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Ipswich Brewers Arms
Ipswich Brewers Arms
North West, 52.06143,1.1455
Cask Ale is understood not to be sold here.
18 Orford St, IP1 3NS
grid reference TM 157 450
owner/operator: Admiral Taverns (formerly Hawthorn Leisure)
A popular back street pub retaining two bars, a small & friendly front bar & a larger back bar with a pool table & other games. The garden was improved in 2021.
No cask ales, but bottled ales (and keg Hobgoblin) are available.
Facilities
- Accessible to disabled customers
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
- Family friendly
- Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
- Parking
- Separate bar
- Traditional pub games available: pool
Railway station about 0.8 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
Basic but well run back street pub. Believed to have been a brew pub in the 1860s.
Beers: Greene King IPA; seasonal ale.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
This was a brew-pub in the 1860s.
To be sold by auction, by order of the Mortgagees, under a Bill of Sale, Lot 2, three red brick houses, situated on the Tower Ditches, each containing lower rooms, 2 chambers, cellar and yard…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)