android appFelixstowe Ferry Ferry Boat Inn
opening hours
- Mon: 1100-1800
- Tue-Sat: 1100-2300
- Sun: 1100-1800
food times
- Mon: 1200-1400
- Tue-Sat: 1200-1400, 1800-2000
- Sun: 1200-1400
regular cask ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
- Woodforde's Wherry [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 2 guest ales.
Felixstowe Ferry is part of the Felixstowe parish.
Local licensing authority for Felixstowe Ferry is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Aug 16th, 2021.
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Felixstowe Ferry Ferry Boat Inn
formerly Bawdsey Ferry inn, Ferry House Inn
North East, 51.98769,1.38938
Cask Ale is sold here.
Ferry Rd, IP11 9RZ
grid reference TM 328 375
bar / diner, opened 15th century
owner/operator: Stonegate (formerly Ei Group) / FBI Felixstowe Ltd
An old, nautically themed pub with a beamed ceiling, large flag stone floor and a large open fireplace which forms an impressive central feature. There are several seating areas. Popular for food.
The pub's bar is remarkably tall; perhaps to resist flooding?
A mark on the wall shows the water level reached during the 1953 Great Flood.
A function room seats up to 40 people. The pub has a toilet for disabled customers.
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
Evening meals
Family friendly
Function room available to hire
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Smoking area
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 2.5 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Felixstowe: 2.5 miles (4.0km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
White Horse 1.49 miles
Fludyers Hotel 1.95 miles
Grosvenor 2.3 miles
Falcon 2.4 miles
Half Moon 2.5 miles
Cork 2.5 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Popular old pub with beamed ceiling, flag-stone floor and a massive open fire forming a centrepiece. Nautical prints decorate the walls, while a mark on the pub's exterior shows the level reached by the Great Flood of 1953. Good beer. No food Sun. eve.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; Tetley Bitter; Whitbread Flowers IPA; guest beer (Pubmaster list).CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
There has been a building on this site since the 15th century. A pub has been here since the late 17th century.
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Ferry Boat's license was issued in 1853…
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 John Martin)
(*** historic book information from Bob Mitchell)
