Great Cornard Five Bells

Great Cornard Five Bells

West, 52.02909,0.74388

closed September 2022

opened 1930s

last owner/operator: Admiral Taverns (formerly Hawthorn Leisure)

63 Bures Rd, CO10 0HU

grid reference TL 883 402

The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)

old OS map

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 was decorated with philosophical signs and had a library and piano. A separate small bar housed a Tunisian restaurant. Pub games were available including bar billiards. Open mic session every third Thursday and karaoke every second Friday. The home-made pies were legendary. A rare outlet for Greene King XX Mild. Large beer garden.

In December 2022, it was reported that the pub was on the market with a view to reopening.

Formerly owned by Greene King, more recently independent from them and selling a range of ales.

The pub fielded several teams with the usual games including chess and backgammon plus some rarer ones such as petanque and uckers. There was usually live music on a Friday.

The pub closed in September 2022 and is expected to be redeveloped.

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Landlords

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)

Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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