android appSnape Golden Key
opening hours
- Mon-Fri: 1200-1430, 1700-2300
- Sat-Sun: 1200-2300
food times
- Mon-Fri: 1200-1400, 1730-2030
- Sat-Sun: 1200-1430, 1800-2100
regular cask ales
- Adnams Broadside [H]
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
Local licensing authority for Snape is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated May 11th, 2022.
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Snape Golden Key
formerly Cock
South West, 52.16929,1.50054
Cask Ale is sold here.
Priory Rd, IP17 1SA
grid reference TM 394 581
bar / diner, opened 17th century
This pub dates from 1480 when it was known as the Cock.
There is a main bar area, adjacent dining areas and a popular "drinkers' grotto". There's a small outside patio at the front. Classic, well cooked British food features strongly but not to the detriment of fine beer on sale. Fresh water and biscuits are available free to hounds.
There's a large car-park to the rear. The nearest bus stop is on the Main road through the village.
The pub opens from 12-11 every day in the summer.
Facilities
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
WiFi available
Railway station about 3.5 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Saxmundham: 3.5 miles (5.6km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Crown 0.05 mile
Plough & Sail 0.39 mile
Old Chequers 1.70 miles
Ship 1.87 miles
Green Man 2.9 miles
Butcher's Arms 3.0 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: Adnams
Cosy tucked away pub, dating back to the C17th. Intimate bar decorated with stuffed birds and dining annex. Good quality ale in welcoming environment; a well deserved GBG entry.
Beers: Adnams Bitter, Old, Seasonal AleCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
At the Saxmundham Petty Sessions held in March 1885, the license was transferred from Isaac Kerridge to Harry Orford. Ipswich Journal, March 1885**
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Originally licensed only as a beerhouse, the Golden Key only got a full license on 6 Feb 1961.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
