Great Cornard Maldon Grey
opening hours
- Mon-Fri: 1200-2300
- Sat: 1200-2330
- Sun: 1200-2230
food times
- Mon-Sat: 1200-1500, 1700-2100
- Sun: 1200-1800
regular cask ales
- Greene King Abbot [H]
- Greene King IPA [H]
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Great Cornard is Babergh
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Mar 20th, 2026.
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Great Cornard Maldon Grey
South West, 52.0385,0.74733
Cask Ale is sold here.
Cats Ln, CO10 2RZ
grid reference TL 885 413
owner/operator: Greene King / Meet & Eat (Greene King)
Enlarged two bar estate pub. Lively at weekends. Childrens play area and large beer garden. Karaoke every two weeks. Sometimes listed as being in Chilton, the pub is actually on the boundary between Sudbury and Great Cornard.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Separate bar
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 0.9 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Sudbury: 0.9 miles (1.4km)
Horse & Groom 0.58 mile
Cow 0.60 mile
Brewery Tap 0.61 mile
White Horse 0.67 mile
Lady Elizabeth 0.74 mile
Grover & Allen 0.74 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
[Listed as being in Chilton]
Owner/operator: Greene King
Enlarged two bar estate pub. Fake beams but otherwise well decorated. Lively at weekends. No food Mon.
Beers: Greene King IPA; AbbotCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A sarcophagus that was discovered during the demolition of a house built on the site of Sudbury Priory was used as a horse trough here for much of the 19th century, though it had been broken up by the turn of the 20th century.
The building dates from the 18th century and the pub is known to have been open before 1747, when it was advertised to let in the Ipswich Journal** as follows:
October 31st 1747…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** reproduced with kind permission from Foxearth & District Local History Society)
