Halesworth's Ale Day

Name: Halesworth's Ale Day
Start: 2025-06-14T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-06-14T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Various Venues in Halesworth

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Saturday, 14 June 2025

Time: 11:00 - 17:00
Venue: Various Venues in Halesworth, Halesworth
Price: Free

A brand new event for 2025! Celebrating brewing, history and hospitality. Join Halesworth for a day of fantastic events; brewery talks by Adnams, beer making demos by Tindall Brewery, guided walks by local history experts, the Malt experience exhibition & tours at the Cut Arts Centre, walks along the Blyth Road Navigation to the site of the restored HSNGR, the new Ale Trail taking you around former and current pub locations, traditional pub games contests, enigmatic story telling, crafts and activities for children, fantastic live music from East Angles Brass, The Rogue Shanty Chorus, Blyth River Blues Band and more plus the Halesworth Hoedown, and dancing from Rumburgh Morris, food including hot dogs, hog roast, pizzas, burgers, light lunches from Focus Organic, homemade treats from the award winning Black Dog Deli, Farmhouse Bakery, The Greenhoue Plant Cafe and Rhubarb & Rose.

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Explore the Millennium Green and the Blyth Road Navigation – learn how the Wherry Boats transported Malt up the River Blyth for the production of beer. Find out about the famous brewers and many maltings buildings. Take a walk around town and view the locations of the former public houses and visit the current ones! Learn about the railway and its role in beer production, visit Halesworth’s Museum located at the train station and view the excellent exhibition on brewing. Walk up to the Halesworth Narrow Gauge Railway site at the Folly and see the progress being made to restore this. Enjoy Halesworth’s pedestrianised Thoroughfare – grab a bite to eat in one of the award winning deli’s or cafes and enjoy the live music – try your hand at Shut the Box or Poker Dice, or head up to Chinny’s for a game of Snooker, Pool or darts. Sample local ales and visit The Tap Room for their Beer Festival. Peruse the impressive range of independent shops Halesworth has to offer not forgetting the Market place to find even more live entertainment and food options. Crafts, hop art, storytelling, dancing, a town trail, and much more to keep the children entertained – activities in the Thoroughfare, the Market Place, the Library, St Mary’s Church and much more.

Reach us by bus, train, car or cycle. Halesworth train station is a 5 min walk from the town centre and a great place to start your day, being home to the Museum and not far from the Cut Arts Centre. There are also 3 car parks in the town centre and regular buses.