Sidney Phillips have announced that the Royal Cheriton, one of Folkestone’s most popular pubs, is changing hands after near 40 years under the same ownership.
The Royal Cheriton is located in the suburb of Cheriton, a northern suburb of the busy port town of Folkestone. The area is predominantly residential, centralised around the shopping parade on Cheriton Road, on which the subject property sits. Cheriton houses a number of major retailers on the surrounding business parks and is also home to the Folkestone Invicta Football Club, cricket club and Three Hills Sports Club. Folkestone town centre is also an attraction to visitors to Kent due to its Creative Quarter (a thriving collection of artists’ studios and creative businesses), the harbour (a cosmopolitan waterfront area housing bars and restaurants which has been earmarked for further investment and development) and the scenic seafront promenade.
The Royal Cheriton is a substantial public house occupying a notable corner position and has been wisely invested in in recent years and is therefore presented to a high standard throughout. It benefits from two superbly presented trade areas, courtyard patio, four bed maisonette and two one-bedroom flats.
Over the past four decades the Royal Cheriton has developed into a popular family-friendly wet-led public house with traditional pub fayre menu and is well regarded in the area.
Although the outgoing owner will be sorely missed, the exceptional opportunity to take on a thriving pub has been snapped up by a local operator who will be continuing to develop on their decades of hard work to keep the business as one of the best-known and most successful in the area.
The property has been let on a new free-of-tie lease agreement.
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September 2026