamworth)

Ancient Foresters (Wibsey)

Angel (Baildon)

Angel Inn (Rothwell)

Anton Arms (Andover)

Apple Tree (Carlisle)

Arkles (Liverpool)

Arrow (Arnold)

Ascott (Pinner)

Aspen Tree (Romford)

Badger Box (Kirkby-in-Ashfield)

Baffins (Portsmouth)

Ball (Sheffield)

Bamburgh (South Shields)

Barleycorn (Hedge End)

Bay Horse (Ashton-In-Makerfield)

Bay Horse (Whickham)

Bay Tree (Grove)

Beacon (Basingstoke)

Beaconsfield (Gateshead)

Bear & Ragged Staff (Crayford)

Bear Tavern (Smethwick)

Bears Paw (Frodsham)

Beechdale (Nottingham)

Beehive (Carlisle)

Beggars Bush (Kingstanding)

Belfry (Beighton)

Bell (Bredhurst)

Bell (East Molesey)

Bell (Shottery)

Bellemoor (Shirley)

Ben Lomond (Jarrow)

Bent Brook (Urmston)

Big Tree (Sheffield)

Billet (Sittingbourne)

Bird in Hand (Beck Row)

Birkey (Liverpool)

Black Bull (Benton)

Black Bull (Lindley)

Black Griffin Inn (Lisvane)

Black Horse (Kidlington)

Black Horse (Old Swan)

Black Horse (Trowbridge)

Black Horse (Walton)

Black Prince (Addlestone)

Blackbirds (Flitwick)

Blue Bell (Attenborough)

Boat House (Wallingford

Boathouse (Cambridge

Bold Arms (Southport)

Boundary House (Abingdon)

Bowman (Hucknall)

Bowyer Arms (Radley)

Brentwood (Rotherham)

Bridge (Bracknell)

Bridge Inn (Port Sunlight)

Bridgewater (Worsley

Bridgewater Arms (Leeds)

Brinkburn (Darlington)

Britannia (Porthill)

Broad Oak (Strelley Village)

Broadway (Bournemouth)

Brockley Jack (London SE4)

Bromborough (Wirral)

Bromfield Arms (Chester)

Brunswick (Bournemouth)

Bryn-Y-Mor Hotel (Swansea)

Buff (Orpington)

Bull & Anchor (Exhall)

Bull & Chequers (Reading)

Bull (Horns Cross)

Bull (Penenden Heath)

Bull Hotel (Halstead)

Bumble Bee (Flitwick)

Burrell Arms (Haywards Heath)

Butchers Arms (Great Sankey)

Butterchurn (Sutton)

Bystander (Wootton)

Caernarvon Castle (Prenton)

Cardiff Bay Tavern (Cardiff)

Carleton (Pontefract)

Carousel (Reddish)

Carr Mill (St Helens)

Castle (Bristol)

Castle Hotel (Droitwich)

Castle In The Air (Fareham)

Cat & Fiddle (Great Barr)

Channings Hotel (Clifton)

Chapel House (Low Moor)

Chase Hotel (Nuneaton)

Chequers (Bromley)

Chestnut Tree (Andover)

Church Inn (Flixton)

Church View Inn (Lunts Heath)

Churchill (Poole)

Claude (Cardiff)

Clive Arms (Cardiff)

Clocktower (Milton Keynes)

Coach & Horses (Portsmouth)

Coach & Horses (Wimborne)

Cock & Bell (Long Melford)

Cock Inn (Rochford)

Cocked Hat (Gosport)

College Oak (Abingdon)

Commercial (Killay)

Coopers (Bretton)

Coopers Mill (Yeovil)

Corn Exchange (Brierley Hill)

Corner House (Branston)

Corner House Hotel (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)

Counting House (Blackpool)

Counting House (Leicester)

County Arms (Chingford)

Crab & Winkle (Peterborough)

Crab (Shanklin)

Crab Apple (Clevedon)

