Rising Sun in Sevenoaks

Charming pub! Sun trap garden, local beers and ciders at incredibly fair prices. If you are walking in the area, it’s well worth going slightly out your way to come here.

This is such an amazing pub that its well worth planning your walk around a visit there. The Manager is so lovely and welcoming and the pub itself is a hidden treasure. A perfect pitstop for the thirsty walker!

Lovely lil pub. This is the place, so cosy so nice

Why can’t all Pubs be like this We had the most magical evening here incredible atmosphere reasonable could even say cheap prices lovely people staff and other guests . Maybe a bold statement but probably the best Pub we have ever been to sadly don’t live in Kent or I’d be here every night 😂🍺 Also very 🐶 friendly another huge bonus. Thanks everyone can’t wait to come back.

A very quirky pub hidden away in the countryside that will really take you back in time. No food except ice cream (or if you are lucky potato crisps). Check the opening times before you go - only open a few days a week. Lovely garden and rare chickens.

Came to stop whilst on a hiking trip. Was told fantastic stories about this place from the hiking instructor (e.g. how long this pub has been standing, who the owner is, funny stories around pub operations, and historical facts). We bought our lunch with us, but managed to try a local ale called Bulldog (around £4). The pub landlord, a lovely lady, was very friendly and caring. You won’t find your regular mainstream beer on draft.. but can find locally produced drinks in bottles. They have snacks such as crisps. They make homemade icecream (I believe £4 around a scoop). The atmosphere is fantastic and unique. It’s very old pub, and you can feel and smell it once you go inside. Very well maintained… very dull and dark inside… giving it a very traditional English pub feel. Please do call and find out if this pub is open.. as sometimes it can be closed.

It's a magic place, i love it, it's unique

Rising sun is a lovely place to have a pin of beer. I managed to walk 1 hour to get there. It's a lovely pub 🙂

A lovely old world pub, a hidden gem run by a delightful lady and her daughter. England could do with more pubs with this old school charm.

A proper traditional pub well worth supporting. Chickens n all !

Rising Sun - Google For a long time this hidden gem was a secret for those on the know. It is difficult to get to and unfindable on TA. It used to be busy when Peter ran it but since he passed away his wife, Michelle, and daughter, Rachel, manage it as a quaint old skool country pub with real ales and ice cream with packaged bar snacks available too. Since Michelle's cohort was affected by the rise in retirement age she is due for her pension in 2026. Until then she has to make ends meet and is finding it hard in this economic climate with fewer patrons. This pub is well worth making the effort to visit. Just come for the atmosphere inside, garden outside and the occasional folk gigs. It keeps on disappearing on TA despite my reviewing it a few times before! It also gets confused with other (much more chic, expensive and flashy) pubs locally and I have reported the misplaced photos. Just go with your loved ones or friends. You will not be disappointed. Cycle or drive there. The boxed Westerham Ales are good though so mind the units. Look out for the rare chicken and cow breeds too!

Lots of potential with this place and i doubt it would take much to drag it out of the doldrums. Barely functioning as a pub due to neglect. Some family members are working hard but are dragged down by others who seem uninterested. A little TLC and someone who's handy with basic DIY and this place could be a real authentic gem of a rural public house. Lots of travelling folk present at the festival days they hold so can get rowdy. Cars often triple stack parked with no way of clearing the deadlock and woe betide asking the folk who blocked you in to move. It'll be missed when its gone but it'll be no surprise unfortunately. A Crooked House waiting to happen.

Amazing survival of old pub in deepest countryside

Have had some lovely afternoons here. Traditional pub. Have some good music in garden.

There is no perfect pub - but this is absolutely as close as you can get. Well kept local ales, kittens running around, a beautiful garden, delicious ice cream and very hospitable friendly service. Would recommend everyone to stop there when walking near by.

A true country pub in the most glorious location down some of the smallest lanes in Kent. Locked in a time warp of proper old fashioned hostelries with the first sensation upon walking through the entrance is the fragrant scent of woodsmoke (even though this was a fairly hot day in May). I must say, though that the cleanliness of the glasses are stuck in the same time warp, even though mine (for my can of Guinness) had recently been through the glass washer. It was heavily stained with tannin. I wonder when this machine was last cleaned? This is just housekeeping which did rather reflect on the rest of the establishment. No draught beer. Yes, the pumps were there, but the ales that we had (and very good they were - perhaps the stained glasses added that little extra "je ne sais quoi"?) were all served from a "box" sitting on the counter. Perhaps this is what happens in these days of limited opening hours, in which case it is rather sensible. I make these comment as a person who was in this industry for over 40 years, so I might just be being a little too critical on one of those pubs that is a real discovery.

