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Sicklesmere Rushbrooke Arms
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 0900-2300
food times
- Mon-Sun: 0900-2200
listed building grade II
Sicklesmere is part of the Great Whelnetham parish.
Local licensing authority for Sicklesmere is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Jun 7th, 2020.
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Sicklesmere Rushbrooke Arms
formerly Waggon
Real Ale is sold here.
Sudbury Rd (A134), IP30 0BU
grid reference TL 877 606
A large thatched pub with a spacious garden & a separate restaurant housed in a rebuilt granary barn (dating from 1480) which was relocated to this site in the mid-1980s. Also on site is a Bumpy's Magic Kingdom, a fully supervised indoor play area for children.
The pub dates from the mid 16th century. The name change occurred in the 1890s.
There's a 10% discount on Real Ales for Camra members.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
CAMRA members' discount scheme: 10% off real ales for CAMRA members
Cask Marque accredited
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Restaurant or separate dining area
WiFi available
Railway station about 3.4 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Bury St Edmunds: 3.4 miles (5.5km)
Moreton Hall 2.3 miles
Manger 2.3 miles
Greene King Beer Café 2.3 miles
Dog & Partridge 2.4 miles
Rose & Crown 2.4 miles
Red House 2.5 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
The pub is sometimes listed historically as being in Little Welnetham.
A report in the Ipswich Journal, September 15th 1802** states that there will be auctions at The WAGGON, Sicklesmere on September 20th and 23rd 1802. According to callers to BBC Radio Suffolk, this was an older name for the Rushbrooke Arms.
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)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