Crabmill (Oldswinford)

Crane (Basildon)

Cricketers (Milton Keynes)

Cricketers (Rainham)

Cricketers (Southwick)

Cricketers (Yateley)

Cricketers Arms (Chandlers Ford)

Cross House Inn (Formby)

Crown & Horseshoes (Enfield)

Crown (Bradford)

Crown (Hazlemere)

Crown Wood (Bracknell)

Cuckoo Pint (Fareham)

Devon (Leeds)

Devonshire Arms (Sheffield)

Dog & Gun (Keswick)

Dog & Partridge (Blackpool)

Dog & Partridge (Morecambe)

Dolphin (Melbourn)

Donkey Derby (Chesterfield)

Downham Arms (Wickford)

Dragon (Leeds)

Drawbridge Inn (Shirley)

Duke of Monmouth (Oxford)

Duke of Wellington (Hatfield Peverel)

Duke of Wellington (Kenton)

Dunes Hotel (Blackpool)

Eager Poet (Neath Hill)

Earl Beatty (New Malden)

Earl of Cornwall (Slough)

Endbutt (Liverpool)

Ewe & Lamb (Dunstable)

Fair Maid (Cottingham)

Farmers Arms (Blackpool)

Farmers Arms (Northenden)

Farmers Arms (Wirral)

Farmhouse (Yate)

Feathers (Maidstone)

Fenay Bridge (Fenay Bridge)

Festing (Southsea)

Festival Inn (Trowell)

Five Bells (Finchley

Fiveways (Brighton)

Flag (Egerton)

Fleece Inn (Penwortham)

Flyer (Chelmsford)

Flying Saucer (Gillingham)

Fountain (South Shields)

Fox & Crown (Sutton-In-Ashfield)

Fox & Hounds (Croxley Green)

Fox & Hounds (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)

Fox & Hounds (Tadley)

Fox & Pheasant (Stoke Poges)

Fox Hunters (North Shields)

Fradley Arms (Lichfield)

Freeman Arms (Ashford)

Friar Tuck (Arnold)

Gardeners (Chelmsford)

Gardeners Arms (Stockport)

Gatehouse (Clayton)

Gemini (Dereham)

George & Dragon (Hazel Grove)

George & Dragon (Yiewsley)

George & Dragon Hotel (Stockport)

Gerard Arms (St Helens)

Glasshouse (Wath-Upon-Dearne)

Glovers Needle (Worcester)

Golden Ball Hotel (Poulton-Le-Fylde)

Golden Eagle (Carterton)

Golden Eagle (Thornton Cleveleys)

Golden Fleece (Lymm)

Golden Fleece (Manor Park)

Golden Hind (Cambridge)

Golden Hind (Plymouth)

Golden Hind (Portsmouth)

Golden Hind (Stockport)

Golden Lion (Goring-By-Sea)

Golden Lion (Romford)

Golf Hotel (Rushmere)

Good Companion (Portsmouth)

Good Companions (Reading)

Good Intent (Hornchurch)

Gosling Bridge Inn (Carlisle)

Governors House (Cheadle Hulme)

Grace Arms (Ellesmere Port)

Grapes (Bury St Edmunds)

Green Man (Bedfont)

Green Man (Easthamstead)

Green Man (Lavendon)

Green Posts (Portsmouth)

Greyfisher (Salisbury)

Griffin (Carlisle)

Grosvenor (Carrington)

Grosvenor (Felixstowe)

Grove (Welwyn Garden City)

Guild (Preston)

Guildford (Southend-on-Sea)

Gunner (North Shields)

Halfway Inn (Chandlers Ford)

Hansom Cab (Luton)

Hare & Hounds (Gloucester)

Hare & Hounds (Ramsbottom)

Hare & Hounds (Tarbock)

Harrier (Peterborough)

Harvest Moon (Bishops Stortford)

Harvest Mouse (Heswall)

Harvey (Swindon)

