The Scotch Piper, Lydiate, Merseyside is the oldest pub in the traditional county of Lancashire, on the A5147, 9 miles from Liverpool and 11 from Southport. It was originally known as 'The Royal Oak'. Sections of the trunk of the oak tree it was built around in the 14th century are visible, from the tap room, the building is still thatched and is a Grade II* listed building. Lydiate is a village in Sefton,Merseyside,England. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... Red Lancashire rose Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Maghull to Scarisbrick Called Liverpool Road North in Maghull. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... Map sources for Southport at grid reference SD3317 Southport is a seaside town on the north-west coast of England, to the north of Liverpool and the south of Preston. ... Thatching is the art or craft of covering a roof with vegetative materials such as straw, reed or sedge. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

It stands close to the site of Lydiate Hall and next to the remains of St Katherine's chapel.

External links

• A Short History of the "Oldest Inn in Lancashire"
• www.camra.org.uk
• blueyonder.co.uk