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Although the government has now allowed pubs to reopen, many are still unable to do so safely, while most if not all are only able to accommodate limited numbers of customers. Many of them are still reliant on providing takeaway food and/or drinks. Some offer deliveries, while others are selling from the premises. This page lists details of those we know about.
If you can give any of our pubs some support through these difficult times by buying some takeaway food or drink, please do so. Our pubs need as much support as possible if they're going to still be there for us when the crisis is over.
Needham Market Three Tuns
opening hours
12-11 Mon-Thu; 12-Midnight Fri; 11-Midnight Sat; 11-11 Sun
Local licensing authority for Needham Market is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Jun 7th, 2020.
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Needham Market Three Tuns
Real Ale is sold here.
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
Lion 0.63 mile
Highwayman 1.65 miles
Fox 2.1 milesHistorical 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). In 1761 it was owned by his son, Dykes Alexander whose own son William sold the pub to Joshua Head (an Ipswich brewer) in 1793. It was sold to John Biddle (a Woodbridge brewer) in 1817 and later sold to William & Harriet Tydeman in 1829. Fire destroyed entire building and two adjoining cottages in 1840. Robert Bomann (an Ipswich brewer) rebuilt the inn. Colchester Brewery bought the pub in 1898 and became subsumed into Ind Coope after 1926. The pub was closed for two years from 1988 to 1990.
A reference in the Ipswich Journal, August 25th 1744*** to John Bull at the Three-Tuns in Needham Market.…
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)
