Barnby Swan
opening hours
- Mon-Wed: 1030-1500, 1700-2200
- Thu: 1130-1500, 1730-2200
- Fri-Sat: 1030-2200
- Sun: 1030-1900
food times
- Mon-Sat: 1200-1430, 1800-2100
- Sun: 1200-1800
regular cask ales
- Green Jack Trawlerboys Best Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 3 guest ales.
source: Regional
Up to 3 available
Local licensing authority for Barnby is East Suffolk
CAMRA North-East Suffolk branch.
last updated Nov 29th, 2023.
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Barnby Swan
formerly White Swan
East, 52.45135,1.64458
Cask Ale is sold here.
Swan Ln, NR34 7QF
grid reference TM 477 899
bar / diner, opened 1690
This free house and seafood restaurant is located just off the A146 between Beccles and Lowestoft and is approximately 1 mile from North Cove Nature Reserve and the River Waveney. The pub is open for lunch and dinner Mon-Sat and all day on Sundays. If you just want a drink, you can sit in the side area to the bar or outside in the garden, which includes a children's play area. The restaurant is popular and often fully booked so advance booking for meals is advised.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Camping or caravan site nearby: Glamping (approximately 200m)
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Special events
Railway station about 3.3 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Oulton Broad South: 3.3 miles (5.3km)
Three Horseshoes 1.07 miles
Crown 1.73 miles
Coach House 1.79 miles
Bell Inn 2.1 miles
Old Red House 2.2 miles
King Alfred & Alfies 2.6 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century (Interactive map).
Owner/operator: free.
Owned by a local fish merchant, the pub has plenty of nautical artefacts and a popular restaurant specialising in fish dishes (booking advisable). The beer is well kept, helping to earn the pub a place in the Publican "Pub of the Year" finals.
Beer: Adnams Bitter; Draught Bass; Greene King Abbot; Whitbread Best Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The Beccles Brewery was sold with a house, gardens, building plots, a hotel [Kings Head] and 32 public houses previously owned by Frederick William Farr, at the Kings Head in Beccles on 28 Apr 1852…
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)
