10 best smugglers' pubs

For bookish types

The Ship Inn, Dymchurch, Kent

In the 1900s, Russell Thorndike wrote a series of novels here about a hero smuggler, Dr Syn, who was a country vicar by day and a swashbuckling smuggler by night. What better location than this characterful pub, reputedly haunted, with hidden passageways, a garden and a terrace facing the sea? Open daily (01303 872122).