Woodbridge King's Head
opening hours
- Mon-Wed: 0900-2200
- Thu-Sat: 0900-2300
- Sun: 0900-2200
food times
- Mon-Sun: 0900-2100
guest beers
This pub serves 4 guest ales.
source: Regional
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Woodbridge is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 6th, 2026.
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Woodbridge King's Head
formerly Saint Edmund's Head
South East, 52.09406,1.31284
Cask Ale is sold here.
17 Market Hill, IP12 4LP
grid reference TM 270 491
bar / diner, opened 12th century
owner/operator: Adnams / Deben Inns
A large, historic single beamed bar with an impressive fireplace & traditional seating in various drinking areas. Restaurant to rear in a more modern construction. Some outdoor seating also available both to the front overlooking market hill and in a secluded courtyard to the rear. Accessible toilet. Folk club on 3rd Tuesday every month and Jazz open mic night is first Thursday of the month.
The building dates from the late 15th/early 16th century and is reputed to be the oldest non-religious building in the town.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers: Accessible toilet
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music: Jam sessions - see Facebook
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks): Sunday Roasts
Parking
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 0.4 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Woodbridge: 704 yards (643m)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Angel 0.03 mile
Bull Inn 0.07 mile
Olde Bell & Steelyard 0.11 mile
Crown 0.19 mile
Old Mariner 0.20 mile
Anchor 0.29 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from 1881 (larger map).
Owner/operator: Adnams
Among Woodbridge’s oldest buildings, with the frontage dating back to the C13th. Sympathetically renovated by Adnams to provide a popular meeting place for classic car and cask ale enthusiasts. The pub features regularly in the GBG. New restaurant area to the rear.
Beers: Adnams Mild [G]/H], Bitter, Old, Extra, Broadside, Seasonal Ale; Whitbread Boddingtons BitterCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Samuel Nevill, Distiller at the King's Head in the Market Place, Woodbridge sells all sorts of Brandies etc.Ipswich Journal, June 21st 1735***
To be lett, the King's-Head, an old accustom'd Publick-House, in the Market-Place, Woodbridge, with or without six or seven-and-twenty Acres of arable Land…
Landlords
(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)
