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The Birdcage Near to where we used to live in stokey

Castle Hotel

Valiant Sailor

Tiger Inn Look out it's shut on Tuesdays.

George And Dragon

Mariner

White Hart Has an indoor and an outdoor bar in their courtyard,...

Rocksalt Or is it Rock Salt? New restaurant being opened by...

Ocean Inn

Kings Head A nice old style Shepherd Neame boozer, with regular events,...

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The Golden Lion A Fullers pub, alright but not as good as I'd...

The Mermaid Is now a Harvester restaurant, so more eating, less drinking....

The Old House At Home (very rough position, possibly only town, sorry)(very rough map, may...

The Golden Lion null

Red Lion Hotel null

The Old Fountain Public House Went here when we stayed at the Premier Inn just...

Fifth Hants Volunteer Arms

Royal Oak

The Black Griffin (approximate map, possibly only town)(very rough position - may be...

The Fountain Pool, darts, ale, food, a big pub with a garden....

The Well Nice if you're meeting someone at the station or hanging...

Thomas Tallis Is it a micropub? New small real ale house in...

The Old Vine Very nice, similar to The Dolphin in Canterbury but posher......

The Granville Well thought of by some people at work, question them...

Five Bells Really ace pub, lots of fine wine and ales, good...

The Bell Inn

The Black Horse Rural Country Inn serving locally sourced food cooked to order,...

Bakerie (Pie and Ale) Aka Pie and Ale - going here on a stag...

The Parcel Yard Raising the bar for station pub food, The Parcel Yard...

The Ship are brewing their own beer now I didn't imagine it there is a big "home of...

The Phoenix Probably heading here Friday as I'm going to a comedy...

Halfway House Been here, this is in a Rebus book.

Inn Doors Sandgate's first micropub! In what used to be the fancy...

Will we find time for the Fountain fun day? There's an event on at the pub down the road,...

The next supper club date is set for Sunday, August 2nd at The Firkin Alehouse in Cheriton Place The next supper club is announced, from A Crust Eaten:...

Oh, I already did... Just got the computer out to write a little little...

Oh, I already did... Just got the computer out to write a little little...

Fabulous supper club tonight Splendid dinner tonight from A Crust Eaten. Not quite the...

Chambers Easter Ales Festival on again - will I miss it again? Unless I can sneak in on the Friday for a...

Mexican Supper Club at Kipps Ale House 31st May Sounds great, unlikely to be vegan friendly so who knows...

Secret door from The Ship into Loaf (the bike shop) It looks like The Ship and the bike shop next...

So that explains why the Providence is now closed Time really does fly between the opportunities I get to...

So that explains why the Providence is now closed Time really does fly between the opportunities I get to...

The new Banksy In which I hilariously try to pin some graffiti that...

Now with added FSA hygiene ratings I've updated the site with FSA ratings, covering not just...

Hallamshire House Hotel myhallamshire.co.uk

The Red Lion Fantastic sounding ancient pub. I keep hearing people talk about...

The Potting Shed was great I knew I recognised the picture of the landlord on...

New micropub opens in Hythe today "The Potting Shed" Being opened by the hopfuzz.co.uk people, sounds great. Opening today...

New micropub opens in Hythe today "The Potting Shed" Being opened by the hopfuzz.co.uk people, sounds great. Opening today...

Potting Shed New micropub in Hythe. Very nice! Has about six barrels...

Old Brewery Connected to Greenwich Visitor Centre, this is where they make...

The Lost Hour This is the pub I checked in on without Clare...

Lady Luck Pub, looks a bit goth from the outside but apparently...

The Just Reproach The philosophy behind a micropub is the rejection of all...

The Anchor At Wingham theanchoratwingham.com

Welcome to Open Mic Night @ The Chambers, on the second Friday of the month Welcome to Open Mic Night @ The Chambers, which, unless...

Princess of Shoreditch AKA Princess Royal according to whatpub. Adding here as I'm...

The Old Brewery Tavern Pub / restaurant at the back of the Abode hotel....

The Foundry Amazing microbrewery / brew pub type affair, they make great...

Hole in the Wall CAMRA regional pub of the year, small but excellent beer....

Leopold Tavern

The County Hotel Wetherspoons, used to put on bands though (approx location only,...

Open Mic at Chambers on Friday 14th It's valentines WHAT? That came around quick! We don't do...

The Harp Bar AMAZING pub for real ale and cider. Small, but highly...

