The United Kingdom, and England as well, is the only country in the world that has a certain age for when alcohol can be drunk in the home too. The legal drinking age in the United Kingdom is 18. Between the ages of five and 17, it is legally allowable for children between five and 17 to drink alcohol at home or at the home of a friend as long as permission is granted from parents or adult guardians. People that are 16 and 17 can consume alcohol with a meal on certain licensed premises. However, they cannot purchase it. The adult has to order the alcohol, however. Purchasing alcohol for someone under the age of 18 is illegal in England. This means that the person acts as the young person’s agent to buy the alcohol.

Customers that try to buy alcoholic beverages that look under 21 have to prove their age to the retailer. It is all about the opinion of the retailer. The retailer is given discretion in asking for an ID.

Most of the countries in the European Union have a legal drinking age of 18. In Canada, the legal drinking age is 18. There is a European heritage carried over to Canada that is both French and English. Perhaps the Europeans have a better relationship with alcohol than the United States of America. The legal drinking age in the US is 21. It’s interesting to see how different countries regulate alcohol differently. It seems that adults in England are given more freedom and flexibility in drinking alcohol at an earlier age, even younger than the legal drinking age with certain meals on certain occasions, and that it is a more natural part of their lives.

For someone under 18 to drink alcohol in licensed premises, except where the child is 16 or 17 years old and accompanied by an adult. In this case it is legal for them to drink, but not buy, beer, wine and cider with a table meal.

It's 18 to go to a bar and order a drink yourself and to drink spirits. 16 and 17 year olds are allowed to have one glass of alcohol if they are with an adult eating a meal. The alcohol they can choose from is wine, beer, larger and cider. It's also legal for children over the age of five to have a tiny amount of alcohol at home while supervised by a parent.

Without guessing, this is the LAW:-

Under section 146 of the Licensing Act 2003, you must be 18 or more to buy alcohol either bottled or on draught.

Under section 150 of the Act it is legal to have beer, wine or cider (NOT spirits) with a meal in licensed premises if you are 16 or 17, providing someone over 18 buys it and accompanies you all the time.

Under section 151 of the Act it is an offence to buy alcohol on behalf of, or deliver it to, someone under 18 unless they are having a meal as per section 150. This means it's illegal to buy alcoholic drink to give to a youngster who may ask you to enter an off-licence for them (same laws appliy with respect to tobacco products too).

Under section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 it is an offence to give alcohol to anybody under 5 unless under medical supervision. This carries a ￡200 fine.

Actually, children are allowed to drink at home under parental supervision at the age of 5 here. It doesn't happen, but it is legal. So, five

18.

In Scotland, those over 16 can have beer or wine with a meal.

(On the basis that "England" has other connotations abroad)

18.

To save you he trouble of having to use google it is 18

Age 57, and you must pay the fees and rent, if someone won't fear this rules, and he would got to jail and death punishment.