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Admiral Owen
The Strand, Walmer
Apart from the name, there are no known details - apart from
a local newspaper report of court proceedings following an
incident in the pub in March 1900.
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Alma Tavern
25 The Strand, Walmer
It is believed this pub was in business from 1855 to 1963.
It then operated as a bank until the 1970s and, today, is
a private house.
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Army and Navy
68 The Strand, Walmer
This pub seems to have existed from the 1850s until it closed
in 1908.
Today, the building is an estate agents.
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Bricklayers Arms
Originally 14 Dover Road, Walmer (today, no:26 Dover
Road)
Records from 1874 and 1882 suggest that this pub used to
be opposite the gates of the Royal Marines Barracks. More
recent research suggests the pub was in business between 1855
and 1906.
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Dolphin
Gladstone Road, Walmer
No longer standing and replaced by terraced houses at 97-105
Gladstone Road on the junction with North Barrack Road.
A Mr and Mrs Edward Minter are recorded as living at The Dolphin,
Walmer in February 1917. Presumably they were the landlords
having previously been recorded in the 1911 census as Edward
and Lucy Minter and licensed victuallers of "The Shakespeare",
Ramsgate. Other records suggest the pub was in business between
1874 and 1970 and was originally called "The Good
Woman".
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Drum Major/Cambridge Arms
42 Dover Road, Walmer
Walmer's "Cambridge Arms" was built in
the mid-1800s and still in business today. The pub was named
after the first Duke, a son of George III, who visited Walmer
Castle in 1839 as guest of the Lord Warden, the Duke of Wellington.
In 1971, brewery owners Bass Charrington re-modelled the public
house. The interior was decorated with Royal Marines relics
and items of historic interest and the pub's name changed to
the "Drum Major". This was shortlived and the
pub reverted to being the "Cambridge Arms" again.
In 2013, the name changed once again - to the "Drum
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Cambridge Arms (photo: Paul Skelton) |
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Duke of Wellington
Walmer Road (renamed The Strand in the 1840's)
Found in Pigot's Directory of 1828 and 1832, but not to be
mistaken for the "Duke of York" also in Walmer Road,
as both of these are found in the same directory and with
different licensees.
In 1832, the pub changed name to "The Stag" (see
below).
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Duke of York
Walmer Road (renamed The Strand in the 1840's)
This pub was sold for £370 along with another 11 public
houses in neighbouring villages in 1826.
The building also appears in Pigot's Directory for 1828. This
also lists the "Duke of Wellington" pub in Walmer
Road, naming different licensees.
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Fair Maid of Kent
Dover Road, Walmer
Dating from the 18th century, the "Fair Maid of Kent"
hotel experienced a varied history until it closed in 1959.
There was originally only a public house on the site - "The
Royal Standard".
This was depicted on the 1876 Ordnance Survey map. By 1906 there
had been additions built either side. Its role as a "high-class
residential hotel" continued until 1940 when it was requisitioned
for accommodating service-women, the Royal Marine Wrens. After
bomb damage had been repaired, the "Fair Maid of Kent"
re-opened for business by 1948, but gradually declined in popularity
until ultimately being converted into flats around the early
1960s. Today the site houses the Wellington Court flats at the
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Fair Maid of Kent Hotel in 1928 (courtesy: Deal Library) |
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Granville Arms
Cambridge Road, Walmer
Dating from 1874 and closed in 2011, becoming a private residence.
It is said the pub took its name from Earl Granville, a Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports.
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Granville Arms
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Green Berry
23 Canada Road, Walmer
This is another pub that has changed its name over the years.
It was originally called the "Royal Arms"
(from 1874 until after 1913). The name was subsequently changed
to the "Green Beret" in honour of the Royal
Marines. Their barracks were nearby and the name signified
the colour of their head-gear.
Following bombing of the barracks by the Provisional IRA on
22 September 1989, it was later decided to change the name
of the pub to "The Green Berry", primarily
to reduce property insurance costs.
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Kings Head
Walmer Road (today: 37 The Strand, Walmer)
An early reference to this pub is a Stephen Carter as licensee
in 1794. It was sold, along with another 11 public houses
in neighbouring villages, in 1826 for the sum of £425.
In 1837 the name changed to the "Queen's Head".
Pigot's Directory of 1840 refers to this pub in addition to
listing another "Kings Head" and also a "Kings
Arms", both in Deal.
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Life
Boat
Campbell Road, Walmer The Deal History Society say this
pub existed in 1878 but there's no other information apart from
limited records up to 1899.
Today, the building in Campbell Road is two cottages.
The renaming of "The True Briton" on The Strand to
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Lifeboat
16 The Strand, Walmer
Previously called the "True Briton", this pub
is considered to be one of the earliest in Walmer with records
dating from 1787. It was renamed "The Lifeboat"
in September 1976 but closed in 2008.
Among those present at the re-naming ceremony for the historic
lifeboatmen's pub were round-the-world yachtsman Sir Alec Rose.
