Captain Howey Hotel

The Captain Howey Hotel is Situated between the Historic Cinque Port Town of New Romney and the sea, opposite the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway station. Built in the 19th Century at the New Romney terminus of the railway branch line from Ashford, it was then named The Station Hotel, serving the many weekend visitors to the Marsh and the prestigious Littlestone Golf Club. Littlestone was seen as a potential large resort in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries and was very popular with visitors from London and carriages would have been housed in the stables. The Captain Howey Hotel has ve     Read more about Captain Howey Hotel

The Ship Hotel

The Original Ship was built of mainly ship timber brought from the old port of New Romney. The 1st recorded keeper is one Thomas Banne, who is described as an ostler of the parish of Romney. The inn is mentioned in a will of 1579, when Samuel Dunstare directed that mye hospicume and tenemente at Romneye nowne by name and syne of the Ship, and lande and staybles theretoe belonginge, be deliverede up to mye wyfe Emma, who upon mye dethe shale inherite mye title and dedes. It is recorded that Emma Dunstare kept The Ship for 31 years after the death of her husband. In 1662 it is recorded that the      Read more about The Ship Hotel