BURY St Edmunds is a well-loved
market town, set in the heart of
Heritage Suffolk. It is a town well
worth taking time in, to walk
around the shops and the many
places of historic interest.
The town grew up around the powerful Abbey
of St Edmund in early medieval times and for
five centuries it was visited by pilgrims from all
over the world, coming to worship at the shrine
of St Edmund, the martyred king of East Anglia.
The motto of the borough of Bury St Edmunds
acknowledges the two most historic events in its
long history by the description "Shrine of a
King, Cradle of the Law."
The shrine refers to St Edmund, the cradle to
the town's association with Magna Carta.
St Edmundsbury Cathedral's stunning new
tower, and St Mary's Church, the Civic Church of
the town, with roots going back to AD 630 and a
wealth of interesting historic features, all make a
visit to the town worthwhile.
In the spring and summer, Bury St Edmunds
is a riot of colour with flowers everywhere.
The town has received many awards from
Anglia in Bloom over the years and the Abbey
Gardens are so beautifully landscaped and so
colourful during spring and summer they are
always a huge draw for tourists.
Although the town is full of history and fine
architecture, it also moves with the times, 2005
saw the opening of Cineworld, a huge, nine-
screen cinema complex along with several eat-
ing outlets at Parkway, on the outskirts of the
town.
This year the Cattle Market development,
named arc, is to be completed in March. This is
an extensive shopping complex which is said
will bring many visitors to the town.
The town and the surrounding area have a
wealth of interest to offer visitors.
Tourist Information
Bury St Edmunds Tourist Information
Centre: 6 Angel Hill, tel 01284 764667.
Market Days: Wednesdays and Saturdays
Websites
For local information on the Bury area, visit
our website at www.buryfreepress.co.uk or
www.visit-suffolk.org.uk
BURY St Edmunds Festival
2009 runs from Friday, May 8,
to Sunday May 24, 2009,
bringing acclaimed performers
and exciting events to the his-
toric market town at the heart
of the Suffolk countryside.
The 17-day festival is one of
the best-loved cultural events
in East Anglia, offering a fresh
mix of contemporary and clas-
sical music, outdoor concerts,
jazz, theatre, opera, film, poet-
ry, comedy, talks, walks, street
theatre and much more.
Festival manager, Nick Wells,
continues to champion new
works and high quality fusion
events, appealing to an ever-
widening audience, while main-
taining the festival's classical
music roots.
Drive-in movies, a multi-
media children's show and
poetry combined with music
and film are among the new
listings for 2009. The popular
outdoor gigs series has also
been refreshed with new bands
and themes, with a chance for
local talent to shine.
YOUTH
This year, the festival's suc-
cessful youth and community
programme will give young
people the opportunity to com-
pose with Indian musicians and
sing alongside one of the
country's finest choral groups.
The festival opens on Friday,
May 8 at 6.30pm with Beating
Retreat and opening night cel-
ebrations on Angel Hill and in
the Abbey Gardens. The Band
of the Royal Parachute
Regiment mark the start of the
2009 Bury Festival
This is the day the first of a
new innovation for the festival
will take place, the drive-in
movie on Rougham Airfield,
showing Dirty Dancing.
The festival closes on
Sunday, May 24, with a
Classical Proms Night at 8pm
in the Abbey Gardens, featur-
ing the Royal Philharmonic
Concert Orchestra playing all
the proms favourites. The
evening will end with a fantas-
tic firework display
Festival brochures will be
widely available from February
26. Tickets can be booked
online using the festival web-
site at www.buryfestival.co.uk
for outdoor concerts and the
Theatre Royal box office at
www.theatreroyal.org for all
festival events, or call 01284
769505.
THERE'S a great programme
of events to look forward to at
Rougham Airfield, near Bury St
Edmunds, over the coming
months. All shows are 10am-
5pm.
At the Large Model
Aircraft Show, on May 2-3,
come and experience breath-
taking displays of jet fighters
flying at speeds of 200mph,
huge bombers such as
Lancasters and B17s, plus heli-
copters and civil aviation mod-
els. There will be trade stalls
and Oakleigh Fairs Crafts
Marquee.
The 12th International
Kite Festival, on May 16-17,
will have top international
championship kite flyers amaz-
ing you with their skills and
experience the thrills of power
kiting with boards/buggies.
Wings, Wheels & Steam
Country Fair, June 27-28, has
custom cars, classic cars,
commercial vehicles, Military
Vehicle Trust, vintage agricul-
tural machinery, hundreds of
visiting aircraft and two show
rings with displays of sheep
dogs and birds of prey, terrier
racing with Sunday dog show,
street theatre, clowns and fair.
Heart 97.1 & 96.4 Air
Display 2009 & Classic Car
Show, on August 15-16, is
Suffolk's popular flying week-
end including a 2 hour display
on Saturday with a full 4 �
hours display on Sunday and
all those visiting aircraft just
popping in for the fun!
At Town 102 FM's
Ploughs to Propellers 1940s
Weekend, on October 3-4,
more than 200 aircraft will be
expected to visit the re-enact-
ment displays, market stalls,
Oakleigh crafts fair, show ring
parades with military vehicles,
vintage farm machines, cars,
motorbikes, singers in the tea
tent and dancers bopping to
the Silver Bird Music Show.
There'll be fun for the kids too
with their entertainment and
the traditional Sunday plough-
ing match.
REALLY FLYING AT ROUGHAM
The Wings, Wheels and Steam Country Fair at Rougham Airfield.
FESTIVAL'S FRESH MIX
Great blend of
old and new
The historic centre of Bury St Edmunds.

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