grid reference TM 117 507
owner Chequers (Great Blakenham) Limited
(details under review)
Data from the Food Standards Agency live feed.
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opening hours:
- Mon-Tue: 1100-1500, 1700-2300
- Wed-Sat: 1100-2300
- Sun: 1130-2230
food times:
- Mon-Tue: 1100-1500, 1700-2300
- Wed-Sat: 1100-2300
- Sun: 1130-2230
regular real ales
Beers usually selected from Woodforde's Wherry, GK IPA and Adnams Ghost Ship.
Local licensing authority for Great Blakenham is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated 21/01/2020
Current landlord (David Lang) has been here for 23 years. Pub has been significantly refurbished and expanded in 2017 with new function rooms added for weddings and parties etc.
A mobile bar is available for events, weddings, etc. chequersmobilebar.co.uk.
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Evening meals
Restaurant or separate dining area
Function room available to hire
Traditional pub games available
Real fire
Dog friendly
Family friendly
Pub is accessible to disabled customers
Bus stop nearby (see public transport tab for details)
Railway station about 3.2 miles away (see public transport tab for details)
live music
Cash machine available (a charge may apply)
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(census information from Dudley Diaper)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA memers since 1978)
Note
The Chequers sign is an ancient sign probably brought to England by the Romans. Later the sign became associated with a money table e.g. an exchequer or type of chessboard. Some pubs displayed the sign to indicate that they would change money or acted as bankers in some way.