android appGreat Cornard Maldon Grey (Malden Grey)
opening hours
- Mon-Sat: 1200-2300
- Sun: 1200-2230
regular real ales
- Greene King IPA [H]
- Greene King Abbot [H]
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Great Cornard is Babergh
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated May 11th, 2022.
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Great Cornard Maldon Grey (Malden Grey)
formerly Malden Grey
South West, 52.0385,0.74733
Real 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 & large beer garden. Food available (12-9). Karaoke every two weeks. Sometimes listed as being in Chilton, the pub is actually on the boundary between Sudbury & 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
Brewery Tap 0.61 mile
Gainsborough 0.62 mile
Weaver's Tap 0.64 mile
Five Bells 0.67 mile
White Horse 0.67 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
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
To be lett and entered immediately-a publick house known by the name of the Malden Grey, within ½ a mile of Sudbury, Suffolk, --good stables-barn-4 acres of orchard-11 acres of good arable land thereto belonging. Apply to William Freasson, attorney at law at Sudbury.
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
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)
