android appNeedham Market Three Tuns
opening hours
- Mon-Thu: 1200-2300
- Fri: 1200-2400
- Sat: 1100-2400
- Sun: 1100-2300
Local licensing authority for Needham Market is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Oct 19th, 2021.
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Needham Market Three Tuns
South, 52.15628,1.05017
Real Ale is sold here.
3 Hawksmill St, IP6 8AA
grid reference TM 087 552
opened 1742
Four TVs in the pub show sport. There's also karaoke and bands/singers.
The current building dates from only 1839, when the pub was rebuilt after a severe fire.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Separate bar
Sport TV
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 0.4 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Needham Market: 704 yards (643m)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Limes 0.09 mile
Swan 0.33 mile
Rampant Horse 0.34 mile
Lion 0.63 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
The earliest reference to the Three Tuns is in 1742. In 1758, the inn was owned by Samuel Alexander (banker & Quaker).
A reference to John Bull at the Three-Tuns in Needham Market in the Ipswich Journal, August 25th 1744***
In 1761 the pub was owned by Dykes Alexander (Samuel Alexander's son) whose own son William eventually sold the pub to Joshua Head (an Ipswich brewer) in 1793.
To be lett, the Three Tuns, Needham-market, the present tenant intending to decline a public way of life. Enquire of Mr…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1891 census information from Dudley Diaper)
(information from book "Needham Market Pubs" by Desmond and Shelagh Herring)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
