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Mermaid Inn

A pub serving food in Canterbury.

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Originally named The Lion's Head, the pub was built in 1861 as a tap house for estate workers, until it was bought, along with the Bourne Park estate, by industrialist Sir John Prestige in the 1920s. The name was changed to The Mermaid Inn as a mermaid features on Sir John’s coat of arms. The pub was extended in 1968.

Recently taken over by Peter and Gill Allen the pub has been given a lick of paint and a bit of a spruce up.

The Street, Bishopsbourne, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 5HX
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01227 830 581

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http://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/pubs/bishopsbourne/mermaid-inn

Facilities include: Covered Smoking Area, Outside Seating, Real Ale, Live Music, Village, Darts, Bar Snacks, CAMRA, Traditional, Beer, Wine, Cider, Traditional Sunday Roast, Tea & Coffee, We're award winners,

Mon - Fri: 12:00 - 15:30, 18:00 - 23:00
Sat: 12:00 - 23:00
Sun: 12:00 - 18:00

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Drinks

	Drink	%	Brewery
	Master Brew	3.7	Shepherd Neame
Master Brew is brewed using only the finest Kentish barley and hops and is Shepherd Neame's flagship beer in the brewery's Kentish heartland. Tasting Notes: Delicate and devilishly drinkable, this quintessentially Kentish ale lays the county''s hallowed, herbaceous hops on a firm, biscuity bed of pale and crystal malt. Endowed with an inviting auburn-amber hue and a tantalising toffee-ish aroma, it''s an enlivening English ale that, given its unassuming ABV, pleasures the palate with a remarkable fullness of flavour.
	Spitfire Amber	4.2	Shepherd Neame
The beer is named after the legendary Spitfire aeroplane designed by RJ Mitchell. The versatility of the aircraft and the courage of its pilots were essential to victory and were a key symbol of the spirit of that time. Tasting Notes: An infusion of three Kentish hops adorns this beautifully balanced, blood-orange tinted British bitter with an acutely aromatic allure. Hints of marmalade, red grapes and pepper are thrust from a springboard of warm, mellow malts. The floating fruity finish signs off with a smidgen of spice and raspberry.