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Page Updated:- Monday, 13 May, 2024.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest ????

(Name from)

 Kelsey Arms

Closed 2012

105 St Johns Road

Royal Tunbridge Wells

https://whatpub.com/kelsey-arms

Kelsey Arms

Above photo, date unknown.
Kelsey Arms

Above photo, date unknown, kindly taken and sent by Brian Brockie.
Kelsey Arms 2011

Above Google image, May 2011.
Kelsey Arms

Above Google image, circa 2012.
Kelsey Arms

Above photo after closure in 2012.

 

The pub closed in 2012 and is now (2016) operating as yet another Tesco Express outlet.

 

Former Kelsey Arms

Above photo 2018.

 

The premises was renovated in 1975 and although this took three months the pub never closed during the operations.

 

From the https://www.kentlive.news By Mary Harris, 7 March 2023.

The Kelsey Arms on St John's Road closed in 2012 and was redeveloped as a Tesco supermarket. It was a 19th Century town house pub with a large open plan containing a wooden panelled interior.

It was popular with locals while darts and pool leagues were a big feature at the left of the main bar. They also used to serve popular Sunday roasts before closing in 2012, to become a Tesco Express. Local women enjoyed a drink there after playing hockey matches on the all-weather pitch nearby and many remember "nights in the Kelsey".

 

LICENSEE LIST

New Management unknown name Feb/1970

O'FARRELL Tom & Thelma 1975+

 

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