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Last updated: May 21st 2010

Overview

  • Beer served through handpulls
  • Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
  • Evening meals
  • Restaurant or separate dining area
  • Traditional separate public bar
  • Pub games
  • Real coal or log fire
  • Children are welcome
  • Pub is accessible to disabled customers
  • Bus stop nearby (see public transport tab for route details)
  • Railway station within about a mile (see the public transport tab for details)
  • Regular live music
  • Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox

owner: Greene King

address: Drapery Row, CB8 8EE

grid reference: TL 643 634

previously known as: Bushel & Wine Vaults

listed building grade: II

tel: 07814 026829

opening hours:

10-11

12-10 (Sun)

regular real ales: GK IPA & Abbot & OSH

One of the oldest pubs in town (dating from the 17th or 18th century) which is now located within the Guinness shopping arcade. This area of town was once a maze of lanes known as the Rookery. Live music on Fridays.

Food available 11-3 & 6-11

A cock-pit existed in this pub at least as late as 1767 and it's said that its remnants can still be seen in the cellar. Legend has it that a tunnel ran from the pub to King Charles's palace and was used by the monarch to travel between the two buildings.


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Local licensing authority for Newmarket is Forest Heath

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