Our small, welcoming café is open 10:00am-3:30pm Monday to Friday, and 10:00am-12:30pm Saturdays - (CLOSED on Sundays). TAKE-AWAY and OWN-MUG also available. 
** Meet Up Mondays – 2pm, every Monday (except Bank Holidays) - ALL ARE WELCOME! **
Please stop by for a chat or drop in to warm-up (or cool down…..don’t forget, we have air-conditioning!) after a walk around the village and along our beautiful local footpaths!
If you’re working from home, stretch your legs and pick up something nice for your lunch from our well-stocked shelves, chillers and freezers.
Or maybe your dog needs a walk….but you need a hot (or cold!!) drink!
We also have picnic tables on the playing field next to our Shop; including accessible tables providing comfortable and convenient seating for individuals using wheelchairs, and which can also make life easier for parents. We also have an accessible toilet and a changing mat.

Bus routes 111 and 111A serve Somersham - click here for the bus timetable - at SuffolkOnBoard, Suffolk County Council’s passenger transport and sustainable travel information service - including free travel pass information, SEND travel training, live bus & rail news, school travel, roadworks updates and much more. Operated by Mulleys Motorways (01359 230234) and sponsored by Suffolk County Council.
VILLAGE BUS STOPS: Main Road at the Duke of Marlborough, the bus shelter next to the playing field, and the lay-by opposite the turning to the Community Shop.
Discover your transport options and ways to travel:  https://www.suffolkonboard.com/ways-to-travel/
Suffolk bus and train network map
https://www.suffolkonboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Suffolk-Network-Map.pdf

Happy Hours at the Duke of Marlborough - every week!
Wednesday 5 – 6pm
Thursday 5 – 6pm
Friday 5 – 6pm
Sunday 5 – 6pm
We serve award-winning traditional ales and craft beers:Victoria Bitter (Earl Soham) and Woodforde’s Wherry amber ale.
Enjoy our rotating selection of seasonal brews.
We offer keg beers, lagers, ciders - wines, spirits, liqueurs, cocktails, low & no-alcohol, and cordials.
Plus standard and premium lagers and ciders, including Aspall Cyder and Hawkstone premium lager and cider.
We have recently included Pintle pale ale from Burnt Mill Brewery, Suffolk - known for hazy, unfiltered styles with strong hop profiles.
And now keep Norfolk Rum, produced entirely in England.
We also offer Adnams Broadside, a strong ale brewed with East Anglian Malt.
During our HAPPY HOURS, selected drinks are available at a reduced price.

“BE KIND TO ALL KIND” is the motto of our vibrant club, much-loved by village & local school-aged children: 5-16 year-olds. We meet at the Community Pavilion on the Playing Field every Thursday throughout spring, summer and autumn, 6-8pm.
Are you new to the area? Please contact Sarah to find out more or pop along on a Thursday evening - new Youth Clubbers are very welcome!!!
Sarah Freeman, Youth Club coordinator - sfreeman26@sky.com
Show & Tell - do you have a talent, skill, business or trade that you'd like to show the kids or to get the kids to interact with?? This would be amazing!!

Date for your diary!!!  –  FUN DOG SHOW – Sunday 27th September (in support of Ipswich Riding for the Disabled Association). Full details will be available over the summer - https://gofrolic.co.uk
The Somersham FUN DOG SHOW will be raising funds for the voluntary group, The Ipswich Group Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) - which provides therapeutic riding and equine therapy for children and adults with special needs. The gentle movement of the horse provides excellent therapeutic benefits for balance, coordination, and overall well-being.
Our fields are next to Somersham Village Hall.

*Smaller portion sizes, but just as yummy* - we offer a Seniors’ Set Menu every Friday from 12pm to 2:30pm, featuring 2 courses - including options such as beer-battered fish, gammon, sausage & mash, soup and desserts such as apple crumble and jam sponge.
The Duke of Marlborough is a 15th century community-owned village pub near Ipswich, in the pretty village of Somersham. Managed by husband and wife, Claire and Matt, who invite you to enjoy their warm welcome and the friendly atmosphere created by the wonderful team of staff and volunteers!
You can contact them by phone on 01473 831283 or email. You can also book a table online or walk-ins are welcome.
The Duke’s kitchen produces great value, hearty meals featuring many British pub classics, and a wide range of drinks – in a building that has been welcoming people for nearly 500 years!
HAPPY HOURS
Enjoy a range of selected drinks at a reduced price! - every week on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday: 5 – 6pm

SOMERSHAM SUMMER FÊTE - held in the churchyard - Saturday 25th July - 2-4pm - in aid of St Mary's Church, Somersham.
FREE ADMISSION | Traditional Games | Raffle | Tombola | Refreshments | Cakes | White Elephant | Plants & Produce | Parking at the Village Hall | Attractions for all ages!
In aid of St.Mary’s Church, Somersham.
We are very short of helpers, so please get in touch if you can lend a hand - it would be greatly appreciated! Contact details on the back cover of The Link Newsletter, thank you
Full details of all our Events and Services, and those of our eight linked parishes, appear in every issue of The Link Newsletter. 
Our eight linked parishes are: Barking, Battisford, Bricett, Flowton, Offton, Ringshall, Somersham and Willisham.

It’s £1.00 per month to enter the Somersham Tennis Club Lottery, with 50% of the proceeds as prize money, and 50% towards the upkeep of the tennis courts. 
The courts are free for all to use for tennis, no booking is required. If you’d like to make a donation, please use the QR code on the court gate.
Our community Lottery keeps the courts available to local people.
We welcome new Lottery players | each player also helps to support Junior Tennis, lessons for children and teenagers aged up to 16 - where local youngsters learn to play, and are taught new skills to help improve their game.
Junior Tennis coaching re-started on 13th April, on Monday evenings - thank you!
5pm - age group 4-8 years | 5:45pm - age group 8+
Limited places left - £3 per child per session each Monday, starting after Easter, weather depending.
:: The Somersham Tennis Club Lottery is licensed with Mid Suffolk District Council.
:: Somersham Tennis Club was established in 2007.

Sunday Roasts
Beef  |  Lamb  |  Herbed Chicken breast  |  Cajun Spiced Sweet Potato Roulade (VE)  |
All of our roasts are served with seasonal vegetables, cauliflower cheese (gf), roast potatoes and a Yorkshire pudding. (Gluten free Yorkshire pudding available upon request).
Sample Sunday Menu
Breaded whole-tail scampi (gfa)  |  Cajun Spiced Chicken Breast (gf)  |  Coconut Penang Curry (VE)  |  Creamy Macaroni Cheese (V)  |  Cumberland sausage & mash  |  Homemade 7oz Beef Burger  |  Vegetable Lasagne  |  Quorn Buttermilk burger (VE)  |
Booking your table is strongly recommended - please book your table at:
www.thedukeofmarlborough.com/book-a-table 
HAPPY HOURS
Enjoy a range of selected drinks at a reduced price! - every week on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday: 5 – 6pm.

Welcome to our July acoustic night!! Bring your favourite instrument and join in. Performed in and around the table, buskers format. All musicians and singers welcome. Very many talented people turn up, and enjoy a lovely atmosphere, like buskers’ evenings of old. 
Lovely to see so many happy people enjoying themselves and the ambience of our lovely, dear community-owned pub!
There’s a warm welcome waiting for accordions, banjos, double basses, fiddles, guitars, harmonicas, percussion, ukuleles, and a plethora of other instruments - not to mention plenty of a cappella and other singing. Everyone, from beginners to experienced musicians and singers, is welcome! ……it’s amazing to think that there’s probably been music and singing in our village pub for over 500 years!