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Felixstowe White Horse
Felixstowe White Horse
East, 51.97079,1.36774
Cask Ale is sold here.
33 Church Rd, IP11 9NF
grid reference TM 314 356
opened 1712 (rebuilt and enlarged after 1903)
owner/operator: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns)
A traditional pub serving fine ales and delicious wines with scrumptious home made food in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Lots of seating is available around a central bar area.
On Wednesdays there is a regular folk night along with regular live music most weekends.
Food from Wed to Sun with takeaways also available.
Outside there's more seating and enclosed beer garden. Families and dogs are welcome. Holds the Cask Marque Award for serving great quality real ale.
Facilities
- Accessible to disabled customers
- Beer served through handpumps
- Evening meals
- Family friendly
- Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
- Parking
- Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
- Traditional pub games available
- WiFi available: free.
Railway station about 1.0 mile away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Single bar, family orientated pub in residential area. Alterations planned in the near future.
Beers: Tetley Bitter; Whitbread Flowers Original.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Refurbishment completed in Oct 2013 to a high stylish standard.
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the White Horse's license was issued in 1853. Whether this was when it was first licensed or when it got a full (ie not just beer) license isn't clear, though the latter seems more probable.
An earlier building dates back to at least 1712. The current building opened in 1904 on the same site. …
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 book information from Bob Mitchell)