Kipps' Ale House Like a micropub but a bit bigger! Fantastic, very new....

Farriers Arms Looks very nice though I have not visited yet. History,...

Firkin Alehouse It's a real ale micropub, an amazing concept. No messing,...

Chambers Real ales and ciders, music, and really good food... What...

Leas Lift Beer Festival It's back in March, see theleasliftbeerfestival.co.uk - assuming the leas...

Is it time to shut down the folkestone gerald? For one I don't get much time to update it...

Red Lion Hotel Fairly quiet as it's so massive, but nice. It's either...

Black Horse

We went to some new pubs #3 The Black Robin Final stop on our trying some new pubs adventure, the...

We went to some new pubs #2 The Duke of Cumberland Next stop on our trying some new pubs night out,...

We went to some new pubs #1 The Black Horse Had a rare night out on Saturday, babysitter in, pregnant...

We went to some new pubs #1 The Black Horse Had a rare night out on Saturday, babysitter in, pregnant...

The Duke of Cumberland Very nice, huge garden with lots of outdoor fun. Food...

The Black Robin (approximate map location - may be only town)

Street party outside Chambers this weekend Hello everybody :-)

CAMRA beer festival at Tenterden Station next weekend Woohoo Clare has just pointed out this, and that it's...

What a nice pub! Went to Lathe Barn for a birthday party on Saturday...

Chambers Easter Ales Festival! It's on all over the long easter weekend, lots of...

Chambers easter ales festival is on all next weekend Lots of real ale and cider and a quiz on...

Chambers easter ales festival is on all next weekend Lots of real ale and cider and a quiz on...

Things I learned about the White Hart (Hythe) Looking for a place to go this weekend in Hythe...

The Globe Small two bar Shepherd Neame pub. Has Darts and Bar...

The Wine Vaults (rough map, may be just town, sorry)

Compasses Inn 15th Century Shepherd Neame inn, run by my old next...

Googies Ale Trail on again today? Worth a visit to Googies whether it is or not....

Leas Lift beer and cider festival this weekend! Starts tonight, free entry, 90p for the lift but take...

The Wedgewood Rooms I went here A LOT when I was in town,...

Leopold Tavern

Get your Leas Lift Ale in Chambers This from the facebook: We are proud & lucky to...

Cullen's Yard (approx location only - may be only town)

BARRED from the quiz for being too good! OK, not actually barred, and nothing to do with us...

Unicorn Inn Brilliantly peaceful pub just out of Canterbury town centre. They...

Chambers beer and cider festival on all weekend! This is one of the highlights of my year, I'm...

Britannia Inn Friendly little Shepherd Neame pub with a good quiz and...

Good quiz at the Britannia, Horn Street We did the quiz at The Britannia this week, my...

Hemingford Arms This was our local pub when I worked at Fortune...

Further news and reviews from the FIRST Leas Lift Beer Festival On Saturday I babysat for the friends who babysat for...

Leas Lift Beer Festival 25th and 26th Feb Nearly missed this one:

The True Briton Fairly recently renamed and refurbished, still a work in progress...

The Beehive

Wetherspoons

The John Snow

The Daniel Defoe Our favourite pub when we lived in Stokey, pool, ale,...

The Euston Flyer

Betjeman Arms Very nice for a station pub, bit pricey though. (approx...

Famous Cock Tavern We used to meet here before going to Highbury Garage......

The Hobgoblin pub is now The Black Griffin Went to Canterbury yesterday, miserable weather, too wet to hang...

The Lamb Going tonight MJ Hibbett is doing a Totally Acoustic. (very...

Drum Inn (very rough position - may be only to town level)...

The Gate Inn Was this owned by the same person as Gate 28?...

Cullins Yard cullinsyard.co.uk

Wye Blues & Beer Festival (rough map position - might be only town)

Botolphs Bridge Inn botolphsbridgeinn.co.uk

The Compases Inn (very rough map position - may be only to town...

Westgate Inn Nice, comfy, real ales, quite quiet.

Farriers Arms Recently reopened, looks good, must visit thefarriersarms.com (rough location -...

The Wykeham Arms Nice school desks and the food looks good. Famous, bit...

The Horsebridge Centre null

The Bowl null

Retreat bar and bistro a classic blend of good music, quality drinks and a...

