West Suffolk

Latest News

Here is the latest news including updates about pubs in the branch area.

  • Mauldon's Brewery Tap wins Town pub of the Year award Sunday 4 May 2025

    Mauldon's Brewery Tap in Sudbury won our Town Pub of the Year. The banner & certificate was presented recently to Landlord Alistair along with several regulars. Well done!

  • Rattlesdon 5 Bells & Sudbury Brewery Tap win Rural & Town PotY awards Sunday 4 May 2025

    We recently awarded our rural Pub of the Year and our town Pub of the Year. Congratulations go to Debbie at the Rattlesdon Five Bells who walked off with our Rural Pub of the Year and our overall Pub of the Year prize. This follows on from the Five Bells winning our Autumn Pub of the Season in 2024. The Mauldon’s Brewery Tap in Sudbury won our Pub of the Season for Spring and was also awarded our Town Pub of the Year. The award for the Tap is even more impressive as Landlord Alistair has been in charge for little over a year and it’s his first pub!

  • The Five Bells in Rattlesdon wins our Rural Pub of the Year & our Overall Pub of the Year. Sunday 4 May 2025

    Congratulations go to Debbie at the Rattlesdon Five Bells who was awarded our Rural Pub of the Year and our overall Pub of the Year prize. This follows on from the Five Bells winning our Autumn Pub of the Season in 2024. Well done!

  • Mauldon's Brewery Tap wins Pub of the Season Sunday 16 March 2025

    The Brewery Tap in Sudbury has been awarded our Pub of the Season award for Spring.

  • Haverhill Beer Weekend is back this June Monday 10 March 2025

    The Haverhill Beer Weekend is back! This June, Haverhill Arts Centre will once again host the much-loved two day event with an abundance of beers to suit all taste buds.

    This year we are CELEBRATING ALL THINGS LOCAL. LOCAL BREWERIES serving LOCAL BEERS AND ALES, all enjoyed to the sounds of live music being performed by LOCAL MUSICIANS.

  • Biochemist brewery closes Wednesday 12 February 2025

    The owners of Bury St Edmunds-based Biochemist Brewery, makers of small-batch beer and cider, have announced that the business has stopped trading. More news here: https://beertoday.co.uk/2025/02/10/biochemist-brewery-0225/

  • Plough & Fleece purchase as a community hub Sunday 26 January 2025

    As mentioned in our latest newsletter the newsletter a group of residents our planning to buy the Plough & Fleece pub in Cockfield. The Cockfield Village Group, , are attempting to raise £250,000 via a share issue before the 16th March to help buy the pub. If successful it will re-open as a pub, but will also accommodate the shop, post office and community hub including a coffee shop. Shares are available from £25 and there are several supporters for the project including the local district authority and Plunket UK. More details: https://www.cockfieldvillagehub.co.uk

  • Burnt Mill brewery Tap Takeover Thursday 12 December 2024

    The Burnt Mill brewery are holding a Tap Takeover and Meet the Brewer event at the Rising Sun in Risbygate St Bury St Edmunds on Thursday 12th December from 7.30pm. Full details on the flyer https://comms-tool-media.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wsb/files/Tap%20take%20over.jpeg