Thaxted once possessed a copious number of public houses, but many have been lost. "The Fox and Hounds" on the northern entrance of the town is now a care home. "The Bull" in Newbiggen Street has become a private house, as has "The Cock Inn" in Watling Street. "The Saracen's Head" stood on the site now occupied by Saracen's Filling Station in the southern entrance to the town. Lowe's hardware shop in Town Street was once "The Duke's Head", a coaching inn. Bell Lane gets its name from "The Bell", which occupied the house on the corner with Watling Street that was subsequently the post office and is now an Indian restaurant. The "Butchers Arms" at Bardfield End Green, which once sustained the cricket club, has also closed.