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Gladstone Arms, Combs Ford

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A large, open plan, single bar pub serving consistently good beer. It's situated just over half a mile from the centre of nearby Stowmarket. For fine weather drinking, the beer garden is located beside a small stream (the River Rat).

A sister pub to the Dove Street Inn in Ipswich with a joint loyalty card scheme for draught beers.

As well as a range of up to eight cask beers plus a range craft keg ales, there are four or five ciders and a wide range of lagers, imported foreign beers and whiskies. Cask beers are served through hand-pumps.

No food offer except bar snacks (crisps, nuts etc) but the pub is happy for takeaways to be brought in. Car parking on-site is very limited; only a couple of spaces.

Online beer list available at Untappd.

Sky Sport and TNT Sport are shown.

There's a toilet accessible to disabled customers.

Historic Interest

Photographs of this pub and more historical information about it can be found at suffolk.camra.org.uk/pub/913

Information for this venue is provided by the Ipswich & East Suffolk Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Bold Buccleuch
Local Authority
Mid Suffolk District
Last updated
17/06/2025
Last surveyed
17/06/2025
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
SUF/913
Asset of Community Value
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Monday
Noon - Midnight
Tuesday
Noon - Midnight
Wednesday
Noon - Midnight
Thursday
Noon - Midnight
Friday
Noon - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - 10:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 7 changing beers and 2 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen
Fuller's London Pride Pumpclip
Fuller's - London Pride Session Bitter • 4.1%
Fuller's London Pride Pumpclip
Fuller's - London Pride

Session Bitter

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 4.1%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.
Shortts - The Cure
Shortts - The Cure Session Bitter • 3.6%
Shortts - The Cure
Shortts - The Cure

Session Bitter

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 3.6%
Vegan: Yes
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Sky Sport and TNT Sport
Live Music Live Music
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Indoors until 19:00 and outside till close.
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Parking Parking
Very small
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Games Games
Dart board
Newspapers Newspapers
Real Fire Real Fire
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Free
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Real Cider Real Cider
LocAle LocAle
Beer Festival Beer Festival
Easter
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes
87, 88
Closest station (1093m)
Stowmarket
Ordnance Survey Reference

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