Hatherley (Cheltenham)

Hayride (Beverley)

Hendon (Hendon)

Henry IV (Fakenham)

Hill Top (Stanley)

Hinckley Knight (Hinckley)

Horseshoe (Downend)

Horsforth (Horsforth)

Hoy & Helmet (Benfleet)

Hungry Fox (Gillingham)

Inn on the Green (Billericay)

Isle of Ely (Ely)

Jingling Gate (Newcastle)

Jolly Farmer (Winchester)

Jolly Fenman (Sidcup)

Jolly Miller (West Derby)

Jolly Milliner (Luton)

Jolly Scotchman (Sleaford),

Jolly Topers (Luton)

Junction (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)

Kensington (Milton Keynes)

King George V (Ilford)

Kingfisher (Newport Pagnell)

Kings Arms (Billingham)

Kings Arms (Wirral)

Kings Head (Slough)

Kings Head (Tooting)

Kings Head (Upton St Leonards)

Kings Head Hotel (Hoveton)

Kings Ransom (Sale)

Knowsley (Bury)

Lady Bay (West Bridgford)

Ladybrook (Bramhall)

Lamb Inn (Rustington)

Lane Ends (Ashton-On-Ribble)

Leather Bottle (Merton)

Lighthouse (Wallasey)

Little Mester (North Anston)

Local Hero (Leicester)

Lodge (Alvaston)

Lodge (Northwich)

Longship (Hebburn)

Lonsdale Hotel (West Jesmond)

Lord Darcy (Leeds)

Lord Derby (St Annes)

Lord Nelson (Wantage)

Lullingstone Castle (Swanley)

Lumbertubs (Boothville)

Lutley Oak (Halesowen)

Malt Shovel (Baildon)

Malt Shovel (Bridgwater)

Malt Shovel (Leeds)

Malvern Tavern (Shirley)

Man of Gwent (Newport)

Man on the Moon (Ipswich)

Manor House (Portsmouth)

Marine (Hornsea)

Marlow Donkey (Marlow)

Marquis of Granby (Esher)

Masons Arms (Old Swan)

Masons Arms (Wickersley)

Meadow Covert (Edwalton)

Meadows (Liverpool)

Merlin (Swindon)

Mersey Clipper (Birkenhead)

Messenger (Swindon)

Middlesex Arms (Ruislip)

Midget (Abingdon)

Mill House (Broughton)

Mill House (Emersons Green)

Mitre (Southampton)

Monks Brook (Chandlers Ford)

Monument (Hereford)

Moorings (Boothstown)

Morden Brook (Morden)

Moulsham Inn (Chelmsford)

Mulberry (Goring-By-Sea)

Mulberry Tree Inn (Stockton Heath)

Nabb Inn (Hucknall)

Nags Head (Mickleover)

Nags Head (Welling)

Narborough Arms (Narborough)

National Hunt (Cheltenham)

Nelson Hotel (Wallasey)

New Derby (Sunderland)

New Inn (Leeds)

New Pippin (Wyken)

Noak Bridge (Laindon)

Norman Conquest (Middlesbrough)

Norwood Arms (Cheltenham)

Nosey Parker (Lincoln)

Oak (Didcot)

Oak (Walderslade)

Oak Tree (Mansfield)

Offas Dyke Hotel (Broughton)

Old Ash Tree (Chatham)

Old Bell (Hemel Hempstead)

Old Club House (Buxton)

Old Cross (Chichester)

Old Five Bells (Burnham)

Old Grey Mare (Hull)

Old Rectory (Leybourne)

Old Rooms Inn (Weymouth)

Old Swan (Bletchley)

Old Walnut Tree (Southend-on-Sea)

Old White Hart (Hook)

Orange Tree (Braintree)

Otter (Thorpe Marriott)

Owl & Pussycat (Felixstowe)

Pack Horse (Burnopfield)

Palmeira (Hove)

Parc-Y-Prior Inn (Malpas)

