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Ipswich Railway
also traded as Railway Hotel
South, 52.05246,1.18292
closed 17th March 2020
Closed "until further notice" on March 17th 2020. Reports indicate that the building has been sold and a new license has been applied for.
opened 1878
243 Foxhall Rd, IP3 8LG
grid reference TM 183 441
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
A large landmark building, close to Derby Road Station (which gave it its name). The Railway is a pub with a long-standing reputation for live music.
It was renovated late-2016 and was run as a pub/music venue with live music Friday and Saturday, plus occasional Sunday gigs.
Gallery
Harp 0.24 mile
Old Times 0.45 mile
Fat Cat 0.46 mile
Brickmakers' Arms 0.52 mile
Lattice Barn 0.68 mile
Margaret Catchpole 0.69 mileHistorical interest
Owner/operator: ScotCo
Large open plan pub near to Derby Rd. rail station. Live Rock & Blues five nights a week. Annual bike show, including mini-beer festival in May.
Beers: ScotCo Theakston Best Bitter, XB, Old Peculier; ScotCo Webster's Yorkshire Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Census locations suggests that this may have been the Bricklayer's Arms, Foxhall Rd. (c1861), and California Rose (c1865 - c1874).
Reopened on October 10th 2016, after 3 years of closure following the previous management relocating to Yorkshire.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