There should be more of these places, brought me back to my childhood. Lovely area for walking. Don't expect food just a perfect pint.

Amazing place just off North Downs Way. Like going back to my youth as this is how I remember country pubs about 40 years ago. No frills, great garden with plenty of seating. Lovely landlady.

Fantastic olde worlde pub, great ambiance.

Traditional rustic country pub on top of the North Downs above Kemsing in West Kent. No meals but a good range of real ale and other drinks. Pubs need our support - visit this one if you are in the area!

Really nice pub, great staff and the live music was excellent.

Live music events. Traditional country village pub. Amazing ice cream produced by owners. Locally produced hot food during events. Well worth a visit. Variety of chickens for children to view.

Cider / Ice Cream...nothing else in life is required

Lovely pub, land lady in garden, very polite, had a drink , inside take you back in time, lovely two open fire places bar just the way you find an old English pub bar very rare, out side lovey english garden, it a place to go if you what to get away from it all you can just relax.

Very fond memories of this pub so great to have it up and running again even if only for drinks or ice cream. It's worth a walk for a cold beer in the traditional garden.

I arrived on a hike - the hike guide said the landlady would be pottering in the garden. She was! This is a charming little pub in a lovely setting. The drinks were inexpensive and the garden is very pretty. Say hello to the bantam chickens!

To be honest I have not been in the Rising Sun for a long time, but it was a pleasant surprise to see that it is open for business again. I used to go in there many years ago and always really enjoyed the pub and the atmosphere. Hopefully I will be popping back soon and relive times gone by. I wish them all the very best wishes for tge future

Wonderful pub, worth getting off the beaten track for!

New Years Day visit 2020. As quirky and wierd as ever. A real timewarp. Visit soon as it will close for ever on 31 january. Sad but unsurprising

Seems like proper old fashioned country pub, nice beer, no food. Lots of friendly animals wandering round the bar. The landlady also has a herd of cows. Bit shabby and unkempt but for me that was part of the charm. Very nice.

Hadn’t been here for a few years so I was delighted today to find it’s still open and still as special as ever. Garden beautiful on a sunny afternoon. Very relaxed and friendly. Made my day.

A little hard to find as partially hidden behind a hedge for part of the year. Lovey garden, friendly and chatty landlady, two adorable Labradors plus terrier and cat. Inside it is a very pleasing ‘time-capsule’ of how I remember country pubs in their heyday. Very happy to recommend.

I went there two years ago and found the most rude woman running the place. Been back a few times (including today) and found that despite the sign saying walkers and dogs are welcome, the place is always closed. Today the place was locked. As we walked away some surly chap turned up in a car and said he wasn't opening today. I've wasted enough time here...

The ultimate in old school village pub

Bought my dog for cash in here 13 years ago. Legendary ratter. This pub is a proper pub. If it is open grab a pint and remember what pubs used to be. Michelle has done a great job over the years. Dog is getting on a bit so may pop in (have moved away) for another...!

This is certainly an experience.

Just off North Downs Way, do not miss this old characterful pub. Just the way you might imagine an old country village pub in the 19th century, The Rising Sun is it! Lovely lady pulling pints. Lovely fireplace, would be cost in winter.

If you can find it, your winning! Tumble down old pub. I had to ask whether it actually was a pub when I walked in! Good beer and friendly.

A ramshackle 'proper' pub with bags of character and charm - the sort the chain pubs try, and fail, to create. The owner is lovely, and very friendly. A smashing little backwater pub, that must be judged, and cherished, on that basis.

Wow, this is a place. It's literally everything you wouldn't expect from a pub, its smoky, the residents are in their pj's and their dogs and cats occupy the bar. I didn't end up getting a beer as they don't take cards but would have been a bit suspicious if I did. It's in the middle of no where and was at the mid point in my walk so would have had a beer regardless if I'd had the cash. Worth a visit just to experience the weirdness!

Interesting local place. If you are very concerned with cleanliness, I don't think this place is for you

Real old 'other world' pub, on a fine sunny day nothing finer. Felt like We had gone back 100 years. So friendly too - shame about the parrot though - truly missed. What a Wonderful place :)

Friendly, good beer, confident cats, and a parrot.

Traditional English pub. Great garden

Old fashioned country pub. Decent beer, very dog friendly and worth the visit. No food just drinks. As country pubs used to be before gentrification.