Woolpack Inn (approx location, may be only to town level, sorry)

King Charles null

The Heart In Hand null

The Guildhall Tavern null

The Green Man null

The Fulood Arms null

The Foresters Arms null

First In Last Out null

The Dolphin Inn null

The Dever Arms null

The Cricketers null

The Coach & Horses null

The Chestnut Horse null

The Captain Barnard null

The Bugle Inn null

Slug & Lettuce null

Ship Inn null

Running Horse null

Roebuck Inn null

Percy Hobbs null

King Alfred null

India Arms null

Fox & Hounds null

Dove Inn null

Crown & Anchor null

Chimneys null

Barrington's null

Bullington Cross Inn null

Old Gaol House jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-old-gaolhouse

Phoenix Inn null

The Northbrook Arms null

The North Pole null

The New Queens Head null

The Mash Tun null

The Kings Head null

Railway Inn

The Ship Inn null

Rising Sun null

The Queen Inn null

The Prince Of Wales null

The Porthouse null

Plough Inn null

The Otter null

The Old Market Inn null

The Old Forge Vintage Inn null

The Prince of Wales

Ship Inn AKA The Famous Ship Inn. Proper old pub, two bars,...

Earl of Clarendon Nice local pub, does food, has an open fire sometimes....

Castle In The Air

Lloyds No 1 (Wetherspoons)

Samuel Peto You know you get some Wetherspoons that are really good?...

Dukes Head

Hook and Hatchet hookandhatchet.co.uk

The Wilmington Venue of Mark's 40th birthday party, looks smashing. Sister venue...

The Delme Arms

Humphrey Bean (Wetherspoons)

The Pullman Reopened, refurbished, very nice indeed now. A civilised air more...

Tartar Frigate

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

The White Hart A Shepherd Neame

Three Tuns Refurbished and reopened, looks nice.

The Seagull I used to work here. Reopened as a Hungry Horse...

Nailbox Darts and a meat raffle! A Shepherd Neame pub.

Won a prize at the Chambers Beer Festival Quiz Really [ebay=wedgewood tonatiuh]not worth ebaying it though[/ebay]... very generous big...

Chambers Easter Ales festival on all weekend don't forget Nearly forgot! Wicked, from facebook:

The Frog and Frigate Used to go here A LOT from about [year]1989[/year]... More...

The Crown Closed for a while, but reopened as a Wetherspoons, and...

The White Swan Amazing pub / microbrewery, they sell their own beer and...

Hoodener's Horse Friendly country pub on outskirts of town but still in...

British Lion

The Butt Of Sherry Seems to be mostly about food these days, big menu...

The Jackdaw Reopened, new owners. Not eaten in there since, but they...

The Kelsey Arms

Fordwich Arms

Is Chambers Easter Ales festival on this year? Just realised it's Easter weekend (yeah, I'm a bit slow)...

The Jackdaw (Denton) reopens today! Open tonight for drinks only, open fully tomorrow!

The Gatekeeper Possibly still new-inn.info but unlikely if it's been renamed...

Blakes Fantastic cellar bar / restaurant / guest house, well kept...

Frenchman hosts Sellindge Festival publicity stunt Sellindge Festival are doing a "battle of the bands" type...

The Frenchman Big on live music, a hangout for local bands.

99p pints at Wetherspoons? According to this story from Fareham, does it apply across...

AN Joy Division played here, though there is only a plaque...

Cape Of Good Hope Doesn't get good reviews.

Royal Oak

Bell And Jorrocks thebellandjorrocks.co.uk

Lord Nelson

AF&RM CAMRA says Gate 28 is reopening as a pizza restaurant Not sure if that info is more up to date...

Three Mariners No longer a Shepherd Neame, much improved for this. Nice...

Westgate Inn (Wetherspoons) Nicer than the other Wetherspoons, though did not have as...

Thomas Ingoldsby A Wetherspoon, quite big.

Cultured Pearl A fund raising event for Crabble Corn Mill Trust.

Beer festival at the Ship this weekend See you there all weekend! Looking forward to this a...

The Royak Oak

Duke Of Edinburgh A Shepherd Neame pub

Stile Bridge Inn stile.co.uk

Ye Olde Six Bells Walked here from our pre-Gatwick hotel, fine, more foody, but...

The Providence Inn Reopened now with a new owner, not been back yet...

The Parrot New website here. Very very old, was an independent with...

Harvey's Or is it just Harveys? Pub, pool table, good jukebox....

Star Inn thestarinn-themarsh.co.uk menu

Half Moon & 7 Stars

The Grand Mostly converted to apartments, but still seemingly a hotel too....

