Pubs Bars and Inns in Kent, UK - A 30 Second Guide

If you are looking to go out for a drink in Kentwith nearly 200 occurrences. Common examples
then you certainly have a considerable number ofare The Bull Inn, The George Inn, The Bell Inn and
options. There are over 1700 pubs, bars and innsThe Chequers Inn. Less commonly we have Old
in Kent offering a diverse range of drinkingEden Inn, Man of Kent Inn, Britannia Inn, Junction
experience. Also as diverse is the range ofInn and Muggleton Inn to name but a few.
interesting names given to the public houses"Arms", is the next most common word to occur
across Kent and this article aims to discuss somein pub names in Kent, with such names as The
of those.Kings Arms, The Foresters Arms, The Coopers
First of all lets look at the spread of pubsArms, Port Arms Inn, Fruiterers Arms, Town
throughout Kent. As you would expect theArms and The Colyer Arms. There are 106 pubs
majority of pubs are found in the majoracross Kent with Arms in the name.
conurbations, with scatterings of pubs throughoutThere are 43 pubs contain the word "Tavern" in
the villages.their name, such as The Railway Tavern The Vale
Looking at the leader board we can see thatTavern, Darenth Tavern and The Park Tavern
Maidstone has 132 pubs33 pubs contain the word "of " in their name,
Canterbury has 124 pubsexamples of this are The Prince of Wales, The
Rochester has 97 pubsMan of Kent, City of London, Duke of Kent,
Ashford has 87 pubsBeauty of Bath, Sovereign of the Seas and
Gravesend has 87 pubsHeights of Alma
Sevenoaks has 77 pubsAlso 33 pubs contain the word House in their
Tonbridge has 71 pubsnamee.g. The Old House At Home, The Albert
Dover has 66 pubsPublic House, The Halfway House and Red House
Ramsgate has 64 pubs28 pubs are horse related, which is unsurprising as
Dartford has 61 pubsmost pubs were originally coaching inns. Horses
Gillingham has 60 pubsare usually White, Black or Olde, but can also be
So, onto the names. The most popular name forHungry or Flying. Other Horse related pub names
pubs in Kent is "The Royal Oak". There are Royalin Kent include The Horse Groom,Sea Horse and
Oak pubs in Ashford, Bexleyheath, Canterbury,the Three Horse Shoes.
Dartford, Dover, Edenbridge, Folkestone, HerneThere are 26 pubs contain the word Head in their
Bay, Romney Marsh, Sevenoaks and Tunbridgename
Wells. Some places even have 2 Royal Oaks, andThe Kings Head, The Queens Head, The Dukes
in total there are 19. Next most popular is theHead, Elephants Head, The Bulls Head, The Nags
Red Lion, with 15 spread across the county andHead, Rodney's Head, Hogs Head, The Leopards
then the Kings Head, The Bull Inn and TheHead, The Buffalo's Head, The Griffins Head, The
Chequers Inn. The Bell Inn, The George Inn andDruids Head, Stags Head, Monks Head Public
The Wheatsheaf are also popular names.House, The Saracens Head, The Tigers Head
Some of the less common names we haveThere are 22 pubs contain the word Bar in their
The Abergavenny Arms, Tunbridge Wells,name, which shows growing number of trendy
originally called The Bull, but renamed in 1823 inbars catering for a more youthful clientèle.
honour of Lord Abergavenny who owned theExamples are O Neill s Irish Bar, Bar Coast,
property at the time.Harbour St Bar, Bar Vasa, Sloanes Bar
The Barge, Gillingham, once stables for AdmiraltyFinally 21 pubs contain the word Old or Olde in
offices, then fishermen's cottages and then a pubtheir name.
called The Cricketers. It was renamed in 1991.The Old House At Home, The Olde Lantern Inn,
The Cat Custard Pot in Paddlesworth, which usedThe Old Ship, The Olde Coach Horses.
to be called the Red Lion, but when a new signSo there you have it. Kent is an excellent place to
was required many years ago the artist drewgo out drinking you should easily be able to find
something which more resembled a cat.something to suit your mood. Now, if you'll excuse
Looking deeper within the names we can see thatme I'm off to the Nordenfeldt Tavern for a quick
in Kent the most common type of pub is the Inn,one.