A great place to dine and enjoy a traditional and friendly pub atmosphere.

We are also the premiere cycle hire facility in the area.

You can now enjoy tranditional Real Ales and genuine home cooked food within these walls.

The Road to Enlightenment

The Greyhound is a traditional English pub set in the heart of Lavenham, England's best-preserved Mediaeval village, in mid Suffolk. When first built around 1324, it was of single storey construction with a Great Hall in which was an open fire, with a dining table and bench seating. From the Great Hall a door opened onto the Master Bedroom in which the family slept.

The upper stories are thought to have been added in the mid 14th Century. This we can assume was carried out by somebody of considerable standing as the exposed ceiling beams are close together, a means of showing off wealth.

Lavenham was very much a working town with most of its considerable income derived from the wool and weaving industry. It was reputed to be the seventh richest town in England and the fourteenth richest in Europe. Much of the wealth is evidenced by the extremely large church paid for by the rich wool merchants.