Overview
bar / diner
opened 1817
The St, IP33 3AA
grid reference: TM 000 711
previously known as: Boar
listed building grade: II
tel: 01359 258533
12-2:30; 5-12 (Mon-Fri); 12-11:30 (Sat-Sun)
regular real ales: Adnams Bitter [H], Earl Soham, Guest beers [H] & [G]
A true free house with a fine selection of ales on handpump and gravity. A good supporter of local breweries. There is a May bank Holiday beer festival in a marquee in the garden. Regular live bands.
The building dates from the 15th century, with many subsequent alterations.
Local licensing authority for Walsham le Willows is Mid Suffolk
Note
The blue boar was a heraldic sign for the Earl of Oxford a leading supporter of the Lancastrians who defeated and killed King Richard III at Bosworth in 1495 - Henry VII became king - Richard's emblem was a white boar forcing some pub signs to be hastily repainted.

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