Also attending was Sir Norman Tailyour, Captain of Deal Castle
and patron of the Downs and Goodwin Sands branch of the Royal
National Lifeboat Institution. The pub had been used by generations
of Walmer lifeboatmen, and often survivors had been taken into
the bars to be given refreshment and dry clothes, so the new
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| "The
True Briton", photographed in (possibly) the 1920s
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Lord Clyde
61 The Strand, Walmer
The early history of this pub is uncertain - but the 1861
census suggests the pub was operating around 1860. It closed
in 2010.
The building was refurbished and opened as a French restaurant,
"La Bouche", in March 2012.
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Lord Clyde in 1900 with licensee Herbert Hilson and family
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"Lord Clyde" in 2010 (photo: Paul White) |
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Lord Nelson
50 The Strand, Walmer
Closed in February 2011, the "Lord Nelson"
was considered to be among the oldest pubs in Walmer. It was
named the "Lord Nelson" some time after a visit
by Horatio Nelson in 1801. A serious fire gutted the building
in 1870 and it was rebuilt. The Strand was previously called
the Walmer Road but was renamed in the 1840s.
Converted and re-opened in 2014 as The Lighthouse
- offering musical and creative events plus refreshments and
a selection of local ales and cider. website: www.thelighthousedeal.co.uk
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Lord Nelson, named in honour of the naval hero. |
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Lord Warden Hotel
3 North Barrack Road, Walmer
The earliest known reference to a Lord Warden Inn is on a
reprint of an 1873 Ordnance Survey Map. The same map also
shows the "Rising Sun" to be not far away on the
same road.
Later records show the pub remained open until it closed
in July 1961.
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| The
Lord Warden Hotel in 1920 |
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| The former inn
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Military Tavern
5 Canada Road, Walmer
One record refers to the pub in 1874 with licensees, then,
listed up to 1900.
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Queens Head Hotel
37 The Strand, Walmer
Records show that in 1804 it was called the "King's
Head" and changed name to the "Queen's Head"
in 1837. The building is thought to have served as a hotel
from 1847 to 1914 when it closed.
By 1921 the premises had reopened as the "Old Comrades
Club," later becoming today's Royal Marines Social
Club.
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Rising Sun
North Barrack Road, Walmer
It is said that Noel Coward, when living at St. Margaret's,
was a "regular" at this former pub on the corner
of North Barrack Road and Cheriton Place.
Early records suggest the pub existed in 1858. It closed in
1911 and was demolished and rebuilt as the Kings Hall Cinema.
This later became a dance hall and, today, houses an auto
spares retailers.
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The site of the
former Rising Sun pub
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Royal Exchange
20 Dover Road, Walmer
First mentioned as a beer-house in 1858, it closed at the
end of 1906. It is now a private house.
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Royal Standard
10-12 Dover Road, Walmer (originally Walmer Road)
Several early records confirm the existence of this pub.
The Kentish Gazette for Friday 5 February 1813 has
an account of a competitive event "to be fought at the
Royal Standard ... between the gentlemen of Dover and the
gentlemen of Walmer Road... ".
Pigot's Directories for 1828 and 1840 list it at Walmer Road.
And Melville's Directory of 1858 has a listing but merely
giving the address as Lower Walmer. The original pub was demolished
and rebuilt around 1865 a few doors further up the Dover Road.
The pub had closed by 1870, becoming the private residence
of local historian the Rev Charles Elvin. It remained a private
residence known as Wexcombe House and The Grange until it
re-opened as the "Fair Maid of Kent" after
World War 1.
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Once the Royal Standard, then the Fair
Maid of Kent and now Wellington Court.
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Sir Colin Campbell
36 Campbell Road, Walmer
Records from 1862 and 1938 refer to the existence of this
pub.
It closed in June 1962, becoming a fish and chip shop and,
later, a private house.
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The Sir Colin Campbell - now a private
house
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Stag Hotel
7 The Strand, Walmer
The earliest known record for this pub is for licensee Henry
Snelling in 1832. The building has had something of an "on-and-off"
history, changing ownership several times and experiencing
periods of closure.
The pub remains open today.
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Stag in 2008 (photo: Paul Skelton) |
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Victoria
Tavern
14 Gladstone Road, Walmer
This pub was originally The Wheatsheaf and is thought to
date from 1871. It later changed name to The Victoria, possibly
in 1881.
The photo is from 1952 and the building is now a pivate house.
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The Victory Tavern in 1952
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Wellesley
Arms
44 Dover Road, Walmer
This pub faced the Royal Marines gate across the Dover Road
and was on the other side of Cambridge Road to the "Drum
Major" (formerly "Cambridge Arms").
The site today is a carpet and looring retailers. Early records
suggest the Wellesley Arms was in business in 1857; it closed
in December 1911.
Earlier suggestions that this pub might have been at Wellesley
House in Walmer Castle Road have now been discounted.
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Today's site of the
Wellesley Arms
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