The Ship Inn
Folkestone, Kent

This strong community pub in the village of Sandgate offers accommodation in an adjacent early Victorian seafront cottage. The 6 available rooms are all furnished and decorated to a luxurious standard, with en suite facilities. The cottage at The Ship Inn is south facing and located on the seafront, with 2 of the rooms offering outstanding sea views – on a clear day, the views of France are particularly special. Only a 5-minute drive from the Channel Tunnel and 16 minutes from the port of Dover, The Ship Inn is known for the quality and range of real ales, as well as its home cooked food. It has been run by the same licensee for the past 24 years.

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For a real change, discover Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh in the scenic south east corner of the Garden of England county of Kent. It's a great place for a few days' break, for a day out to blow the cobwebs away or to pause awhile on journeys to or from the Continent. Folkestone and its neighbouring coastal towns and countryside are attractive and upbeat places to live and work - and offer interesting opportunities to businesses which are keen to develop the potential of markets on both sides of the Channel.