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
West Suffolk District is a local government district in Suffolk, England. It was established in 2019 as a merger of the previous Forest Heath District with the Borough of St Edmundsbury. The council is based in Bury St Edmunds, the district's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Brandon, Clare, Haverhill, Mildenhall and Newmarket, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In 2021 it had a population of 180,820.
Countryside at Elveden
West Suffolk District
St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, the district's largest town.
Market Square in Haverhill, the district's second largest town.