android appWrentham Five Bells
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 0830-2300
food times
- Mon-Thu: 1200-1430, 1800-2030
- Fri-Sat: 1200-1430, 1800-2100
- Sun: 1200-1430, 1800-2030
regular cask ales
- Adnams Ghost Ship [H]
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
source: Local
Adnams
Local licensing authority for Wrentham is East Suffolk
CAMRA North-East Suffolk branch.
last updated Apr 25th, 2021.
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Wrentham Five Bells
East, 52.37788,1.67064
Cask Ale is sold here.
Southwold Rd, NR34 7JD
grid reference TM 499 818
opened pre-1874
owner/operator: Adnams
A single bar that serves two Adnams beers on a regular basis and occasionally a third. There is a separate restaurant area to complement the seating in the bar. Outside there is a large garden and patio area. Accommodation is available in rooms on a B&B basis and touring caravans can also be accommodated on-site. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served each day. At one time, it was said that the bells of five churches could be heard from its location.
The pub is on the parish boundary and is most commonly said to be located in Wrentham, though definitive maps show it's actually in South Cove.
The licensing magistrates were evidently a bit confused about the pub in 1879 - they licensed it as the Eight Bells!
Facilities
Accommodation available: three en-suite rooms + touring caravan site
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Camping or caravan site nearby: (close to the pub)
Dogs welcome: inside the pub only outside of food service times and only on lead in garden because there are free-roaming chickens
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
WiFi available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Brampton: 6.7 miles (10.8km)
Horse & Groom 0.41 mile
Plough 2.0 miles
Angel Inn 2.6 miles
Randolph 2.8 miles
Livingstone's 3.2 miles
Sailors Home 3.4 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Adnams
At one time it is said that the bells of five churches could be heard from this spot. The characterful interior has a thatched bar canopy, stuffed birds and the infamous winking perch in the lounge. On site camping and a bouncy castle during the summer months.
Beers: Adnams Bitter, OldCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be let for a term of years; that old established house, the Five Bells, South Cove, adjoining the public road, leading from Lowestoft to Southwold; with a 4 stall stable, brewhouse, warehouse, and about 2 acres of land…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
