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Ipswich Station Hotel
Ipswich Station Hotel
formerly Riverside Hotel, Railway Station hotel, Railway hotel
South West, 52.05091,1.14516
Cask Ale is sold here.
Burrell Rd, IP2 8AJ
grid reference TM 157 438
hotel, opened victorian
owner/operator: Greene King
A large hotel bar located opposite to the main railway station and backing onto the River Gipping. Retaining a comfortable public bar and function room. Now much improved and renovated. it was taken over by Eddie Roberts, who previously ran Uncle Tom's Cabin (since closed).
Beers are by Greene King; it's understood that the "house" beers are re-badged GK ales. Real ale is available here only very occasionally.
Facilities
- Accessible to disabled customers
- Accommodation available
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
- Evening meals
- Family friendly
- Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
- Parking
- Restaurant or separate dining area
- Separate bar
- Sport TV
- Traditional pub games available
- WiFi available
Railway station about 0.0 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical interest
The hotel is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Scottish Courage
Opposite the main rail station. Formerly a characterful small hotel, which has received the standard big brewery knock-through treatment.
Beers: ScotCo Courage Directors; ScotCo Theakston Best Bitter; ScotCo Webster's Yorkshire Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
At a Petty Sessions hearing on 29 September 1860 the 'Station Hotel opposite the new railway station' was refused a new spirit licence. Out of the twenty four applications only three establishments were granted licences.…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(census information from Dudley Diaper)
Petty Sessions info from Ipswich Journal (Kim Jennings).
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA memers since 1978)