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Snape Golden Key
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
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical 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)