android appFlixton (nr. Bungay) Buck Inn
Local licensing authority for Flixton (nr. Bungay) is East Suffolk
CAMRA North-East Suffolk branch.
last updated Aug 16th, 2021.
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Flixton (nr. Bungay) Buck Inn
North West, 52.43509,1.3998
Currently closed - may reopen?
The St, NR35 1NZ
grid reference TM 311 873
opened 16th century
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
JULY 2021 - PUB IS CURRENTLY CLOSED and is UNDERGOING RENOVATION. It is expected to open in late August 2021 with beers supplied by nearby Stow Fen Brewery. New opening hours to be determined. The Buck is an old half-timbered pub that and is currently being refurbished. Next door to the pub is the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, which is located on land supplied by a former owner of the pub. A curiosity is that Alan Breeze, one-time singer with the Billy Cotton Band, was landlord here for many years. A photograph of him behind the bar can be found at alanbreeze.com.…
Facilities
Evening meals
Family friendly
Function room available to hire
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Beccles: 7.9 miles (12.7km)
St Peter's Hall 1.94 miles
Black Swan 2.0 miles
Castle Inn 2.1 miles
Fleece Inn 2.1 miles
Three Tuns 2.2 miles
Green Dragon 2.2 milesHistorical interest
Sale of contents at the sign of The Buck, Flixton, near Bungay, late in the occupation of Mr BEAUMENT, deceased, on 4th Oct 1802Ipswich Journal, September 25th 1802**
The 1861 & 1871 censuses show the pub next to, or near, the Old Buck, which might suggest that the pub had relocated before 1861.
The pub was refurbished in 1999.
Landlords
Footnote
The museum (founded in 1972) has Free Admission and is usually open from April to October each year.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of the londonpublichouse.com website)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
