The Royal Oak Hotel in Sevenoaks carried its name for more than 300 years, but now Sevenoaks District Council, after selling the building and granting permission to turn it into flats, has renamed ...

Cessnock dubs itself the gateway to the Hunter Valley vineyards, but the Royal Oak Hotel makes a mockery of that. A comfortable front bar with a muso doing easy listening versions of Missy Higgins ...

The surprise closure of the Royal Oak Hotel at Cessnock has shocked many, its owner John Harvey blaming the Australian Taxation Office, claiming “fake bills” and “unsubstantiated” debt.