Haverhill Queen's Head
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Haverhill is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Mar 31st, 2025.
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Haverhill Queen's Head
formerly New Inn
North East, 52.08359,0.43753
Currently closed but expected to reopen.
This pub closed after the landlady passed away. It has not yet (March 2026) been taken over and remains closed for the time being.
9 Queen St, CB9 9DZ
grid reference TL 671 456
opened 1470
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Oldest building in town (dates from 1470). Now Grade II listed with a rare Crown Post roof. Good ambiance and beer quality in the three rooms.
This is one of only three remaining mediaeval buildings in Haverhill; it survived the great fire of 1667, which destroyed most of the town. (One of the other two survivors is also a pub - the Rose & Crown)***
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Family friendly
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Separate bar
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Dullingham: 11 miles (17.7km)
Bull 0.04 mile
Drabbet Smock 0.06 mile
Woolpack 0.08 mile
Rose & Crown 0.09 mile
Tiger Fusion 0.10 mile
Royal Exchange 0.26 mileHistorical interest
Owner/operator: free
The oldest lay building in Haverhill, dating from 1470. It has at last achieved the long overdue Listed Building status, having a rare Crown Post Roof. It also retains an original Wards of Foxearth window. The excellent beer range and quality match the pub's ambience and historical interest. Has often been in the GBG.
Beers: ScotCo Courage Best Bitter; Morland Old Speckled Hen; Nethergate Bitter, Umbel Magna; Ruttles Best Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Auction of that Freehold Messuage (late the Queen's Head) in Haverhill. Enquire of Mr. Wm. Hatward who will shew the premises.Ipswich Journal, October 10th 1767***
To be lett, the Queen's Head in Haverhill. Enquire of Wm…
Landlords
Footnote
NOTE: A messuage equates to a dwelling-house and may include outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden - this may have been an earlier structure to the current property.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(**** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
