The Royal Oak for the 2nd year running is a Main Entry

in the 27th edition of The Good Pub Guide 2009 (the pub goers annual bible for proper people!)

The guide reports The Royal Oak is "Doing extemely well and is much enjoyed by our readers ..."  

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As featured in the "Staying Over" Travel section of The Saturday Daily Telegraph

"... fantastic value... the staff couldn't be friendlier... I wish we had a place like this near us ... " 

resulting in a Daily Telegraph rating of 5/5 for "Value for Money" & 4/5 for "Service"

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Featured in Kent Life Magazine

The Royal Oak "... provides one of the best eating experiences in the area, with great ales, great food, a relaxed ambience, ... this truly is a pub to search out"

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Reported in The Guardian newspaper "Hungry Traveller" section

The Royal Oak " ... is a place that takes its food seriously, ... a lovely lunch, ... divine"

Keep an eye on the "What's On" page for details on our forthcoming Quiz Evening 

OPENING TIMES
Monday to Saturday...
Lunch: Open: Midday - 3.00pm
Food:  Midday - 2.00pm
Evening: Open: 6.00pm - 11.00pm
Food 6.30pm - 9.00 pm
OPENING TIMES
Sunday...
Lunch: Midday - 3.00pm
Food: Midday - 2.30pm
Sunday Evening: Closed
INTRODUCTION
 
The Royal Oak at Brookland on Romney Marsh is a typical old country inn. Steeped in history, for well over 270 years The Royal Oak has afforded shelter and sustenance to locals and travellers and still today it continues to offer as warm a welcome to visitors as ever in its long history. The location of The Royal Oak is such as to be attractive to those who seek a quiet spot, away from the hustle and rush of modern life.
 
The inn, although ancient, has recently been sympathetically renovated and re-furnished. It lies adjacent to the 13th century old St Augustine’s Church, which is one of only four in England to have its bell tower standing apart from the church.   
 
Here in a corner of Kent is a peaceful old village enveloped in quietude and restfulness, tucked away in the middle of the beautiful and mysterious Romney Marsh, lies one of the few remaining unspoilt areas of South East England.
 
Romney Marsh, once called by Rudyard Kipling in Puck of Pook's Hill as the “Sixth Continent” due to the wide expanse of levels with their special privileges and customs, did indeed for centuries regard itself as quite distinct from the rest of the world. The territory of infamous smuggling gangs and numerous sheep farmers, dotted with ancient medieval church towers, tending to sag at strange angles into the marshland, Romney Marsh still manages today to retain its withdrawn, haunting beauty.
 
Surrounding the village is open farmland offering an atmosphere of rare tranquillity. Rich meadowland dotted with flocks of sheep, for which Romney Marsh is synonymous, is interspersed with remote lying arable farms.     
 
The sea coast runs a few miles to the east and south of Brookland with towns, both ancient and modern, within easy reach by road, such as Rye (6 miles), Tenterden (11 miles), Ashford (12 miles), Hastings (18 miles), Folkestone (20 miles), Lydd (7 miles), Dungeness (11 miles), Littlestone (6 miles), and Camber Sands (8 miles).