Walton Half Moon
opening hours
- Mon-Tue: 1730-2300
- Wed: 1400-2300
- Thu: 1730-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1200-2300
- Sun: 1200-1500, 1900-2230
guest beers
This pub serves 3 guest ales.
Walton is part of the Felixstowe parish.
Local licensing authority for Walton is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Dec 29th, 2025.
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Walton Half Moon
formerly Tap & Spile
North East, 51.97309,1.33672
Cask Ale is sold here.
303 High St, IP11 9QL
grid reference TM 292 357
traditional bar, opened 18th century
owner/operator: Clearfast Limited
An excellent traditional, two bar community pub with quiz nights, darts, a selection of books for customers to read. It is a meeting place for local groups of all kinds. There are no gaming machines or music.
Since Dec 2025 being run by a local brewer [who previously ran Mr Bees] and who is now creating a new beer range for the pub that currently includes: Wally Bitter, Badger's Dark & Landguard IPA
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Family friendly
Function room available to hire
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Real fire
Separate bar
Special events
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 0.8 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Felixstowe: 0.8 miles (1.3km)
Falcon 0.12 mile
Owl & Pussycat 0.67 mile
Little Wine Bar 0.82 mile
Queen's Head 0.96 mile
Grosvenor 1.03 miles
Cellar Bar 1.09 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
[Tap & Spile]
Two bar pub, formerly the Half Moon. Refitted in traditional bare boards and breweriana theme that is the trade mark of Tap & Spile. Annual spring beer festival in addition to six regularly rotating guest ales.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; Nethergate Bitter; guest beers (independents & micros).CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
One landlord late in the 20th century revelled in the name Felix Stowe. Apparently this caused him considerable problems with the police.
To be lett and enter'd upon at Michaelmas next, the Half-Moon at Walton, an old accustom'd Inn…
Landlords
Footnote
Tap & Spile was created as a national chain of themed and heavily branded pubs - created from existing selected pubs usually owned by the former Pubmaster pub group. Initially these pubs were very popular and able to offer a very wide range of real ales though in later years the beer range was increasingly restricted. In Suffolk there were just 3 pubs - in Ipswich, Felixstowe (Walton) and Woodbridge.
(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)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
