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Railway Hotel, Faversham

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Operator: Independent
Preston Street, Faversham, ME13 8PE (View on Google Map)

As the name suggests this 19th-century hotel is opposite Faversham railway station and embodies the pomp of the railway age with some solid wooden internal features.

Under new management as of late 2023.

The Carriages restaurant adjoins.

Traditional Victorian bar with hotel accommodation.

Information for this venue is provided by the Swale Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Swale District (B)
Last updated
24/07/2024
Last surveyed
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Shepherd Neame
Pub ID
SWA/4365
Asset of Community Value

Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest

Listed status: II

A building in decidedly two halves: the painted early nineteenth-century brick structure serves as the restaurant but what is of interest to us is the large red-brick block designed in 1898 for Shepherd Neame by Edward Pover & Son of Faversham (who drawings are displayed and who also worked at the Bear). What remains is much window glass and the spacious, elegant L-shaped servery (with impressively curved bar counter) and wonderful full-height back fitting divided up by tall columns: especially notable is the series of no less than twelve drawers (a UK record?) for cash and storage. As built, there was a hotel entrance on Preston Street (reception desk still there) and a public bar on the corner flanked by a pair of private bars: then beyond the right-hand one of these and partly behind the servery was a lounge. All this can still be read – but no thanks to what happened in 1966 when the place was opened up. But then, in 2007, under the enlightened Chris MacLean, three screens were reinstated in their original positions (albeit with openings), so we can appreciate the place much as fin-de-siècle travellers did as they waited for or piled off their trains!

Sunday
Noon - 10:00pm
Monday
Noon - 10:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 10:30pm
Wednesday
Noon - 10:30pm
Thursday
Noon - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 6:00pm
Monday
No Service
Tuesday
No Service
Wednesday
Noon - 5:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 9:00pm
Friday
Noon - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 9:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 1 regular beer.

Regular and recently seen
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew Session Bitter • 3.7% Spotted 3 times
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew
Shepherd Neame - Master Brew

Session Bitter

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 3.7%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.
Spotted 3 times
Changing

Changing beers typically include: Shepherd Neame - Whitstable Bay Pale Ale


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Facilities
Live Music Live Music
Usually on Saturdays and Sundays - see Facebook
Parking Parking
Accommodation Accommodation
Restaurant Restaurant
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub Real Heritage Pub
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (50m)
Chalkwell, Regent Coaches and Stagecoach: Various
Nearby Station (50m)
Faversham

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