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Riviera Centre, Torquay
11-13 April 2025
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12-15 February 2025
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A distinctive but remote old pub set close to the modern container port.
Historic Interest
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Ferry Boat's license was issued in 1832. Whether this was when it was first licensed or when it got a full (ie not just beer) license isn't clear, though the latter seems more probable. A report in the Ipswich Journal** on 02 Dec in 1807 states that "The Ferry Public House & Ferry (Felixstowe) to Harwich, to be sold on 15th January, 1808; in the occupation of Mr ELLIS" A report in the Ipswich Journal*** in Jul 1810 states that : An announcement was made of the death of Mr William Howes, who for many years kept the Walton Ferry. However a paperback book published in 1969, called "Inns of the Suffolk Coast" by Leonard P Thompson** claims that the pub was first licensed in 1838, although it had operated as the ferry house for many years previously? Photographs of this pub and more historical information about it can be found at suffolk.camra.org.uk/pub/295
Dooley, Walton
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Garden
Parking
Games
Real Ale
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