Stoke by Nayland Angel
opening hours
- Mon-Fri: 0800-2300
- Sat: 0830-2300
- Sun: 0830-2200
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Stoke by Nayland is Babergh
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Sep 23rd, 2025.
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Stoke by Nayland Angel
formerly Victoria Inn
North East, 51.98962,0.89436
Cask Ale is sold here.
Polstead St, CO6 4SA
grid reference TL 988 363
opened 16th century
owner/operator: Suffolk Country Inns Ltd
An award winning hotel and restaurant in the Suffolk countryside, The Angel Inn, Stoke-by-Nayland offers modern dining and contemporary cuisine in the surroundings of a five hundred year old country inn. Working closely with some of the finest producers and artisan suppliers, creating menus that change regularly.
The pub was renovated in the early 2020s and The Stables (a Grade 2 Listed, 17th century building) added as an annexe.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Bures: 6.7 miles (10.8km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Crown 0.04 mile
Cock 1.29 miles
Anchor Inn 1.65 miles
Hare & Hounds 2.2 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1092 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: free
C16th inn with a growing reputation for food, especially fish dishes. Children welcome in far room only.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; Greene King IPA, Abbot; guest beerCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Our assumption that the Angel was once called the Victoria Inn comes from the description in the Listed Buildings Register of the building opposite (on the corner of Park Rd and Scotland Street):
Old Butcher's Shop occupied by K & K Electrical" as having previously been listed "opposite and to east of Victoria Inn
To be sold, several Milch Asses with their Foals…
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)
