"Count the theme pubs." Top 5 Page for this destination Maidstone Things to Do Tip by Steve-H

How on earth did the council manage to fit all those crappy pubs into that tiny town centre.

Go and see a live band, Maidstone at least has a thriving music seen supported by the kind of folk who wont give you grief at closing time.Unfortunately one of the main venues, the Royal Albion, is to close this year for a make over to turn it into another theme pub, probably a Beefeater style affair for the families that will flock to the new town square.NOT!
It`s an old town and the streets are narrow, like parts of London but that won`t stop them from tearing it up a bit. A few years ago the high speed rail link between London and Dover went past the town, an ancient stone monument used as a place of worship by a non mainstream religion was torn up and moved in the name of progress.