A Marden pub is looking for a new owner after its celebrity landlady stepped down.

Kellie Maloney took over The Unicorn pub on Marden High Street last year, opening to punters in May.

But before the year was up, the former boxing promoter was looking to move on.

The 64-year-old said: "I've been spending more and more time on my diversity speaking, doing talks up and down the country.

"I spoke with my daughter and we thought about changing the pub's concept.

"We didn't want it to just be a wet lip pub or just be about food, we were trying to be a bit different.

"I met with [the brewers] on Tuesday and told them that I wasn't staying" - Kellie Maloney

"It hasn't worked out. It's a business decision and a practical one."

Miss Maloney, who was born Frank and rose to fame as Lennox Lewis' boxing manager, said she had already made her decision towards the end of last year.

She said: "I told the brewery in November and they asked me to reconsider.

"I met with them on Tuesday this week and told them that I wasn't staying."

Miss Maloney, who owned five pubs between 1978 and 1992, including the Crayford Arms, in Crayford, confirmed she will continue living in Kent.

She added: "Its up to the brewers to get someone else, that person will be moving in to a ready made pub with nice customers."

We have approached pub owners Enterprise Inn for comment.