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01304 820809
Menzies Road/Gordon Road
Whitfield
Above image taken from their web site. |
Above photos taken by Paul Skelton, 17 April, 2010. |
The above photographs show the site destined for the new pub at
Whitfield, all photographs taken by Paul Skelton, 13 Sept 2009.
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From the Dover Mercury, 9 April, 2009.
New pub would be jobs boost.
A NEW public house and restaurant is being planned for Whitfield,
with the creation of dozens of jobs.
Marstons has submitted a planning application for the new venue,
complete with patio and garden areas, at the junction of Honeywood Road
and Menzies Road, with access from Gordon Road on the Old Park estate.
The company already runs more than 500 public houses across the
country.
This one will have parking spaces for 87 cars and four cycles and
will create at least 20 full-time and 20 part-time jobs and possibly up
to 10 more.
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From the Dover Express, 16 April, 2009
Pub and restaurant plan for Old Park
MARSTON Pubs wants to erect a property on a plot at Gordon Road on
the Old Park estate, Whitfield, to be occupied by a pub and a restaurant
with a patio and garden area. If the project goes ahead the pub chain
says the site will also be provided with a car park with the whole area
landscaped.
The company's application is before planners at Dover District
Council where councillors will consider the idea soon. Old Park,
Whitfield was formerly a barracks, acquired by Dover Harbour Board as a
port area when the Ministry of Defence departed.
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It has just been released that the pub will be called the "Kittiwake."
Kittiwake:- Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged kittiwake) North America.
A gentle looking, medium-sized gull with a small yellow bill and a
dark eye. It has a grey back and is white underneath. Its legs are short
and black. In flight the black wing-tips show no white, unlike other
gulls, and look as if they have been 'dipped in ink'. The population is
declining in some areas, perhaps due to a shortage of sandeels. After
breeding birds move out into the Atlantic where they spend the winter.
They tend to nest and breed on rocky, steep sea-cliffs, buildings and
piers and winter at sea. They can be seen around coasts; occasionally
inland, most often after very windy weather.
Their diet is fish, shrimps and worms.
Their call sounds like a loud 'kitti-waak'
The best time to see them is on the breeding grounds in spring and
summer - they arrive back at the colonies from February, staying until
August.
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Above photographs kindly sent by Mark Jennings, 15 February 2010,
showing the "Kittiwake" from Gordon Road being built.
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From the Dover Mercury, Thursday 11 March, 2010.
NEW PUB AND RESTAURANT READY IN MAY.
MORE than 40 jobs will be created at a new pub and restaurant, to be
called the "Kittiwake," at Whitfield.
Work is progressing well on the development at Old Park which is
being built by Marston's Inns and Taverns, which will cater for 180
diners.
Darren Bicheno, of Marston's Inns and Taverns, said: "We're extremely
excited and hope when opened that it will build a great reputation
locally.
"We will be offering top quality, value for money pub food and an
unrivalled selection of drinks, including traditional cask ales from
across the country."
Due for completion in May, the pub is one of more than 60 being built
by Marston's across the country.
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From the Dover Mercury, 20 May 2010.
RAISE YOUR GLASS AND TOAST OUR OPENING.
Karen and Nick Roberts celebrate with staff at the opening of
Kittiwake pub-restaurant at Old Park, Whitfield.
A NEW pub and restaurant
has opened in WhitfieId, creating more than 40
jobs.
The Kittiwake, which officially opened at Old Perk on Monday,
has been
built by Marston's Inns and Taverns and can cater for 180 diners. It was one of
more than 60 that Marston's has been building across the country.
Company spokesman Darren Bicheno said staff at the Kittiwake would be
building a great reputation locally.
He added: "we are offering top quality, value for money food and an
unrivalled selection of drinks, including traditional cask ales."
Among the guests on the opening day was Dover's Fiona-Ann Rosser,
making her first appearance as Miss Teen Dover Galaxy.
She was welcomed by assistant manager Gemma Pitwon and
key-holder Melissa Sart.
She said she was Impressed by the varied menu and
carvery and that the younger members of a family could eat free, which would encourage
families to dine out and enjoy a healthy diet.
Fiona-Ann, who was born In
Dover, is keen to promote Dover and its businesses while she holds the
title.
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From the Dover Mercury, 27 May 2010.
PUPILS BURY MESSAGE FOR FUTURE AT PUB OPENING.
SOME time in the future, when excavations take place on the site of
a new pub restaurant at Old Park, those involved might be in for a
surprise.
They are likely to unearth a time capsule which will give them a clue
to what life was like for children living in the area in 2010.
The capsule, put together by the pupils of Whitfield and Aspen
Primary School, was buried in the grounds of the Kittiwake pub at Old
Park on Monday to mark its opening.
Among the items included were a school jumper and tie tapes of the
children singing hymns and the school song, a DVD they made with Sure
Start about life at school, pictures and a book of memories about
Whitfield and games they like to play.
Head teacher Andrew Lamb said: "This was such a great idea. This
really challenged the children to think about history by leaving items
in the time capsule to be discovered in the future."
A plaque will also be put up at the Kittiwake with the date of when
the capsule was buried.
Nick Roberts, manager at the Marton's Inns and Taverns pub, said:
"The time capsule is not only a fascinating project for youngsters to
take part in, but it's also quite symbolic for us too."
'We're at the exciting beginning of something new with the Kittiwake
which will be around for generations of families to enjoy."
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From the Dover Express, Thursday, 24
March, 2011. 60p
PUB SIGN PLAN
MARSTON'S relatively new pub. The "Kittiwake" at Whitfield is to put
out the welcoming sign if planning permission is given.
The aim is to get agreement to have an illuminated sign, Families
Welcome, at the pub in Gordon Road.
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From the Dover Mercury, 20 October, 2011.
70p
MAN DIES AFTER CRASH
The scene of the crash at Old park, Whitfield, on Monday which was
attended by the air ambulance.
A MAN who died after his car crashed into a hedge at Old Park,
Whitfield, Monday, is believed to have become ill while driving.
The air ambulance was called to the scene of the accident, at the
roundabout outside the Kittiwake restaurant at Menzies Road.
The car went off the road at the roundabout and into a hedge between
the road and the Archers Place housing development.
Police and paramedics were called at 10.30am, and it was decided to
use the air ambulance - which landed in the Kittiwake car-park to take
the driver to the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford, where he later
died.
It is understood his wife was with him at the time of the accident.
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Visit their web at:-
http://www.marstonstaverns.co.uk/whitfield/kittiwake
LICENSEE LIST
ROBERTS Nick and Karen May/2010+
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