About this site

Welcome to the Suffolk Pubs Guide, brought to you by the local branches of the Campaign for Real Ale. We aim to provide information about every pub in our county, as well as a number of other watering-holes. We also include a small number of selected small shops where you will be able to buy beers that don't come from giant factories.

We also include public transport information (bus routes and nearby stations) to help you get to pubs without driving. Every pub's entry has a map (except for the few we don't have an accurate location for) and can provide directions to get you there.

For historical interest, we also include as much information as we have about over 2500 closed pubs; we have an ongoing research project to document as much as possible about Suffolk's pub heritage.

Unlike most online "pub guides" this isn't just a list of pubs copied from the 'phone book with an invitation for its visitors to fill in the details. And it doesn't list pubs as open when they closed or changed their names years ago. Instead it's a guide compiled by local CAMRA members who have visited each pub and reported what beers and facilities it offers. And with roughly 1500 CAMRA members around the county who can report back on changes, we hope to offer the most up-to-date and accurate guide possible. What's more, we even have high-quality photographs of all the pubs, something no other guide can offer.

Each pub's page includes information about its facilities along with photographs and an interactive map which shows its location, along with the other pubs in the same town or village. If there's a railway station in the area, this is shown on the map as well. (Interactive maps and several other features need a modern browser with Javascript enabled, but this site should still be usable without, though you'll definitely get a better experience with).

If you own an Android device, you may like to install one of our useful apps. One shows every open pub in the county on a map and allows you to easily access all the information from this website. The other app does the same job for all the county's former pubs. Find more information here.

You will also find information about all of the county's breweries, with details of their core ales.

We are always interested in photographs of Suffolk pubs and breweries that have closed and any other historical information. If you have anything you are willing to share please contact Nigel Smith. Full credit will, of course, be given for anything we publish.