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Butley Orford Oysterage

Licence summary from On Licence, 28 September 2026

Premises
Butley Orford Oysterage
Address
Market Hill, Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2BX
Licence
Premises licence, PREM0198
Status
In force (register: Current)
Issued
14 February 2025
Licensing authority
East Suffolk Council

What the licence permits

Supply of alcohol for consumption ON and OFF the premises
Mon to Sat 11:00-00:00, 08:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-23:30, 10:00-22:30
Supply of alcohol for consumption ON and OFF the premises, other times
Non Standard Timings: On Good Friday 12:00 to 23:30On Christmas Day, 12:00 to 23:30On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 11:00. To 00:00On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12:00 to 23:30On New Year’s Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31 December); Non Standard Timings: On Good Friday 08:00 to 22:30On Christmas Day, 12:00 to 15:00 and 19:00 to 22:30
Licence conditions (12)
  1. General Conditions
  2. Licensing Act 1964, Sections 95 - Part IV licences for restaurants, guest houses etc
  3. Alcohol may be sold or supplied: a. On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year’s Eve from 11a.m. to 12p.m. On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve and on Good Friday, 12 noon to 11.30 p.m. On Christmas Day 12 noon to11.30 p.m. On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 11 a.m. to midnight. On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon to 11.30 p.m. On New Year’s Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31 December).
  4. The above restrictions do not prohibit: During the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises; During the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel; During the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption an ancillary to the meals; Consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the premises.
  5. Suitable non-alcoholic beverages, including drinking water shall be equally available for consumption with or otherwise as an ancillary to meals served in the licensed premises.
  6. The premises must be bona fide used for the purpose of habitually providing the customary main meal at midday or in the evening, or both, for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises.
  7. Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied on the premises otherwise than to persons taking table meals there and for consumption by such a person as an ancillary to his/her meal.
  8. Licensing Act 1964, S 60, 63, 86 and 164
  9. Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.
  10. In this condition, permitted hours means: On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. On Sundays, other than Christmas Day, 10 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. On Good Friday 8 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.
  11. The above restrictions do not prohibit: the consumption of alcohol on the premises during the first 20 minutes after the above hours; the taking of the alcohol from the premises (unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel) during the first 20 minutes after the above hours; the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there during the first 30 minutes after the above hours, if the alcohol was supplied for consumption ancillary to those meals; The sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces;
  12. Alcohol shall not be sold in an open container or be consumed in the licensed premises.

Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.

Compiled from East Suffolk Council's public licensing register. The council's register is the authoritative record. https://onlicence.uk/premises/butley-orford-oysterage-ip12-4f2b63c369