Wangford Plough
opening hours
- Mon-Sat: 1200-2200
- Sun: 1200-2000
food times
- Mon-Sat: 1200-2100
- Sun: 1200-1800
regular cask ales
- Adnams Ghost Ship [H]
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
source: Local
Adnams
listed building grade II
Wangford is part of the Wangford with Henham parish.
Local licensing authority for Wangford is East Suffolk
CAMRA North-East Suffolk branch.
last updated Dec 5th, 2023.
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Wangford Plough
South, 52.36133,1.63129
Cask Ale is sold here.
London Rd (A12), NR34 8AZ
grid reference TM 473 799
opened 18th century
owner/operator: Adnams
A popular roadside inn with a restaurant and plenty of seating for drinkers. Both child and dog-friendly and features 5 cabin style rooms and a 5 pitch caravan site. Reopened with new tenants on 5th December 2023.
The building dates from the late 17th or early 18th century.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Dogs welcome
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
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Brampton: 5.1 miles (8.2km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Angel Inn 0.61 mile
Five Bells 2.0 miles
Horse & Groom 2.2 miles
Randolph 2.2 miles
Blyth 2.8 miles
Harbour Inn 3.0 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Adnams
Pleasant C18th inn with low beamed ceilings, snug, gardens and aviary, belying the position beside the busy A12. Excellent quality ale served from cooling cabinets behind the bar. Often a GBG entry.
Beers: Adnams Bitter, Old, ExtraCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
At the Halesworth Petty Sessions held in November 1875, a certificate was granted to Robert Smith for the Plough beer house at Wangford. Ipswich Journal, Nov 1875**
The pub is listed at Barnaby Green in 1881.
Originally only licensed as a beerhouse, the Plough got its full license (transferred from the closing Barking Dickey) on February 4th 1957.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
