Royal Oak, Frindsbury

Royal Oak public house
The Royal Oak in 2009 taken from the northwest showing the top of the catslide at rear
LocationFrindsbury, Kent, England
Coordinates51°24′23.512″N 0°30′0.461″E / 51.40653111°N 0.50012806°E / 51.40653111; 0.50012806
OS grid referenceTQ7398570466
Official nameRoyal Oak public house
TypeGrade II
Designated24 May 2016
Reference no.1434926
Royal Oak, Frindsbury is located in Kent
Royal Oak, Frindsbury
Royal Oak shown within Kent

The Royal Oak is a Grade II-listed house (formerly a public house, or "pub") in Frindsbury, a Medway town in Kent, United Kingdom. The building dates from the late 17th century and it was used as a public house since before 1754. It is one of a few pre-Victorian buildings on Cooling Road in Frindsbury and one of the last remaining coach houses in the area.

The two-storey timber-framed building was remodelled throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, with extensions in the 19th and 20th centuries, while the pre-1840 parts of the building remain intact to the present day.

The pub was sold by Enterprise Inns to a property developer in 2015 who closed the pub and proposed demolition. The "Save The Royal Oak, Frindsbury" campaign opposed its demolition, and the pub was subsequently registered as an asset of community value by Medway Council and as a Grade II listed building by Historic England in 2016. In early 2017, the campaign was seeking funding to try and to buy the pub to reopen it for the community; the developer was subsequently granted planning permission in June 2017 to convert the building into residential use. It was subsequently converted to a house, with additional housing built next door.