android appBardwell Six Bells
opening hours
- Mon-Fri: 1800-2300
- Sat-Sun: 1200-2330
food times
- Mon-Fri: 1800-2100
- Sat-Sun: 1200-2100
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Bardwell is West Suffolk
CAMRA Mid-Anglia branch.
last updated Nov 29th, 2023.
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Bardwell Six Bells
North West, 52.32682,0.85537
Cask Ale is understood not to be sold here.
The Green, IP31 1AW
grid reference TL 946 736
pub/restaurant, opened 16th century
Originally a 16th century coaching inn. Today better known for its food.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Restaurant or separate dining area
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Thurston: 6.3 miles (10.1km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Dun Cow 0.23 mile
Grumpy Goat 0.41 mile
Cock 1.25 miles
Greyhound 2.1 miles
Pykkerell 2.2 miles
Fox 2.3 milesHistorical interest
The pub can be seen on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: free
Originally a C16th coaching inn, the Six Bells now operates more as a restaurant whilst retaining good beer.
Beer: Adnams Bitter; John Smith's Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal*** on July 3rd 1756 to the Six Bells at Bardwell.
To be sold by auction all that well known and good accustomed public house called the Six Bells, situated in Bardwell, near Ixworth; comprising good partition parlour, bar, 3 good sleeping rooms, a detached back house and dairy, good cellar, a pump well supplied with excellent water, 2 stables, large yard, convenient outbuildings, 2 large orchards, planted with the finest cherry trees, and other choice fruits, large garden, tog…
Landlords
(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)
