The Dove
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"Intelligent cooking in delightful rural pub."
Overview
Off the beaten track, The Dove is a late Victorian red-brick pub in a sleepy village setting. Within easy reach of Whitstable and Canterbury, this destination dining pub comprises a series of rooms with bare boards, scrubbed wooden tables and wood-burner. The modern cooking combines global flavours and local ingredients.
Ratings & awards
2 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
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Off-the-beaten-track - Small, rustic, village local lost down Plum Pudding Lane near Whitstable
Destination dining pub - Hops, bare boards, handful of scrubbed tables - best to book
Well cooked modern pub food - Short carte and lunch menu champion local suppliers and evolve with seasons
Sheltered summer garden - Dine alfresco beneath fruit trees, surrounded by seasonal flowers
Relaxed summer Sunday afternoons - Delicious BBQ food and live music between 3pm and 5pm
About the area
Kent is home to the White Cliffs of Dover, an English icon that marks the point where the Kent Downs AONB stretches from the Surrey Hills down to the sea. Visitors can explore historic parklands, including Knole Park and Sir Winston Churchill’s former home at Chartwell, or beautiful nature reserves, such as the coppiced woodlands of Denge Wood and Earley Wood and the ancient fine chalk woodland of Yockletts Bank
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