Chestfield Barn The Chestfield Barn originated as part of the Chestfield Manor...

The Smack Inn Excellent name for a pub!

The Eight Bells (Wetherspoons) A good Wetherspoons, we sometimes watch the rugby here.

Princess Hey, suggested by me on Beer In The Evening. Used...

The Fareham

Lord Arthur Lee (Wetherspoons) A huge Wetherspoons, named after the Viscount of Fareham, not...

Abode Fancy hotel, Michael Caines is the executive chef, there's a...

The Golden Heart Not been, but I like Fancy A Pint's review.

De Hems Dutch Bar A good range of foreign beers in here, does food...

Delme Arms Was the traditional haunt for Christmas Eve for many years,...

The Good Intent

The Cob & Pen

The Dolphin What a great pub, big garden, food looks good, lots...

Royal Wells Hotel royalwells.co.uk

The Crown crownpubandrestaurant.co.uk

The Ship Hotel

Casey's Ale House

East Cliff Tavern

Smith & Jones

The Guildhall

Thanks for the update I've updated the page. That pub looks great!

Ringlestone Inn ringlestoneinn.co.uk/ To be precise, as the inscription carved in 1632...

Old Buttermarket

City Arms City centre boozer, quite small, but handy for Wagamama.

Carousel Lounge New pub next to the Oddfellows Hall in Hythe, nice....

Royal Oak Very old pub, but with a modern slightly laddish feel...

Pontefract Castle Nice pub on several levels, food upstairs, kind of swanky...

Did you see Michael Caine in Folkestone this week? I heard (from a leaflet I picked up in said...

Lowlander Crazy Belgian beer-o-rama

The Mayfly New, from Pathfinder Pubs...

King William IV null

RE: The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone. Details and advance bookings for vehicles: 01303 863509 - 10439 Photographs from the rally:

Old Neptune Inn null

The Barley Mow Excellent community pub, loads of real ale, two bars, pool...

The Dolphin Excellent, claims to be the oldest pub in Portsmouth, good...

The Nags Head Called in here for a cheeky half and a glass...

Update from Tony King / Creative Eclectic Hi Everyone Tony King here........I have started an entertainment initiative...

Michael Howard is proud of The Brit The publican says he's doing some sort of photo op...

Clifton Hotel We like the bar, no actual real ales, but they...

Black Horse @ Monks Horton This Pub has just been taken over by Harry Willett...

Three Greyhounds Public House

Dolphin Filming dolphin | Dave the Dolphin has been in touch again,...

Dolphin Filming dolphin | Dave the Dolphin has been in touch again,...

Wrotham Arms null

Three Horseshoes null

Three Legged Toad null

The Ship Centurian null

Red Lion Inn null

The Rose null

Prince of Wales null

Patrick Casey's null

Neptune's Hall null

King William IV null

The Evenhill null

The Admiral Owen null

The Sherlock Holmes Closed for refurbishment on my recent visit.

Cricketers

Frenchman opening next week? Not that I've spoken to anyone or anything, but I...

Frenchman opening next week? Not that I've spoken to anyone or anything, but I...

The Black Horse Clare thinks Jimi Hendrix played here once, but I can...

South Eastern Tavern A Shepherd Neame pub. AKA South East Tavern, well that's...

The Coal Hole Nice busy boozer in one corner of The Savoy Palace....

Ship Inn

The Sir John Oldcastle It's a Wetherspoons, this one is all non smoking already,...

The happy frenchman,christchurch what a shame about what happened,another sign that folkestone is...

The Royal William

The Camber Castle

Eight Bells

Hope Inn

Harbour Inn

The Master Brewer

The Jackdaw Very disappointing-made a special trip from Folkestone for sunday lunch...

The Queens Head Hotel queensheadrye.co.uk

The Union Inn unioninnrye.co.uk

Ypres Castle Inn

Oof, bum arse service in The Jackdaw Just been to The Jackdaw for lunch, and though the...

The Ship

The Smuggler

The Eagle London's first gastropub.

The Charles Dickens

O'Neills

Lunch at the Jackdaw - slight return Went BACK to the Jackdaw this weekend, there's a bus...

Cheers for chipping in Yes we went to the Clarendon again this weekend, just...

The Porterhouse

The East Kent

Abbots Fireside A spitroast every evening, saucy... abbotsfireside.com

So what you doing for New Years Eve? Now we're into the final furlong, New Years Eve is...

