KING HENRY VIII, EDENBRIDGE

Situated just outside Hever Castle in Kent, the King Henry VIII is a beautiful old English pub catering for visitors to the castle, the local community and timeshare residents from the nearby exclusive Hever Golf & Country Club.

There has been a pub under various names on this site since 1597, when one Christopher Border was indicted for keeping 'a common tippling house' without a licence.

And there have been many notorious associations since then, the most recent being the place where the "Brinksmat" bullion robbery was planned - the police dragged the pond alongside looking for the ill-gotten gains.

Nearby are Hever Castle, Penshurst place, Chartwell, Chiddingstone Castle, Lingfield Racecourse and Hever Golf & Country Club.