Alcohol licensing laws of the United Kingdom
![Map Showing the Number of Public Houses in a District of Central London in 1899](/Images/godic/202501/10/Joseph_Rowntree,_Public_Houses_in_Central_London,_1899,_Cornell,_CUL_PJM_1134_013644.jpg")
The alcohol licensing laws of the United Kingdom regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol, with separate legislation for England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland being passed, as necessary, by the UK parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the Scottish Parliament respectively.