Sudbury Prince of Wales
last updated Jan 7th, 2026.
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Sudbury Prince of Wales
also traded as Prince
East, 52.04125,0.72839
Closed: 21st century
Change of use granted to turn into flats
38 New St, CO10 1JB
grid reference TL 872 416
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from 1881 (larger map).
Large open-plan bar with a separate games area. Live music every Saturday. Food available. Reputedly the cellar once had various passageways linking it to other buildings in the town.
A Victorian brewery was located on site.
Gallery
North Street Tavern 0.08 mile
Grover & Allen 0.08 mile
Wagon 0.10 mile
Bay Horse 0.15 mile
White Horse 0.18 mile
Weaver's Tap 0.20 mileHistorical interest
Owner/operator: free
Large open plan bar and separate games room. Cellar once had various passageways linking it to other points in town. A brew pub until around the turn of the century.
Beers: Greene King IPA; guest beerCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Note: The 1871 census records two Thomas Sillitoes, both age 42, the other is at the Hare.
Died on 26th December 1894, at the Prince of Wales, Sudbury, Harry Wilfred, second son of William Shelley, aged 10 years.Ipswich Journal, January 1895**
The Prince of Wales Inn at Sudbury was knocked down (sold) to Mr David Ward of Foxearth for £2,200.Suffolk Free Press, March 6th 1907*
In the November/December 1981 edition of Last Orders**** it was reported that the Prince of Wales was a Free House with Adnams on handpump…
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)
(* report reproduced with kind permission from Foxearth & District Local History Society)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)
Old pictures from http://www.foxearth.org.uk
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
