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Martlesham Heath Tenpin
Martlesham Heath Tenpin
formerly Kingpin
South, 52.06101,1.27798
Premises are licensed, but not classed as a pub.
This category includes restaurants, hotels, etc where it's possible that drinks can only be had with a meal, for example. It also includes places like wine bars, that serve no beer of any kind on tap.
Gloster Road, IP5 3RJ
grid reference TM 248 453
bowling alley, opened 1990s
This bowling alley also has a public bar and fast food restaurant incorporated in it.
It was built on the site of a former airfield hanger; the "blister" hanger was formerly used to house prototype aircraft during trials in the 1930s. Aircraft tested there included both the Hurricane and the Spitfire. See the Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum for more details.
Facilities
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
- Family friendly
- Parking
- Separate bar
- WiFi available
Railway station about 3.1 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
Owner/operator: ABS Leisure
[Kingpin Bar]
Modern bar in bowling comples, offering good beer.
Beers: Tetley Bitter; Tolly Cobbold's IPA.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The name was changed late in 2016.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)