Bury St Edmunds Linden Tree
listed building grade II
last updated Feb 23rd, 2025.
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Bury St Edmunds Linden Tree
also traded as Railway Hotel, Railway Tavern
North West, 52.25311,0.71458
Closed:
Greene King looking to repossess
opened 1846
last owner/operator: Greene King
Station Hill, IP33 1JQ
grid reference TL 853 651
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Formerly the Railway Commercial Hotel and renamed as the Linden Tree in 1988 and The Station in 2014. Returning to The Linden in 2022. More recently (2025) under the experienced management of the same team as the Bunbury Arms at Great Barton.
Gallery
Beerhouse 0.13 mile
Old Cannon Brewery 0.23 mile
Bushel 0.32 mile
Hopsters 0.42 mile
Grapes 0.44 mile
Rising Sun 0.45 mileHistorical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
Family pub, offering good food.
Beer: Greene King IPA, Rayments Special.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be let with immediate possession if required, the Railway Hotel, Bury, application to be made to Mr Charles Clarke, the present proprietor, who retires, in consequence of having taken a contract upon a public work.Ipswich Journal, April 1850**
Mr Edward GREENE is auctioning this public-house, he having determined to have no tied custom: The Railway Tavern, near the Station, Bury, occupied by Mr Jas. GARWOOD.Ipswich Journal, May 25th 1855***
In 1861 listed at 10 Northgate Rd. Listed in 1874 at 7 Out Northgate & later at 31 out Northgate. (Northgate Rd. & Out Northgate are the same road.)
Recorded as Railway Tavern in the 1871 census. …
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
