BRIGHTON has been named as one of the most expensive places in the country to buy a pint.

As people return to the haven of their favourite watering hole, they will be shocked to find that a pint of their favourite beer will set them back more than just a few quid.

New research from money.co.uk has found that the city is the fourth most expensive place in the country for a drink - with the average drink setting you back £4.50.

Unsurprisingly the most expensive place for a beer in the country is the capital, in London it costs on average £5 for a pint, and in many central areas of the city it is far more than that.

It means that you could buy two and a half pints in Telford for the same price that Londoners will pay for one.

Outside of London, the most expensive place for a drink is the cathedral city of Canterbury in Kent where the average price of a pint is £4.80.

Just behind Canterbury, is Cambridge where the average cost is £4.65.

In the other constituent nations the capitals of Scotland and Northern Ireland are the most expensive cities as both Belfast and Edinburgh charge an average of £4.50 per pint.

Writing about the findings, a spokesman from money.co.uk said: "In the UK there are around 47,000 pubs to serve the 66 million people living in the United Kingdom.

"That’s approximately 1000 pubs per 1.4 million people.

"Naturally the number of pubs and people fluctuates across the UK, so which towns and regions have the most pubs per people?

"To work this out we discovered the number of pubs in each local authority district, as well as the population for the same area.

"We then divided the population by the number of pubs to establish which region in the country has the highest pubulation density."

Compared to the rest of the country London attracts a vast number of tourists, and therefore the pubulation density is less applicable to the capital than it is everywhere else.

The borough of Westminster has one of the highest concentrations of national landmarks and tourist destinations of any location in the country, and on top of that, it can now boast the highest number of pubs in London with 200 more than its next closest rival - Camden.