android appBucklesham Shannon
opening hours
- Mon-Thu: 1200-1500, 1800-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1200-2300
- Sun: 1200-2200
food times
- Mon-Fri: 1200-1430, 1800-2100
- Sat: 1200-2130
- Sun: 1200-2100
regular cask ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
Local licensing authority for Bucklesham is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Nov 29th, 2023.
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Bucklesham Shannon
formerly Skinners Arms, Shannon
North East, 52.02996,1.2697
Cask Ale is sold here.
Bucklesham Rd, IP10 0DR
grid reference TM 243 418
owner/operator: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns)
The pub is named after Admiral Brooke's ship, which saw action against the Americans in the early 19th century.
Dogs are welcome in the bar area.
Monday is home-made burger & beer night, Wednesday is curry night.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
WiFi available
Railway station about 4.4 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Derby Road: 4.4 miles (7.1km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Ship 1.87 miles
Fox Inn 2.0 miles
Douglas Bader 2.1 miles
Farmhouse 2.4 miles
White Horse 2.5 miles
Swallow 2.7 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Recently refurbished pub, which at one time was three small shops. The name derives from a frigate which saw action against the Americans in the early C19th. No food Sun & Mon eve.
Beer: Tolly Bitter; Whitbread Flowers IPA.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Shannon's license was issued in 1853. 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
Footnote
Rear Admiral Sir Philip Broke, of Broke Hall, Ipswich, was the commander of HMS Shannon in the War of 1812, between United States and Britain. His ship is particularly known for the boarding and capture of the US Frigate Chesapeake off Boston, on 1 June 1813. Over 80 were killed in the action and the loosing crew were taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the sailors were imprisoned; the ship was repaired and taken into service by the Royal Navy and later sold at Portsmouth, England in 1819 to be broken up.
According to Alfred Hedges' book, "Inns and Inn Signs of Norfolk and Suffolk",
The squire of nearby Nacton fought in the battle and then wished to build an inn, to be called the Shannon, to commemorate the action. But the owner of all the land in Nacton refused to permit an inn in the parish, so the venture was switched to the adjacent parish of Bucklesham.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
