android appStowupland Retreat
opening hours
- Mon-Thu: 1200-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1200-0100
- Sun: 1200-2300
regular cask ales
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- Woodforde's --varies-- [H]
Local licensing authority for Stowupland is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Mar 30th, 2023.
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Stowupland Retreat
West, 52.19934,1.02176
Cask Ale is sold here.
Thorney Green, IP14 4AG
grid reference TM 066 599
opened before 1861 (current building February 1969)
A modern pub overlooking the village green, which replaced an earlier building in 1969. Food includes home cooked Sunday Roasts and Daily Specials. There are bed & breakfast rooms.
The pub has a toilet accessible to disabled customers.
There's occasional live music. Regular Quiz nights are held on the last Monday of each month and on Tuesdays they have Bingo and Poker nights.
There's a children's play area and large Garden.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 1.4 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Stowmarket: 1.4 miles (2.3km)
Crown 0.26 mile
Little Wellington 1.06 miles
Pickerel 1.17 miles
Mill Bar & Grill 1.18 miles
Royal William 1.22 miles
Stag 1.31 milesHistorical interest
The original pub building is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Greene King
Modern pub, with children’s play area, overlooking the village green.
Beers: Greene King XX Mild, IPA, seasonal ale, AbbotCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Originally only a beerhouse, the Retreat didn't get its full license until March 2nd 1960.
John MILLER, Beer house Keeper, of Stowupland, was summoned for breaking the lock to a door.Ipswich Journal, June 29th 1861**
At the auction of the Stowmarket Brewery, in October 1865, nine properties belonging to the brewery were sold in separate Lots. Lot 9, the Retreat, Stowupland, with 2 tenements, was knocked down, at £240, to Messrs…
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)
(1891 census information from Dudley Diaper)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
