android appWesterfield Railway
opening hours
- Mon: 1100-2230
- Tue-Sat: 1100-2300
- Sun: 1130-2030
food times
- Mon-Thu: 1200-2100
- Fri-Sat: 1200-2130
- Sun: 1200-1900
regular real ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
- Adnams Ghost Ship [H]
- Adnams Broadside [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
Local licensing authority for Westerfield is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated May 21st, 2021.
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Westerfield Railway
formerly Station, Railway Hotel
Real Ale is sold here.
Main Rd, IP6 9AA
grid reference TM 169 471
bar / diner, opened 1890s approx.
A popular split level pub and restaurant, with a real log fire (built by the landlord) that burns on most evenings in the colder months. Real ales are served directly from the cask.
The pub has offered B&B since 2017.
The Bus stop is located just after the nearby crossroads (about 2 minute walk from the pub).
It's believed that the pub pre-dates the railway line and was a coaching inn on the old turnpike. Presumably it had a different name then?
Curiously, the pub is not shown on the 1880 OS map. Whether this is an error or a sign that it was elsewhere at that time is not known (though it's not shown elsewhere on maps from that year).
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome: bar only
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Smoking area
Railway station about 0.0 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Westerfield: 68 yards (63m)
Swan 0.50 mile
Man on the Moon 0.86 mile
Royal George 1.06 miles
Woolpack 1.32 miles
Case is Altered 1.37 miles
Greyhound 1.39 milesHistorical interest
It's understood to have been originally known as the Station. Subsequently it was called the Railway Hotel, with the "Hotel" part of the name dropped in January 1970.
Interestingly, the present building doesn't appear on the 1882 OS map or the 1889-91 OS map, so it appears that the original inn must have been elsewhere?
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
