Otley White Hart
opening hours
- Mon-Tue: closed
- Wed: 1200-1400, 1700-2300
- Thu: 1700-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1200-1400, 1700-2300
- Sun: 1200-1800
food times
- Mon-Tue: closed
- Wed: 1200-1400, 1700-2000
- Thu: 1700-2000
- Fri-Sat: 1200-1400, 1700-2000
- Sun: 1200-1500
regular cask ales
- Earl Soham Victoria Bitter [H]
- Grain ThreeOneSix [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 2 guest ales.
Local licensing authority for Otley is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Jul 15th, 2024.
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Otley White Hart
East, 52.15575,1.21758
Cask Ale is sold here.
Helmingham Rd, IP6 9NS
grid reference TM 201 557
bar / restaurant
owner/operator: The Local Pub Property Company Limited
A large, modernised, open-plan bar with themed food nights, regular Thursday evening poker nights and occasional music etc.. The pub has a toilet for disabled customers.. The cellar is particularly fine. They have Earl Soham Victoria and Grain 316 alongside an eclectic selection of guest ales. Lynda Saint is in the kitchen so the food ain't bad either!!
A very local, dog friendly pub that has a large number of regulars and bar stools around a very long bar. Be preordered to talk to people and be bought and buy drinks. Bring back memories of a bygone era.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music: Saturday
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks): Sunday Roast
Newspapers available
Oversized, lined glasses in regular use
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Special events: Tue Ukulele Group; Wed Book Club and Bridge Club; Thu Poker night
WiFi available: free.
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Westerfield: 6.3 miles (10.1km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Moon & Mushroom 2.3 miles
Greyhound 2.5 miles
Rose 3.1 miles
Dog 3.2 miles
Bell 3.3 miles
Cross Keys 3.6 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
The pub was saved in 2005 when planning permission to convert it to residential use was refused.
Owner/operator: Inntrepeneur
Split level, modernised pub with keen games trade. Non smoking dining room.
Beers: Adnams BitterCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The building was probably built in the very first years of the 19th century. Steve Podd tells us that the land on which it stands is described on an 1805 map as 'newly enclosed' (i.e. the land was until then "waste", part of a wide routeway or linear green). No building is shown on the map, although in the same year the adjoining farm is called the WHITE HART FARM.…
Landlords
Footnote
Pub was reopened in March 2006 by Lynda Saint and partners (after 18 months of closure and just before planning permission was granted to turn it into a private house). It then won various accolades and awards (including the Local Community Pub Award in Alastair Sawdays Guide to Pubs and Inns 2007)
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
