An attractive tile-hung country pub located in mid-Kent close to the River Medway and Beltring Hop Farm. It closed around 2009 and has now been converted to two private residences.
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The King Edward VII
A former Shepherd Neame pub situated in the angle of the two roads in a suburban area on the south side of the town. It was severely damaged by fire in Februay 2025.
The Two Brewers
A small pub with a tiled frontage situated on the fringe of the centre of this Thames-side town, which closed in 2015. The site opposite appears to be in the process of redevelopment.
The Papermakers Arms
An inter-wars cottage-style pub in a village south of Dartford near the A2/M25 interchange. It closed in 2022, and a planning application has been submitted for a luxury car showroom on the site, which makes a change from yet more flats.
The Lighthouse
A large, rambling pub in a spectacular clifftop location overlooking the English Channel between Folkestone and Dover. It has now been put up for auction with a view to either being converted to flats or completely demolished.
The Ship
A mock-Tudor pub facing an open area of common land in the countryside south-east of Dartford. There are now plans to reopen it and build new housing next door.
The Duke’s Head
A white-painted, L-shapred pub at the western end of the town close to a bridge over the Royal Military Canal. It has been closed since 2016 and is now to be turned into apartments, with a café or restaurant on the ground floor.
The Cross Keys
An attractive white-painted street-corner pub on the south-east side of the city. It has been closed for more than three years because of a structural issue, but planning permission has now been granted for a major refurbishment.
The Green Lion
A large white-painted pub on the historic Dover Road in this large village east of the Medway Towns. The “Hedgehogs” lettering refers to a nursery chain who had hoped to take over the premises. The local press reports that there are still hopes to reopen it as a pub.
The Sportsman
Pictured under threatening skies, a small white-painted roadside pub overlooking the sea near the defunct Pegwell Bay hovercraft terminal. Although not boarded up as such, the blackboard outside states “Closed Since 2017/04”.
The Crown & Sceptre
A three-storey pub facing the green in the east Kent village that gives its name to a bidding system in bridge.
The Porcupine
An inter-wars cottage-style pub on a busy road junction in South-East London. There are plans to demolish the pub and build a a Lidl supermarket on the site. The aerial photo on the news report reveals that the pub is in fact deceptively large.
The Plough
An attractive village pub in the shadow of the North Downs near Ashford, that has recently been put up for sale by brewers Shepherd Neame.
The Dane Valley
An impressive three-storey inter-wars estate pub on a housing estate on the south side of the town.
The New Inn
A small street-corner pub, still in Whitbread livery, on the east side of the rather tatty town centre. Still open on StreetView.
(My own picture)
The Prince Albert
This large pub by a roundabout to the west of the town centre was originally two separate pubs – the Prince Albert and the Prince of Orange – which were combined into one.
The Britannia
A post-war pub on the main road to the ferry terminal facing Dover’s rather unappealing “seafront”.
The Flowing Bowl
A typical 1930s estate pub, defunct but not yet boarded up, on the western fringes of Ramsgate close to Manston airport.
The Railway Bell
An unassuming post-war pub on the main Dover Road out of the town.
The Chequers
A half-timbered village pub near Dover that appears to have been mouldering away for a very long time.
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