android appSaxmundham Queen's Head
opening hours
- Mon-Sat: 1200-1400, 2000-2300
- Sun: 1200-1500, 1800-2230
Local licensing authority for Saxmundham is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 20th, 2021.
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Saxmundham Queen's Head
formerly Three Tuns
Real Ale is sold here.
21 High St, IP17 1DF
grid reference TM 386 631
pub/restaurant, opened pre-1877
A Victorian pub with a single bar.
It also operates as a Thai/Chinese restaurant with a takeaway.
Facilities
Function room available to hire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Railway station about 0.2 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Saxmundham: 352 yards (321m)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Railway Tavern 0.15 mile
Poacher's Pocket 1.10 miles
Old Chequers 2.4 miles
White Horse 2.5 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
To be lett, with or without the Furniture and Brewing Vessels etc., the ancient Inn call'd the Three Tuns, or Queen's Head, situated in Saxmundham. If desired, a Piece of Land of about an Acre, fit for a Garden, as there is no Garden-House in Town. Enquire of Mr Thomas Gooden, the present Tenant, or Mrs Cracknole or Mr Samuel Ray, in Saxmundham.Ipswich Journal, August 27th 1757***
John Cable, late Drawer (waiter) at the King's Head, Saxmundham has taken the Queen's Head in the same Town.Ipswich Journal, September 17th 1757***
A report in the Ipswich Journal, February 4th 1764*** refers to the creditors of Thomas Brewster, Innholder of Saxmundham (later confirmed as the Queen's Head when his Brewing Utensils were sold).…
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)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
