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Although the government has now allowed pubs to reopen, many are still unable to do so safely, while most if not all are only able to accommodate limited numbers of customers. Many of them are still reliant on providing takeaway food and/or drinks. Some offer deliveries, while others are selling from the premises. This page lists details of those we know about.
If you can give any of our pubs some support through these difficult times by buying some takeaway food or drink, please do so. Our pubs need as much support as possible if they're going to still be there for us when the crisis is over.
Great Cornard Five Bells
opening hours
12-11
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
source: National
Local licensing authority for Great Cornard is Babergh
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Jun 6th, 2020.
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Great Cornard Five Bells
Real Ale is sold here.
63 Bures Rd, CO10 0HU
grid reference TL 883 402
A friendly community free house, situated near the church (home of the actual five bells) on the main Sudbury to Bures road. The main bar is decorated with philosophical signs and has a library and piano. A separate small bar houses a Tunisian restaurant. Pub games available including bar billiards. Open mic session every third Thursday and karaoke every second Friday. The home-made pies are legendary. A rare outlet for Greene King XX Mild. Large beer garden.
Formerly owned by Greene King, now independent from them and selling a range of ales.
The pub fields several teams with the usual games including chess and backgammon plus some rarer ones such as petanque and uckers. There is usually live music on a Friday. The landlord is also Cask marque accredited. It's dog & child friendly.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Traditional pub games available: Bar billiards
WiFi available
Railway station about 1.1 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Sudbury: 1.1 miles (1.8km)
King's Head 0.21 mile
Brook Inn 0.59 mile
Maldon Grey 0.67 mile
Quay Bar 0.75 mile
Comfortable Cow 0.79 mile
Gainsborough 0.81 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, 20 Feb 1779***, to the Five Bells in Cornard, near Sudbury
Died very suddenly on the 5th, aged 60, Mr John Polley, of the Five Bells Inn, Great Cornard.Ipswich Journal, December 1850**
An inquest was held at the Five Bells Cornard on the body of the landlord, Mr John Polley aged 58. William Hunt deceased's son in law said that deceased was a great drinker and had been poorly for some time. Hunt had been sent for by his wife(daughter of deceased) and he went to the bedroom where Mr Polley had just died…
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 Stuart Ansell)
