android appDebenham Lion
opening hours
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Fri: 1200-2300
- Sat: 1100-2300
- Sun: 1100-2100
food times
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Sat: 1200-1430, 1800-2100
- Sun: 1200-1600
regular cask ales
- BRUHA --varies-- [H]
- Earl Soham Victoria Bitter [H]
- Nethergate Old Growler [H]
- Shortts Strummer [H]
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Debenham is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Mid-Anglia branch.
last updated May 7th, 2024.
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Debenham Lion
formerly Red Lion
East, 52.225,1.18092
Cask Ale is sold here.
8 High St, IP14 6QJ
grid reference TM 173 632
opened 16th century
One-time brewhouse, closed for 25 years,reopened on November 24th 2023.
Some of the building dates from the 15th century, with much alteration and re-building since.
The Lion has been lovingly restored by a local family with the hopes of returning it to its former glory as a brilliant British country side pub and we look forward to welcoming you back, either for a pint by the fire in the atmospheric tap room or for a delicious meal with family or friends in our saloon bar. As a free house, we offer a great choice of local beers, with frequent guest beers to try, and carefully chosen wines both from the UK and the rest of Europe. We serve classic British pub food with fresh and seasonal ingredients sourced from East Anglia.
Closed for some 25 years, the Lion reopened on November 24th 2023.
Some of the building dates from the 15th century, with much alteration and re-building since.
One-time brewhouse.
Facilities
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Real fire
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Needham Market: 9 miles (14.5km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Woolpack 0.11 mile
Rose 3.1 miles
Legends Sports Bar 3.1 miles
Victoria 3.5 miles
Bell 3.9 miles
Walnut Tree 4.6 milesHistorical interest
It's shown (though unnamed) on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Atmospheric 500 year old pub offering a friendly welcome. Music nights on the second Fri. of the month, when customers are invited to participate.
Beers: Ind Coope Burton Ale; Whitbread Flowers IPACAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be sold… also one Moiety of Half part of the freehold messuage called the Lion in Debenham with an orchard now adjoining, now in occupation of Henry Kent.Ipswich Journal, 9 Aug 1783
Historical commercial hotel & posting house.
The parishioners of Winston held their annual Easter Tea at the Red Lion Inn, Debenham, where a large number sat down to a large spread provided by the hostess, Mrs E Jessop…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