So what you doing for New Years Eve? Now we're into the final furlong, New Years Eve is...

The Three Compasses Nice enough, near to where I worked at Channelfly for...

The Palm Tree

Pilot Inn Built from the timber of Spanish ship The Alfresia, lured...

Two Brewers

Crown & 2 Chairmen

Bull and Gate bullandgate.co.uk

Captain Howey Thai food

The Lucas Arms

Caernarvon Castle

The Bufftings take London (again) Folkestone's own The Bufftings play Kings Cross Water Rats tomorrow...

The Bufftings take London (again) Folkestone's own The Bufftings play Kings Cross Water Rats tomorrow...

Beer festival Is there one this weekend? Beer in the evening has...

Lunch at the Jackdaw Had been meaning to try out the Jackdaw for a...

Neroli gig Hi there,

So The Quarter is gone then Not the actual creative quarter, just the free magazine, according...

So The Quarter is gone then Not the actual creative quarter, just the free magazine, according...

gig info - please add to listings Hi there, Please could you add our gig info to...

gig info - please add to listings Hi there, Please could you add our gig info to...

Sugarmilk I saw Sugarmilk on Saturday night at The Happy Frenchman,...

Chambers Easter Ales Festival Chambers in assocation with The Ship Inn present their Easter...

Chambers Easter Ales Festival Chambers in assocation with The Ship Inn present their Easter...

St Pancras to open in 2007 According to this Article in The Times...

Christmas day's the next quiz Don't be rubbing it in about your enormous mansion, we...

Christmas day's the next quiz Don't be rubbing it in about your enormous mansion, we...

Maybe this is the sort of place I should have bought Having a scan of homes-on-line.com for Folkestone property, and found...

Maybe this is the sort of place I should have bought Having a scan of homes-on-line.com for Folkestone property, and found...

Chambers Quiz What was that all about then? There was no quiz...

Chambers Quiz What was that all about then? There was no quiz...

Folkestone Pubs Beer in the Evening have made some changes to their...

Folkestone, safest place in the country Folkestone gets noticed by the national news again in this...

Chambers Beer Festival There's another beer festival at Chambers over the bank holiday...

Chambers Beer Festival There's another beer festival at Chambers over the bank holiday...

Folkestone WiFi Hotspots It says here that the Wetherspoons is a Folkestone wireless...

Chambers Quiz There's no Chambers quiz for the next two months, it's...

The Ship Had a dreadful dinner at a pub on the way...

Chambers Beer Festival The Chambers "Easter Ales" Beer Festival was a raging success,...

Chambers Beer Festival Folkestone's finest boozatorium, The Chambers is holding an "Easter Ales...

Chambers Beer Festival Folkestone's finest boozatorium, The Chambers is holding an "Easter Ales...

Unit Number 1 Limited Awesome low key bar on the edge of Hop Fuzz...

The Pig And Fiddle Went in here on our holiday 2016.

Old Green Tree Public House Had a couple of real ales here on our holiday...

Boater Did a quiz here on our holiday 2016.

Bath Brew House Big studenty place we went in on our holiday 2016....

The Thomas Tallis Not quite a micropub but a very nice new /...

The Piccadilly aka Picadilly Taven, here on whatpub. Planning to meet some...

Port Street Beer House portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk meeting here on a stag do soon!

The Wheatsheaf Hotel Will be visiting as part of holiday 2015, seems less...

The Rutland Arms Hotel A hotel, bit fancy maybe, what is the wine like?...

The Red Lion Will be visiting as part of holiday 2015. red-lion-bakewell.co.uk

The Peacock peacockbakewell.com

Queens Arms Will be visiting as part of holiday 2015. thequeensarmsbakewell.co.uk

Manners Hotel This one is a Robinsons and they make my favourite...

Castle Inn Will be visiting as part of holiday 2015. castle-inn-bakewell.co.uk

Chairmakers Arms Keep meaning to call in here, think I went once...

Evening Star Amazing pub of the Dark Star brewery, real ale tastic,...

The Old Mill Fantastic place for food, we just had a really good...

The Royal Oak Looks lovely, going here for dinner, they can do a...

The Caves and The Rowantree Rowantree (or Rowan Tree) is the pub, The Caves is...

The Porterhouse Public House Multi floor Dublin style pub, spent several drunken afternoons in...

The John Snow Public House

The Vaults Has been The Wine Vaults in the past, looks like...

The Cob And Pen

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