Bury St Edmunds - Worth a look round at least (Bury St Edmunds in General)

Member Name: hotrock4

Product:	Bury St Edmunds in General
Date:	19/05/09 (42 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good traffic links, Compact town centre.

Disadvantages: Good for the day, losses novelty after a while.

Hi writing this review about Bury St Edmunds as i have lived here for 14 years now. The town is quite small with a population of just over 35,000 i beleive. Bury St Edmunds is a very interesting town with a lot of history and character and is home to Britains smallest pub known as The Nutshell.

Bury St Edmunds has a very old town centre and oiginally started life as a market town, there is still a market here every Saturday and Wednesday.
The town centre is very compact with everything being close to hand and all shops not to far away.

There has just been a new shopping centre built with restaraunts such as Frankie and Bennys, and a KFC. There is a new cinema here as well which is top quality and also new stores such as Debenhams and Animal.

There are plenty of social activities available, with snooker halls, bowling alleys, and a leisure centre. all being present here.

Bury St Edmunds has very good transport links with a train station, bus station and a major dual carraigeway the A14 allowing you to select either West, Central, or East Bury.

The Abbey Gardens is a very picturesque place based in the grounds of a Benadictine Abbey. Literally in 1min from the town centre. There is an avery here with a small but colourful collection of birds, a tea rooms an a place to buy ice-cream. There is also a golf putting green.

There is plenty of grass here to sit on and enjoy the sun if your lucky enough after doing your shopping, a childrens park and a river with wild,ducks, geese and swans. There is also a kids playground here.

Quite a small town but growing all the time a nice town centre to walk around and look at, overall a good place to visit if passing if nothing else. The town is kept very clean and crime levels seem to be minimal.

Summary: All round an interesting town with plenty to do.