Carlton Poacher's Pocket
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 1100-2200
food times
- Mon-Sun: 1200-2100
guest beers
This pub serves 3 guest ales.
Carlton is part of the Kelsale cum Carlton parish.
Local licensing authority for Carlton is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Nov 29th, 2023.
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Carlton Poacher's Pocket
formerly New Inn
North West, 52.22913,1.48229
Cask Ale is sold here.
Rosemary Ln, IP17 2QS
grid reference TM 379 647
opened pre-1874
A small pleasant country cottage style pub, which is hidden away on a country lane just a minute off the main A12. Since mid-2021, it has been run by the same team behind the Darsham Fox and recently extended to include more dining space.
Three regularly changing cask ales from East Anglian breweries such as Earl Soham, Humpty Dumpty, Nethergate and Wolf.
Beer garden to the side.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Railway station about 1.5 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Saxmundham: 1.5 miles (2.4km)
Railway Tavern 1.03 miles
Bell 1.07 miles
Queen's Head 1.10 miles
White Horse 1.83 miles
White Horse 2.2 miles
King's Head 2.7 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown (as the New Inn) on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: free
A pleasant, small 'country cottage' style pub. Good choice of guest beers.
Beer: Adnams Bitter; Morland Old Speckled Hen; guest beer (micros).CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
1861 census entry needs to be confirmed as it doesn't name the pub.
Recorded as the New Inn in the 1881 and 1891 censuses and shown under that name on OS maps at least as late as 1927. Originally licensed only as a beerhouse, it didn't get a full license until 1962 (February 5th).
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
