Woodbridge Old Mariner
opening hours
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Thu: 1500-2200
- Fri-Sat: 1500-2300
- Sun: 1200-2100
regular cask ales
- Adnams Ghost Ship [H]
- Fuller's London Pride [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 2 guest ales.
Local licensing authority for Woodbridge is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Mar 9th, 2023.
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Woodbridge Old Mariner
formerly Mariner's Arms, Ye Olde Mariner's Arms, Tap & Spile
South, 52.09441,1.31741
Cask Ale is sold here.
26 New St, IP12 1DX
grid reference TM 273 491
owner/operator: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns)
A traditional, two roomed bar close to the town centre, which offers a range of well kept beers served from a gravity stillage. The front bar has scrubbed tables and a low ceiling whilst the rear bar is quieter and gives access to a separate seating area. There's a garden and a car-park (off Castle Street). The smoking area is behind the pub.
There's live music most weekends with resident bands and a DJ.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Family friendly
Function room available to hire
Live music
Parking
Real fire
Separate bar
Smoking area
Sport TV
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
Olde Bell & Steelyard 0.09 mile
Bull Inn 0.13 mile
Crown 0.14 mile
Red Lion 0.16 mile
King's Head 0.20 mile
Angel 0.20 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown as the Mariners' Arms on this OS town plan from 1881 (larger map).
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Reverted to a tenancy after a brief period as a Tap & Spile, (and prior to that known as the Mariners Arms). Still bears the hallmarks of its last incarnation but now re-establishing a more local identity. Jazz Tues. eve.
Beers: Wadworth 6X; Whitbread Flowers IPA, Original; guest beer (Tapsters Choice list)CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, 1 May 1784, to the Mariners in Woodbridge.
Came astray, on Saturday, 17th inst…
Landlords
Footnote
Tap & Spile was created as a national chain of themed and heavily branded pubs - created from existing selected pubs usually owned by the former Pubmaster pub group. Initially these pubs were very popular and able to offer a very wide range of real ales though in later years the beer range was increasingly restricted. In Suffolk there were just 3 pubs - in Ipswich, Felixstowe (Walton) and Woodbridge.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
