android appAldeburgh Cross Keys
Cash not accepted - card payments only.
opening hours
- Mon-Thu: 1100-2100
- Fri-Sat: 1100-2300
- Sun: 1100-2100
food times
- Mon: 1200-1500, 1800-2000
- Tue-Wed: closed
- Thu-Sun: 1200-1500, 1800-2000
regular real ales
- Adnams Broadside [H]
- Adnams Ghost Ship [H]
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Aldeburgh is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Nov 25th, 2023.
Something we've got wrong about this establishment? Something more you think we should know about it? Please email us
Aldeburgh Cross Keys
West, 52.15278,1.60205
Real Ale is sold here.
Crabbe St, IP15 5BP
grid reference TM 465 566
opened 15th century
owner/operator: Adnams
This 15th Century pub is set back from sea front and is one of the oldest buildings in the town. Steps down from road lead into a small seating area which leads to the main bar and a variety of other seating areas. Seafood is a speciality. The pub has close ties with nearby lifeboat.
Please note that this pub only accepts payment by card - cash is not accepted.
The pub includes three boutique guest bedrooms for bed and breakfast stays.
One of only eight Suffolk pubs which appeared in the first (1972) edition of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide, when it sold Adnams' Bitter & Mild, both from the wood.
There is some dispute about the building's age: A Survey of Suffolk Parish History says it was built in 1769, other authorities date it to the 15th century (maybe an earlier inn on this site?)
Facilities
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Real fire
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Saxmundham: 7.1 miles (11.4km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
DP's Bar 0.02 mile
Mill Inn 0.15 mile
White Hart 0.23 mile
Railway Inn 0.49 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown (but not named) on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map).
Owner/operator: Adnams
Historic C15th building set back from the sea front. The small bar area opens out onto a variety of seating areas and food servery, which purveys good food; seafood being a speciality. Beer quality is also of a consistently high standard. The pub has close ties with the local lifeboat, which is berthed nearby. No eve meals Christmas_Easter.
Beers: Adnams Mild, Bitter, Old, Extra, BroadsideCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Listed in 1865 - 1912 as being in "Back St."
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Cross Keys' license was issued in 1800…
Landlords
Footnote
The sign of the cross keys is usually a reference to St Peter - an early christian follower and told by Jesus that "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven".
(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 & book information from Bob Mitchell)
