Wenhaston Star Inn
opening hours
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Sat: 1200-1500, 1800-2100
- Sun: 1200-1600
food times
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Sat: 1200-1430, 1800-2000
- Sun: closed
regular cask ales
- Green Jack Golden Best [H]
- Green Jack Trawlerboys Best Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 3 guest ales.
source: Local
up to 3
Wenhaston is part of the Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet parish.
Local licensing authority for Wenhaston is East Suffolk
CAMRA North-East Suffolk branch.
last updated Jul 15th, 2024.
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Wenhaston Star Inn
South East, 52.31934,1.56075
Cask Ale is sold here.
Hall Rd, IP19 9HF
grid reference TM 427 749
opened 1839
Free house situated on the outskirts of the village with fine views of the Blyth valley. The pub has three small public rooms. The front bar is full of character with old enamel advertising signs. Good food is all home-cooked using local produce where possible. Beer festivals are held in the large lawned garden over the late May and August bank holiday weekends. The pub is popular with walkers and cyclists and camping is available by prior arrangement. No food Sun and Mon.
Facilities
Beer festivals: twice yearly (May & August bank holidays)
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Camping or caravan site nearby: (close to the pub)
Cider (real draught, not keg) available: Giggler
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
Real fire
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 3.7 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Halesworth: 3.7 miles (6.0km)
Queen's Head 1.12 miles
White Hart 1.59 miles
Queen's Head 1.88 miles
White Swan 2.9 miles
Angel 2.9 miles
Taproom Halesworth 3.0 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
The pub was saved in 2000 when a planning application to convert it to residential use was withdrawn.
Owner/operator: Adnams
Set well away from the village centre, with fine views over the Blyth valley. Three small rooms, one of which acts as a gallery for local artists. Good beer from the cooling cabinets behind the bar has ensured the pub’s inclusion in several editions of the GBG. No food Mon.
Beers: Adnams Bitter, OldCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The pub was built as a beer house in 1839. The main bar was extended in about 1880 but plans to extend the building further just after WW1 were not completed.
Licensing records show it back as far as 1874 (the oldest available).…
Landlords
Footnote
NOTE: A messuage equates to a dwelling-house and may include outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA memers since 1978)
