Greene King is a British pub and brewing company founded in 1799, currently based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The company also owns brands including Hungry Horse and Farmhouse Inns, as well as other pubs, restaurants and hotels. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), until it was acquired by CK Assets in October 2019.
Greene King plaque on the side of a pub in Sudbury, Suffolk
The Carleton, a Greene King pub in Pontefract, West Yorkshire
Greene King's Brewery Museum, shown in 2006
The Greene King main brewery, seen from Westgate Street
Bury St Edmunds, commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market and cathedral town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is best known for Bury St Edmunds Abbey and St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich of the Church of England, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. In 2011 it had a population of 45,000.
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Illumination of the arms of Bury St Edmunds (British Library)
Early view of Moyses Hall, today Moyses Hall Museum
View of gate, Bury St Edmunds Abbey, c. 1920