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It's not the type of pub where you'll be waiting for ages at the bar to get served.

Claiming to be the smallest pub in the world, The Signal Box Inn - which can only fit six customers at a time - has just reopened for summer.

At just 64sq feet, the public house in the seaside resort of Lincolnshire, is named after its location, next to Cleethorpes Light Railway.

Mini-bar: Landlord Alan Cowood stands outside the Signal Box Inn, whcih claims to be the smallest pub in the world

No queuing: The Signal Box Inn only fits six customers at a time - meaning guests don't have to wait too long to get served

Alan Cowood is the proud owner of the mini-bar, which closes each winter, and battles for the 'world's smallest pub' title with Sam's World's Smallest Bar in Colorado Springs, US.

Former teacher Alan, 60, believes there is just enough space for six people inside and says his regulars are very protective over the status as the
smallest public house on the planet.

Alan said: 'A lot of my customers travel round the country to different pubs and they've all said we're the smallest by far.

Pint size pub: Landlord Alan serves customers in the Signal Box Inn which has reopened for summer

Half measure: The pub - a contender for the smallest in the world - measures 64sq-feet

Tight squeeze: The Signal Box Inn pub garden, and, right, inside the pub, which offers drinks, ales and snacks to customers

'For it to be comfortable we can fit four seated, one drinking at the bar and another person behind serving.'

The eight feet by eight feet building was originally a signal box in Scunthorpe but moved to its current location 12 years ago and opened as a pub four years later in 2006.

It's now a popular tourist attraction, attracting visitors from around the world.

Small measures: The Signal Box Inn stands at just 64sq feet, and is located next to Cleethorpes Light Railway

Record claim: Landlord Alan said the pub regulars want him to apply to Guinness World Records to verify the pub's status

Alan said: 'The regulars keep getting on at me to apply for the Guinness World Records but I've just never found the time.

'Once the summer comes round and we open again, we're just absolutely heaving with customers.

'They are so protective over the pub's status as the smallest in the country.'