If you love a traditional pub, you cannot visit Romney Marsh without a trip to The Red Lion in Snargate.
Nestling beneath the big blue skies of Romney Marsh it would make the perfect location for a Doctor Who story set in the 40's or 50's - for entering the Red Lion is like entering a time warp. It is a pub where time really has stood still.
You can sit and listen to the ticking of the ancient clock, and you'll soon be transported back to the 1940s. The garden to the side is wonderful to sit in on a summers day, complete with chickens and other fowl.
If you do intend to pay a visit, however, remember that the hours it opens are traditional too!
The Red Lion has been in the same family for nearly a century. Known locally as Doris's, after its legendary and long-serving landlady Doris Jemison, who recently celebrated her 80th birthday. Doris and daughter Kate keep a truly traditional English public house, complete with games such as nine men's morris, toad in the hole, dominoes and darts. The walls are decorated with a series of original World War II posters, and other memorabilia, documenting Doris's role in the women's land army.
The building itself is believed to date back to 1540, but unlike many old pubs of a similar age, the inside has not been modified and there are a series of 3 inter-connecting rooms.
Not surprisingly, the pub features in CAMRA's National Inventory of unspoilt Heritage Pubs.
There is a set of three handpumps on the bar-counter, but they have not been used for many years. All beers are served direct from casks kept stillaged behind the bar. Local beers feature prominently on the menu, with Maidstone brewer's Goachers being a favourite.
The Red Lion has been in the same family for nearly a century. Known locally as Doris's, after its legendary and long-serving landlady Doris Jemison, who recently celebrated her 80th birthday. Doris and daughter Kate keep a truly traditional English public house, complete with games such as nine men's morris, toad in the hole, dominoes and darts. The walls are decorated with a series of original World War II posters, and other memorabilia, documenting Doris's role in the women's land army.
The building itself is believed to date back to 1540, but unlike many old pubs of a similar age, the inside has not been modified and there are a series of 3 inter-connecting rooms.
Not surprisingly, the pub features in CAMRA's National Inventory of unspoilt Heritage Pubs.
There is a set of three handpumps on the bar-counter, but they have not been used for many years. All beers are served direct from casks kept stillaged behind the bar. Local beers feature prominently on the menu, with Maidstone brewer's Goachers being a favourite.
Apart from crisps and pickled eggs, there's no food, but they're happy for you to bring your own to eat in the garden.
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