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Wenham Magna Queen's Head (Wenham Queen)
opening hours
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Sat: 1200-1430, 1830-2300
- Sun: 1200-1500
regular real ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
- Crouch Vale Brewers Gold [H]
- Greene King Abbot [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
Local licensing authority for Wenham Magna is Babergh
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 22nd, 2021.
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Wenham Magna Queen's Head (Wenham Queen)
Real Ale is sold here.
Capel St Mary Rd, CO7 6PU
grid reference TM 072 386
bar / diner, opened victorian
A remotely located Victorian cottage-style pub with a large separate restaurant. Home made curries created to authentic recipes have been a house speciality for many years, with over 30 styles on menu. Other cuisine is also available; the ploughman's lunch is well-thought of. In recent years, the pub has been stocking a selection of bottled Belgian beers.
There is a small enclosed garden to rear. There is a toilet accessible to disabled customers.
Dogs are welcome, but only on the forecourt.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Manningtree: 6.7 miles (10.8km)
White Horse 1.61 miles
Carrier's Arms 2.0 miles
Hare & Hounds 2.0 miles
Case is Altered 2.4 miles
Marquis 2.5 miles
Lion Brasserie 2.5 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
To the overseers of the poor of the parish of Wenham, and to the superintendant of the police: I, Robert Death, beer house keeper, do hereby give notice of my intention to apply at the next licensing meeting for a license to hold any excise license or licenses to sell by retail all intoxicating liquors to be consumed either on or off the house or premises situated in Wenham Magna and called the Queen’s Head, of which premises Charles Cullingham, of Ipswich, brewer, is the owner of whom i rent them, and which premises are now occupied by myself as a beer house, shop, and dwelling house.Ipswich Journal, July 1875**
Robert DEATH, Queen's Head, Great Wenham, was sued for £8 for selling a stolen pony but this was later settled…
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)
