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Needham Market
Rampant Horse

real ale available
opened 1544
Coddenham Rd, IP6 8AU
grid reference: TM 090 548
previously known as: Chequers, Cross House, Kings Arms, Ram, White Horse, Fleece
tel: 01449 721587
Also listed at Station Yard.
A timber framed building with an old beamed bar which has been a pub (on and off) since 1544.

Before the railway station was built all the land between the pub and river was known as "camping land" - this was the pitch for the popular ball game Campball - a precursor to football dating back to at least 17th cent. Campball was described as a "friendly kind of fight" - a bloody and murderous practice with no restrictions on numbers of players and few rules. It generally degenerated into a brawl. Today local football is still played on part of the former camping land.
listed building grade: II
Facilities:
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks) Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)  Evening meals Evening meals  Traditional public bar Traditional public bar  Pub games Pub games  Pub has its own car park Pub has its own car park  Children are welcome Children are welcome  Beer garden or other outside drinking area Beer garden or other outside drinking area  Accommodation available Accommodation available  Bus stop nearby (see below for route details) Bus stop nearby (see below for route details)  Railway station within about a mile (see below for details) Railway station within about a mile (see below for details) 
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Stowmarket3.5 milesreal-time travel information real-time travel information
Westerfield6.9 milesreal-time travel information real-time travel information
Bus routes: 87, 88
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Local licensing authority for Needham Market is Mid Suffolk
Last updated: February 15th 2009


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