Park Hotel (Southport)

Paul Pry (Rayleigh),

Pavilion (Shepherds Bush)

Peacock (Clifton)

Pear & Partridge (Perton)

Pendas Arms (Leeds)

Penny Black (Sheffield)

Pheasant (Birstall)

Pied Calf (Spalding)

Pied Piper (Stevenage)

Pinner Arms (Pinner)

Plainsman (Mapperley)

Plough (Houghton Green)

Polite Vicar (Basford)

Pond House (Maidenhead)

Portsbridge (Cosham)

Prince (Crowthorne)

Prince Frederick (Bromley)

Prince of Wales (Fleet)

Prince of Wales (Jarrow)

Priorslee (Priorslee)

Priory (Scunthorpe)

Pub on the Pond (Swansea)

Quakerwood (Acomb)

Quayside Inn (Falmouth)

Railway (Burgess Hill)

Railway (Burnham On Sea)

Railway Bell (South Woodford)

Railway Hotel (Greenford)

Raynes Park (Raynes Park)

Red Arrow (Lutterworth)

Red Cat (Greasby)

Red House (Croxley Green)

Red Lion (Drayton)

Red Lion (Langley)

Red Lion (Portchester)

Red Lion (Skipton)

Red Lion (Stubbington)

Red Lion Inn (Sheffield)

Red Rover (West Wellow)

Ridgeway Arms (Mosborough)

Ring O Bells (Loughborough)

Rising Sun (Gawsworth)

Robin Hood (Ashton-In-Makerfield)

Robin Hood (Clifton)

Robin Hood (Tottington)

Rock (Cambridge)

Rockingham Arms (Wentworth)

Rodmill (Eastbourne)

Romans Rest (Worksop)

Romiley Arms (Romiley)

Rose & Crown (Bexhill)

Rose & Crown (Bury)

Rose & Crown (Coventry)

Rose & Crown (Hereford)

Rose & Crown (Lenton)

Rose & Crown (Rushden)

Rose & Crown (Wivenhoe)

Rose Inn (Great Wakering)

Rosedene (Sunderland)

Roundel (Thornaby)

Roundhay (Leeds)

Rovers Tye (Colchester)

Royal (Scunthorpe)

Royal George (Ipswich)

Royal Oak (Ambleside)

Royal Oak (Bishops Cleeve)

Royal Oak (Bulwell)

Royal Oak (Charlton)

Royal Oak (Chorlton Cum Hardy)

Royal Oak (Havant)

Royal Oak (Nailsea)

Royal Oak (Yateley)

Royal Sovereign (Salford)

Royal Standard (Camberley)

Royal Standard (West Derby)

Rudds Arms (Marton-In-Clevela)

Rugby Tavern (Cubbington)

Rye House (Hoddesdon)

Sailmakers (Hull)

Sandmartin (Thurrock)

Sandpiper (Christchurch)

Sefton Arms (West Derby),

Seven Stars Inn (Eccleston)

Sherwin Arms (Bramcote)

Ship & Royal (Lytham St Annes)

Ship (Bedford)

Ship Inn (Cobham)

Shovels (Marton Moss)

Shrewsbury Arms (Oxton)

Shuttle & Loom (Darlington)

Silver Birch (Bracknell)

Silver Fern (Warsash)

Singing Chocker (Glasshoughton)

Sir John Warren (Ilkeston)

Smithy Pond (Wingerworth)

Sneyd Arms (Sneyd Green)

Snooty Fox (Three Bridges)

Southern Cross (Middlesbrough)

Southern Cross (Watford),

Speckled Hen (St Albans)

Spinney Hill (Northampton)

Sportsman (Reading)

Spread Eagle (Bury St Edmunds)

Spyglass & Kettle (Gillingham)

Spyglass & Kettle (Southbourne)

Squinting Cat (Lund House Green)

Star & Garter (Portsmouth)

Star (Bristol)

Star (Chalton)

