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Huntsman & Hounds, Spexhall

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Opens at 11:30am
Stone St, Spexhall, IP19 0RN (View on Google Map)
(01986) 781341
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This 500 year old half timbered former coaching inn offers home cooked food and three real ales. The frame of the building separates the pub into several separate, though connected, areas. There is a paved terrace leading to a large garden area with trees and its own pond.

Historic Interest

The licensing records show the pub as the "Hare & Hounds" from the 1870s until the 1960s. The change of name is recorded in the 1960-1967 records, but they don't say exactly when this happened. It seems as if the "Huntsman & Hounds" name may originally have been an unofficial name for the pub, as the licensing records show that the license of the "Huntsman & Hounds" was transferred to the executors of Maria Reynolds on December 10th 1878. But the 1879 licensing records again show it as the "Hare & Hounds". Various historic records also show a pub called the Chequers located in Spexhall. However, when checking the licensing records we find that the landlords named for the Chequers match the licensee for the Hare & Hounds (as the Huntsman & Hounds was then called) in virtually** every detail, so it seems reasonable to assume that the so-called "Chequers" was actually the same pub. This has been confirmed by a local resident who called in to a programme on BBC Radio Suffolk to say that the Chequers had been a sh

Information for this venue is provided by the North East Suffolk Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Hare & Hounds; Chequers
Local Authority
East Suffolk District
Last updated
Last surveyed
30/06/2026
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
WAV/873
Asset of Community Value
Monday
11:30am - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Tuesday
11:30am - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Wednesday
11:30am - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Thursday
Closed
Friday
11:30am - 10:30pm
Saturday
11:30am - 10:30pm
Sunday
Noon - 5:00pm
Monday
Noon - 2:00pm & 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 2:00pm & 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 2:00pm & 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Thursday
No Service
Friday
Noon - 2:00pm & 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Saturday
Noon - 2:00pm & 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Sunday
Noon - 4:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 2 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen

Adnams - Southwold Bitter TasteMatch Prediction

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Adnams - Southwold Bitter
Adnams - Southwold Bitter Session Bitter • 3.4%
Adnams - Southwold Bitter
SIBA Indie Beer Sold Here
Adnams - Southwold Bitter

This beer is served regularly at Huntsman & Hounds, Spexhall.

ABV 3.4%
Cask
Style Session Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter TasteMatch Prediction

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Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter Session Bitter • 3.6% Spotted once
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter
SIBA Indie Beer Sold Here
Earl Soham - Victoria Bitter

This beer is served regularly and Spotted once. at Huntsman & Hounds, Spexhall.

ABV 3.6%
Cask
Style Session Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No
Changing

Changing beers typically include: Grain , Wolf , Woodforde's

Source: Regional

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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Events Events
Quiz nights
Games Games
Real Fire Real Fire
Restaurant Restaurant
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
LocAle LocAle
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
X41
Ordnance Survey Reference
TM382826

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