Is the Stile Bridge the best pub in the Maidstone area?

Certainly CAMRA think so, awarding it their 2014 pub of the year.

It has everything I want in a pub: great beer and cider, great food and lots of live music.

It sits by the River Beult at the foot of Linton hill. I live further down the river.

Round us we don’t count our kids’ ages in years, but on whether they can walk to the Stile Bridge or not. It’s a seminal moment the day they first do it.

The Stile Bridge is our local and that’s why I’m delighted they’ve got Turners Cider behind the bar now.

Phil Turner