The Granville, Rochester

Community local with some attractive old Meux tiling on the façade. Inside, the 'U'-shaped interior has a mix of furniture and generally light decor (quite plain on the left-hand side but some interesting nautical pictures on the other. Three real ales on handpump: the regular Greene King IPA and London Pride plus Shepherd Neame Amber (£3.40) as a guest. Worth the walk up from the tourist area if you have a little time to spare.

Very friendly town pub first licensed in around 1891, large L-shaped bar at the front with dartboard and open fireplace, while there is a smaller, quieter bar at the back. Both bars are carpeted. Three ales on, I had a pint of the guest beer, Trent Bridge, which was only £2.50 a pint and was really very good. Some seating at the front by the road, but the busy traffic makes it noisy and unpleasant to sit there. There is a garden a level below the bars, and the toilets another level again down due to the hillside site. Parking can be problematic, but it is worth making the effort to come out here. Worth including in a City crawl.

The Granville Arms is a small U shaped pub that has a local backstreet boozer feel. The bar is stocked with standard draught and the three hand pumps were drawing Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA and Moles Brewery’s Rucking Mole. Some cheese and nibbles were on a table around to the right of the bar and I was invited to help myself by the friendly landlady. Around to the left of the bar at the rear is a dartboard, but there were tables on the oche. There is a plasma screen that was switched off and I didn’t spot any Sky Sports advertisements, but there was some background music playing. This is a nice enough pub that I would use if I lived locally.