android appRumburgh Buck
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 1200-1500, 1700-2300
food times
- Mon-Fri: 1200-1400, 1800-2030
- Sat: 1200-1430, 1800-2030
- Sun: 1200-2030
regular real ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 4 guest ales.
source: Local
Local licensing authority for Rumburgh is East Suffolk
CAMRA North-East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 14th, 2021.
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Rumburgh Buck
Temporary opening hours
Mon-Thu: 1200-1430, 1700-2100
Fri-Sat: 1200-2200
Sun: 1200-2100
Food (including takeaways)
Mon-Sat: 1200-1400, 1700-2000
Sun: 1200-1430, 1700-1930
Real Ale is sold here.
Mill Rd, IP19 0NT
grid reference TM 345 814
A popular local at the heart of village life. A new licensee took over the pub on 01/10/2019. This historic inn was extended some years ago to create a number of interlinked areas including dining & games rooms. Guest beers are usually from local breweries. CAMRA Suffolk pub of the year 2007 & 2012. Opens 12-11 Sat&Sun in summer months.
The inn and the parish church were formerly part of a Benedictine priory.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Camping or caravan site nearby
Cider (real draught, not keg) available
Dogs welcome: public bar and garden
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 3.9 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Halesworth: 3.9 miles (6.3km)
Plough 1.95 miles
Huntsman & Hounds 2.4 miles
St Peter's Hall 2.5 miles
Triple Plea 3.3 miles
White Hart 3.5 miles
Angel 3.6 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
The pub is a former 16th century monastery guesthouse.
Walter Keen, of the Buck Inn, Rumburgh, was found guilty of serving intoxicating liquor during prohibited hours. A man named Day went to Keens house on a Monday night after 10pm for a bottle of gin, for Cutts’s children, who were unwell. The gin was carried to Cutts’s house, and a second bottle was sent for. The children had none of the gin, which was consumed by a party of Cutts’s pals. Keen was fined £2 10s and 17s 6d costs…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)
