Aldeburgh Wentworth Hotel
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 1130-2300
regular cask ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
Local licensing authority for Aldeburgh is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Nov 28th, 2025.
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Aldeburgh Wentworth Hotel
formerly Wentworth Castle
East, 52.15626,1.60304
Hotel 
It's possible that drinks are only available here to residents or diners. Please check before visiting.
Wentworth Rd, IP15 5BD
grid reference TM 465 570
hotel, opened about 1900
A quiet sea-front hotel run by same family since 1922, with an Egon Ronay recommended restaurant (11.30-2.30 + 7-9pm).
Facilities include 38 rooms and a toilet for disabled customers.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Saxmundham: 7.1 miles (11.4km)
Mill Inn 0.09 mile
DP's Bar 0.23 mile
Cross Keys 0.24 mile
Railway Inn 0.42 mile
White Hart 0.47 mile
Brudenell Hotel 0.58 mileHistorical interest
The hotel can be seen on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: free - Victorian sea-front hotel, run by the same family for 75 years. Egon Ronay recommended restaurant.
Beers: Adnams BitterCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The Aldeburgh Wentworth Castle on Esplanade [Woodbridge Division] is listed in East Suffolk Police Returns for Licensed houses [library ref 647.954] published May 1903 with John Driver as tenant (since 1897); holding a fill premises license & owned by John Driver
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Wentworth Castle's license was issued in 1896. Whether this was when it was first licensed or when it got a full (ie not just beer) license isn't clear, though the latter seems more probable…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic book information from Bob Mitchell)
