Stowmarket Walnut
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 1200-2300
guest beers
This pub serves 4 guest ales.
Local licensing authority for Stowmarket is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Oct 26th, 2024.
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Stowmarket Walnut
formerly Walnut Tree
North East, 52.1903,0.9918
Cask Ale is sold here.
39 Violet Hill Rd, IP14 1NE
grid reference TM 045 588
opened about 1863
owner/operator: Stonegate
The Walnut has been under new management since July 2025.
It serves up to four cask ales, often from smaller independent regional breweries.
There is regular live music at weekends and the pub holds a variety of events including a Beer Festival at the last weekend in June 2026. Please see its Facebook page for current details.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer festivals
Beer garden or other outside drinking area: Child friendly until 8pm
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Cider (real draught, not keg) available
Dogs welcome
Family friendly
Function room available to hire: The back bar is available for hire free of charge.
Separate bar
Smoking area
Special events
Sport TV
WiFi available
Railway station about 0.5 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Stowmarket: 0.5 miles (0.8km)
Stag 0.15 mile
Royal William 0.21 mile
Queen's Head 0.22 mile
Pickerel 0.28 mile
Fred's Bar & Vinyl 0.31 mile
Mill Restaurant & Bar 0.33 mileHistorical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
[Walnut Tree]
Comfortable bars with outside floral display and patio area for barbecues. No food Mon
Beers: Greene King IPACAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
It may also be listed at 1 Walnut Tree Walk
It was owned by Greene King from 1898.
Originally only a beerhouse, the Walnut Tree got its full license on February 11th 1953.
Between 2019 and 2024, the pub was run by Helen and Ivan, and was a firm favourite (and many-time Town Pub of the Year winner) due to its wide range of well-kept cask and craft ales and its warm welcome.
Recently refurbished, this pub now offers a changing selection of beers on handpump and craft beers listed on a blackboard…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information from Neil Langridge - and also Brian Southgate - see their book "Stowmarket, Combs and Stowupland Pubs" published by Polstead Press in 2009)
