Ipswich Gardeners Arms
opening hours
- Mon-Tue: 1600-2300
- Wed-Thu: 1400-2300
- Fri: 1200-2300
- Sat: 1200-2330
- Sun: 1200-2300
Local licensing authority for Ipswich is Ipswich Borough Council
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Sep 26th, 2023.
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Ipswich Gardeners Arms
formerly New Gardeners Arms, Bentleys, 77
South, 52.05134,1.16788
Cask Ale is understood not to be sold here.
77 Fore Hamlet, IP3 8AB
grid reference TM 173 439
As at August 2026 the handpumps in this pub are disused - it is a sports bar with large screens, pool tables and dart boards.
For live music events please see the pub's Facebook page.
Opening hours may vary and visitors may wish to confirm them with the pub.
Facilities
Beer served direct from the barrel by gravity
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Live music
Parking
Sport TV
Railway station about 0.7 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Derby Road: 0.7 miles (1.1km)
Salthouse Harbour Hotel 0.28 mile
Bin 93 0.31 mile
Isaacs 0.31 mile
Briarbank 0.33 mile
Lord Nelson 0.33 mile
Dove Street Inn 0.39 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
Re-opened February 2010 after many years as a restaurant (under various names) and an off-license.
The fact that this pub is listed from 1881 as the "New Gardeners' Arms" suggests that the building dates from about that time, replacing a different building of the same name located somewhere nearby (probably on the other side of road), which closed in 1880. It was also still known as the New Gardeners Arms as late as 1928. It closed as the Gardeners Arms in 1994, when the building became an off-license warehouse.
In the 1970s it had a reputation as a bikers' pub
In the mid 1990s after closure it was used as an off-licence warehouse for several years and was called Mr Wines & Beers…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information by Chris Stanton)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)
