To get the best out of this site you need Javascript enabled. If you cannot enable Javascript, please use the menu at the page bottom to navigate around the site.

Ipswich Halberd
Ipswich Halberd
formerly Halbert, PJ McGinty's, Paddy McGinty's
Real Ale is sold here.
15 Northgate St, IP1 3BY
grid reference TM 164 447
A single, split level single bar with an interesting collection of bric-a-brack. A large outside patio is partly covered and sometimes used for live music. Inside, the pub is dominated by TV screens showing sport.
It can be busy at weekends.
The building is thought to date from the 17th century, though it was re-fronted in the 19th. It's said that the cellar contains a bricked-up entrance to a maze of tunnels.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details): most bus services stop at nearby Tower Ramparts bus station
Cask Marque accredited
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Function room available to hire
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Smoking area
Sport TV
WiFi available
Railway station about 0.9 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map
William Bennet, Coach-Man, has taken the Publick House adjoining to St Margaret's Bar-Gates...known by the Sign of the Halbert, which is now commodiously fitted up...NB…
Landlords
Footnote
A halberd is a combination of spear and axe with a shaft about 2m long. Halberdiers were body guards to Tudor monarchs and they are still used ceremonially by Yeoman of the Guard.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(census information from Dudley Diaper)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