Starting Gate (Nottingham)

Station (Stoneleigh)

Station (Uckfield)

Station Hotel (Crossgates)

Station Promenade (Morecambe)

Stoke (Guildford)

Stonemasons Arms (Timperley)

Strawberry (Barrow-In-Furness)

Strawberry Gardens (Heysham)

Summit Inn (Royton)

Sun Inn (Eastwood)

Surrey (St Johns)

Sussex Barn (Horsham)

Swan & Mitre (Bromley)

Swan (Abbots Langley)

Swan (Bromham)

Swan Inn (Tockington)

Swiss Cottage (Shoreham-By-Sea)

Talbot (Worcester)

Talbot Inn (Mansfield)

Tamar (Crownhill)

Tap & Railway (West Moors)

Tap & Tumbler (Nottingham)

Tawny Owl (Milton Keynes)

Templar Hotel (Leeds)

Testwood (Totton)

Thatched Cottage (Maidenhead)

Thatched House (Milton Locks)

Thorn Inn (Appleton)

Three Blackbirds (Boxmoor)

Three Elms (Hereford)

Three Frogs (Wokingham)

Three Magpies (Heathrow)

Three Ponds (Nuthall)

Three Tuns (Canterbury)

Three Tuns (Uxbridge)

Tiger Moth (Chatham)

Tollgate (Bury St Edmunds)

Torch (Wembley)

Town Crier (South Woodham Ferrers)

Town House (Lytham St Annes)

Travellers Rest (Hartlepool)

Travellers Rest (Leeds)

Tredegar Arms (Bassaleg)

Trumpet (Weston Favell)

Tudor Arms (Watford)

Tut N Shive (Doncaster)

Two Poplars (Wokingham)

Unicorn (Ilford)

Unicorn (Wilmslow)

Upper George Hotel (Halifax)

Venture (Highfield)

Victoria (Barrow-In-Furness)

Victoria Hotel (Lytham St Annes)

Victory Inn (Rochford)

Village Green (Stockland Green)

Village Inn (Bowness-On-Windermere)

Wackum Inn (Bristol)

Waggon Team (Gateshead)

Walkford (Walkford)

Walter Tull (Sixfields)

Warren Lodge (Scunthorpe)

Washington (Blackpool)

Water Tower (Tilehurst)

Waterside (Shoreham-By-Sea)

Waterside Inn (Goodrington)

Wealden Hall (Larkfield)

We-Anchor-In-Hope (Welling)

Welcome (Eastleigh)

Wellington (Bury)

Wentworth Arms (Elmesthorpe)

West End Brewery (West End)

Wharf Tavern (Hockley Heath)

Wheatsheaf (Great Wyrley)

Whistling Goose (Sutton Fields)

Whitchurch (Whitchurch)

White Elephant (Northampton)

White Hart (Buckingham)

White Hart (Cheadle)

White Hart (Frimley)

White Hart (Gosport)

White Horse (Abingdon)

White Horse (Bicester)

White Horse (Reading)

White Horse (Sutton Coldfield)

White Horse (Swinton)

White Lion (Frenchay)

White Swan (Sandhurst)

Whitehills (Northampton)

William Camden (Bexleyheath)

Willow (Harlow)

Willow Bank (Liverpool)

Willow Tree (Worcester Park)

Windmill (Freshbrook)

Windmill (Upminster)

Windmill Inn (Werrington)

Windmill Inn (York)

Wooden Bridge (Guildford)

Woodlands Edge (Sth Ockenden)

Woodman (Peterborough)

Woodman Inn (Codsall)

Woodside (Crewe)

Woolpack (Norwich)

Yacht (Bexleyheath)

Yarrow Bridge (Chorley)

Ye Olde Black Horse (Lamorbey)

Ye Olde Cock (Didsbury)

Yeoman of England (Wootton)

Yorkshire Grey (Biggleswade)

Zach Willsher (Benfleet)

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