Gladstone Arms

(formerly Bold Buccleuch) 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.