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A man sitting at a table outside the Bottle Inn. He is pushing a handful of stinging nettle leaves in his mouth and pulling a pained expression. On the table in the foreground are two full pints of beer or cider.

Rules set for world championship nettle growers

A revived nettle growing contest will run alongside the Stinging Nettle Eating World Championships.

View along the length of a long narrow table piled up with stinging nettles

Nettle eating date set as contest returns to pub

The nettle eating competition is returning to the Bottle Inn, where it started in the 1980s.

A row of people standing behind a long table piled up with stinging nettles. Each person has a pint of cider sitting next to their pile. The woman nearest the camera is holding a stinging nettle stalk in the air and a bunch of leaves in the other hand. The man next to her is picking up his pint.

Nettle eating hosts cancel event after pub reopens

The Bottle Inn in Marshwood has reopened after being closed for 5 years and will continue the tradition