PAKENHAM
WATER MILL
A fine 18th Century working water mill
All proceeds to Suffolk Building Preservation Trust Charity Number 265121
4th April to 1st November
Thursdays 10.00am - 4.00pm
Saturdays, Sundays and
Bank Holidays: 1.30pm - 5.00pm
Milling demonstrations First Thursday mornings
Adult: �3.00 OAP: �2.50 Child: �1.50
www.pakenhamwatermill.co.uk
Signed from A143 Ixworth by-pass
YOUR WEST STOW ANGLO SAXON VILLAGE
SUMMER SAVER VOUCHER IS ON PAGE 73,
AND YOUR MOYSE'S HALL MUSEUM
SUMMER SAVER VOUCHER IS ON PAGE 15
YOUR PAKENHAM WATER
MILL SUMMER SAVER
VOUCHER IS ON PAGE 42
WEST Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
lets you explore the way our ances-
tors lived. The early Anglo-Saxon
village (c.420-650AD) has been
carefully reconstructed where it was
excavated.
Experimental archaeology has
provided new ideas on what life
was once like at West Stow. In the
Anglo-Saxon centre, objects from
the original village are displayed,
telling the fascinating story of this
settlement and the people who
lived here.
Visitors can go into the houses,
smell the wood smoke, feel the
solid wood, imagine living in early
Anglo-Saxon times. You might see
wildlife, crops, pigs or hens; there is
no hurry on this journey through
time. Due to the presence of live-
stock in the village, dogs are not
permitted.
There is a 125-acre country park
with children's play area, nature
trail, bird hides, cafe and gift shop.
The Anglo-Saxon Village is open
daily from 10am to 5pm (last entry
to village in summer 4pm, 3.30pm
in winter).
Normal admission to the village
is �5 adult, �4 children, conces-
sions and disabled and �15 family.
Parking and admission to the coun-
try park is free.
There is to be Heritage Open
Days on September 12 and 13,
when entry is free.
There are many other events
throughout the year, for details call
01284 728718, or visit www.west-
stow.org
ICKWORTH House, in Horringer, is an astonish-
ing Italianate structure topped by a massive
rotunda, begun for the eccentric 4th Earl of
Bristol in 1795. The Earl could afford to build
Ickworth, not because of his position as a peer of
the realm, but because he held the position of
Bishop of Derry, the richest see in Ireland at that
time.
The Earl Bishop was certainly a renowned
traveller, traversing Europe and amassing a quite
remarkable collection of art and antiquities.
Ickworth boasts some superlative gardens,
created in a parkland designed by Capability
Brown. Set in the park are a summer house,
vineyard, a canal, and lake, as well as a special
enclosure for deer to wander. Visitors can enjoy a
variety of marked paths through the park and
woodlands surrounding Ickworth.
For information of events to be held at
Ickworth House and in the grounds during the
year, call 01284 735270.
VISIT the home of Abbot Ale,
Greene King IPA, Old Speckled
Hen and Ruddles County at
the King Visitor Centre, situat-
ed next to the Greene King
Brewery, in the heart of the
bustling market town of Bury
St Edmunds.
The brewery has a museum
that traces the history of brew-
ing in and around Bury St
Edmunds from the earliest
times, and the story of the
Greene and King families who
came together in 1887 to form
Greene King and Sons Ltd.
There has been a brewery on
the site in Bury St Edmunds
since at least 1700 and it is still
going strong today!
Guided Tours of the Brew
House are given when you can
see how real beer is produced
using natural ingredients and
traditional brewing methods. A
tour round the historic working
brewhouse includes the best
view of Bury St Edmunds from
the roof (weather permitting).
Start at the museum, tour
the brewery and then taste the
different beers in the Brewery
Tap.
After your tasting, come
back to the shop to purchase
your gifts, souvenirs and cases
of beer. The evening tour is a
great way to start a celebration
� birthday, retirement, stag or
hen night!
If you would like to book a
tour, please contact the Visitor
Centre on 01284 714297 or by
email to brewerymuseum@
greeneking.co.uk
FOR almost a thousand years,
Moyse's Hall has looked out over
the Market Place of Bury St
Edmunds in Suffolk. It has seen
many changes since it was built in
1180 and has had a variety of dif-
ferent uses, including a tavern and
a `gaol'.
Currently it's a museum which
provides an excellent setting in
which to trace the unfolding story
of West Suffolk, through displays
which range from prehistoric times
right through to the present.
Moyse's Hall's own story is as
rich and varied as the collections
which it houses.
Admission is free to residents of
St Edmundsbury, other charges are
�3 adults, �2 children/concessions,
�9 family ticket (2 adults and up to
3 children)
The museum is open seven days
a week from 10am - last entry
4pm.
The museum has themed dis-
plays offering opportunities for
study and exploration based on
local history including the Suffolk
Regiment and the Red Barn
Murder, also social history - Crime
and punishment, coinage, death,
witchcraft
An exhibition of `Faces of Time',
shows a variety of clocks and
paintings and this year, Women by
Women is an exhibition of paintings
by local women in the main.
Call 01284 706183 for more
information.
PAKENHAM Water Mill, just a few
miles from Bury St Edmunds, is
Suffolk's last working watermill
and one of its oldest.
There has been a mill on this
site for almost a thousand years
and today the team of volunteers
who run it for Suffolk Building
Preservation Trust are still pro-
ducing fine stoneground whole-
meal flour in the traditional way.
The beautiful old mill is open
on Saturday, Sunday and Bank
Holiday afternoons and all day on
Thursday from April to the end of
October, and if you come on a
Thursday morning you may see
the millers at work.
The friendly guides will show
you round and explain how the
mill works, and then you can go
and enjoy a cup of tea and home-
made cake in the Miller's Tea
Room, or just sit by the millpond
and relax.
Remember to buy a bag of
flour in the mill shop when you
leave and rediscover the taste of
real bread!
See the mill's leaflets for
details of special events through-
out the season, when you can
see bread being baked in the
200-year-old brick oven or the
1904 Blackstone oil engine run-
ning.
WORKING WATERMILL
ABOVE: Youngsters learn about history at Moyse's Hall.
Spinning at West Stow Anglo Saxon Village.
Trace unfolding story
Astonishing Ickworth
EXPLORE
LIFE OF
ANCESTORS
See how real beer is made
R o u g h a m A i r f i e l dA
May 2nd & 3rd
Large Model Aircraft Show with LMA
Sponsored by East Anglian Daily Times*
May 16th & 17th
12th Suffolk International Kite Festival
Sponsored by Bury Mercury & Heart
June 27th & 28th
Wings, Wheels & Steam Country Fayre
Introducing `The Custom Car Show'
August 15th & 16th
HEART Air Display & Classic Car Show
October 3rd & 4th
Town 102FM Ploughs to Propellers - 1940s Weekend
Discounted Advance Bookings Call-01284 769505
All Shows 10am-5pm with the
Exception *9-5pm
Enquiries:01359 270524
info@roughamairfield.org
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