WELCOME TO OUR COMPANY

At Shepherd Neame, heritage and traditional values go hand-in-hand with state-of-the-art technology and contemporary standards of customer service and care.

Our traditions can be traced back to the foundation of our brewery in 1698 - with strong links to the town of Faversham and the local community many years before - and our commercial expertise is enhanced by 21st century production and distribution facilities.

This website introduces you to the company's values and standards on such vital contemporary issues as the environment, local food sourcing, and licensing control, and highlights our estate of pubs and unique portfolio of products.

Shepherd Neame now has some 369 pubs across the South East. The award-winning estate is characterised by rural village pubs and suburban community pubs, ranging from food-focused destination houses and historic coaching inns to traditional community 'locals'. Many offer accommodation and the company now has more than 400 letting bedrooms in superb coastal and village locations. Accommodation special offers are a great way to experience a stay at one of our inns / hotels.

Eighty-five per cent of the beer sold in our pubs is brewed at our Faversham brewery, where our team of experts is passionate about our unique range of ales and lagers. The brewery's portfolio includes traditional Kentish ales like Spitfire and Bishops Finger and internationally renowned lagers brewed under licence, such as Asahi (Japan), Holsten Export (Germany), Kingfisher (India), Oranjeboom Pilsener (Holland), Sun Lik (Hong Kong) and Hurlimann Sternbrau (Switzerland) for sale in our pubs as well as in supermarkets and off-licences.

Our brewery tours page invites you to take a virtual tour of our brewing process and invites beer-lovers to come along and do it for real, combining a trip through Faversham's picturesque medieval streets with a guide to brewing and a chance to take part in a tutored tasting session. Our shop has a  wide range of Shepherd Neame merchandise and our Visitor Centre is available for weddings and other functions.

We're seldom out of the news, whether it's for winning awards, sponsoring sport, for launching exciting new products or for our tongue-in-cheek Spitfire advertising campaign.

It's that kind of imagination that has brought us this far and we are confident that, by sticking to our core values of individualism, tradition and innovation, we can continue to enjoy success for generations to come.

Above all Shepherd Neame relies for its success on the people that work for us, whether in the Brewery or in our pubs. We take great pride in our employees and licencees and put great value on length of service. If you would like to join us we would welcome your application.

We hope you find our website an enjoyable introduction to our products and services and invite you to sample the welcome, hospitality and fine food and drink at one of our pubs or hotels soon.

Jonathan Neame
Chief Executive