[FORMER] Cherry Tree - Canterbury Rd - Sittingbourne, Kent - Pubs and Inns on Waymarking.com

Now home to a Tesco Express store, this building was once a busy pub, although with a bit of an identity crisis, having been known as The Shakespeare, The Shire Horse, The Shire, The Pied Piper, Hotshots, and finally The Cherry Tree.

I only ever knew it as The Shire (and for a short time The Pied Piper) back in the 1980's / 1990's.
The pub [then The Shire Horse] was closed after a drugs raid in 2006 [Ref - (visit link) ], for 3 months. The rebranded Cherry Tree called last orders for the final time in 2012. It was a large Victorian high street pub, originally owned by Whitbread. It is now home to a Tesco Express since 2013.

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Many memories of this pub in my youth, even the story of when several guys arrived in a large pick-up, said they were there to service the snooker table and walked out with it - it was not seen again. All in broad daylight.

Real Ale: no Bar Food Available: no Restaurant: no Dogs Allowed: no Garden: no CAMRA Listed: no Accommodation: no Beer brewed on site: no Children Allowed: Not listed Website: Not listed General comments: Not listed

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