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The Pike & Eel was situated at 110 Water Street, closing in 2008. Latterly known as The Penny Ferry it was demolished in 2014. In April 2017, the 5 luxury homes built on the site of this former pub appeared in the news after vandals daubed graffiti over them - in Latin.
Source: Michael Walker
From Cambridgeshire Heritage:
The site of the former Public House, The Penny Ferry (formerly named the Pike & Eel) as illustrated on the 1st edition OS (1885). The buildings were demolished in 2014 prior to residential development. An archaeological evaluation of the site revealed modern made ground deposits and a preserved 17th-18th century buried soil.
Review from tantallon.org.uk:
Excellent riverside location. You can see Midsummer Common, and fog, and cows, and people going past in eights and sculls. The pub itself has been recently redone with rafters and words painted on the rafters. It does fairly standard and filling pub food for about a fiver a main course. In December 2002 a Christmas lunch here was accompanied by an unexplained karaoke session. (Latest fieldwork: 2003-09-22)
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Name Dates Comments Ian Stuart 1990 Relief Manager for only 9 days. It was the flag ship of Greene King at that particular time I cannot believe it has been flattened. I became manager of The Spread Eagle in Bury St Edmund's a short time later.
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Date of photo: 2014	Picture Source: Joanne Stevens
Date of photo: 2014	Picture Source: Joanne Stevens