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Woodbridge Old Mariner
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
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical 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)