Lower Layham Queen's Head
- The St (about 1.5km from Hadleigh high St - follow signs past local sports fields)
- IP7 5LZ
- 01473 827789
- grid reference TM 029 401
- opened 16th cent
Located in a tiny hamlet, this cosy, friendly pub is nicely furnished within the main bar and has a small open fire located close to the servery. The other bar has a pool table and is simply furnished. Parts of the building are over 700 years old and a variety of features can be found: the bay windows are particularly fine. To the rear of the building is a separate restaurant / function room and also an enclosed garden area. Food Wed and Sun eve. Only one or two buses pass by the pub each week.
The building is believed to have originally been a mediaeval hall house, though it has been much altered since.
opening hours:
- 11-3 (Wed - Fri summer + Sat), 7-11;
- 12-3, 7-10.30 (Sun)
regular real ales
Mauldons Moletrap + Adnams Broadside + 2 changing guest beers [H]
listed building grade II
Lower Layham is part of the Layham parish
Local licensing authority for Lower Layham is Babergh
last updated 16/06/2013
(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 Bob Mitchell)
(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)