A couple is hoping to reinvent one of a town's oldest pubs for the 2020s by hosting "DIY events" and getting street food vendors to take over the kitchen.

The 19th century Lord Nelson in Dover has now reopened under new management after a three-month hiatus.

The pub reopened on March 1 under couple Joe Taylor and Laura Taylor, who although are not married, by coincidence share the same surname.

Bands will now on be a regular feature of the pub but Mr Taylor says the unique aspect of the venue will be its "DIY nights" when people can organise their own events arranging for their own music and food.

The kitchen at the venue in Flying Horse Lane will also be available for small traders such as street food vendors whose outdoor stalls have less trade in the winter.

Mr Taylor said: "We want to market this place as a versatile events space. People can use it pretty much as they like. It can be a completely DIY venue or we can provide.

"We have some great street food vendors and obviously that line of work dries up a bit come winter so we'd like to give them a space to carry on.

"We'd like to give the people of Dover the chance to try the different cuisines of these very talented people.

"It's exciting because this will be something different for Dover."

The kitchen will be set up so that any type of cuisine can pop-up there from Caribbean to Mexican and beyond.

Lord Nelson is thought to have been in the town centre as far back as 1805, the year the British naval hero, whose name inspired the pub, was killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.

It has closed and reopened under different management over the years in recent years but in February 2020 it reopened again after a four-month £330,000 refurbishment.

By then it came under the license of Chris Bichard, who continues as landlord.

The Taylors, from Folkestone, run Wild Box Events, an events and mobile bar company.

It has a permanent bar on Folkestone's Harbour Arm and also provides cocktail kits and cocktail masterclasses.

The Lord Nelson will not come under the Wild Box brand but it will have a cocktail menu and host various Wild Box events, particularly live band performances, the DIY nights and available for corporate hire and family events.