Saxmundham Railway Tavern
opening hours
- Mon-Thu: 1400-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1100-2400
- Sun: 1200-2230
guest beers
This pub serves 2 guest ales.
source: Regional
Local licensing authority for Saxmundham is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Mar 4th, 2020.
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Saxmundham Railway Tavern
formerly Cooper's Dip
South, 52.21476,1.48865
Cask Ale is sold here.
25 Albion St, IP17 1BN
grid reference TM 384 631
opened pre-1877
owner/operator: Warren Wright (Ipswich) Limited
A back street community pub close to the railway station. It's popular for pub games teams, including a pool league team and a darts team planned. All major sports fixtures are shown on Sky. Two changing cask beers.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Sport TV
Traditional pub games available: Darts & Pool
Railway station about 0.1 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Saxmundham: 91 yards (84m)
Queen's Head 0.15 mile
Bell 0.15 mile
Poacher's Pocket 1.03 miles
White Horse 2.3 miles
Old Chequers 2.5 miles
White Horse 2.6 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: free
[Cooper's Dip]
no real aleCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
This was originally a beerhouse called the Railway Tavern (as opposed to the Railway Inn, the modern-day Railway pub by the station). Licensing records trace the pub back to at least 1877 (the earliest available). It was originally licensed as a beerhouse and only got a full license on March 14th 1957.
It's not clear to us exactly when the name changed to the Cooper's Dip, but the 1972 telephone directory lists the Railway Tavern, whereas the 1981 directory lists the Cooper's Dip. So the change was presumably sometime in between.
From 1911 to 1931, the landlord was Francis Barker Cooper - perhaps the source of the pub's unusual name?
The pub closed and its license was suspended in February 2018 following …
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
