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9th May 2025‘Significant’ conservation works startScaffolding has been installed and a footpath is closed in Bury St Edmunds while a significant heritage project gets under way. Some conservation work has…
24th April 2025Town Council pledges to Abbey of St Edmund, RebornThe Bury St Edmunds Town Council has pledged £50,000 to the Abbey of St Edmund, Reborn heritage project. This announcement was made at the start…
3rd February 2025New Panels for Abbey of St Edmund 1000 MuralsThe team behind the Abbey 1000 celebrations which took place in 2022, unveiled new description panels for the Abbey 1000 murals on Tuesday 7 January.…
3rd January 2025Conservation work on the Abbey begins   
23rd November 2024Architects and Consultant Team announcedSt Edmundsbury Cathedral, together with its partners West Suffolk Council and English Heritage, have announced the appointment of the architects and the full team of…
6th October 2024Project Manager James meets PartnershipSt Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, along with its partners West Suffolk Council and English Heritage, announced that James Mellish has been appointed as…
3rd September 2024The Abbot’s BridgeBy Martyn Taylor for the Bury Free Press, August 2024 The building of the Church of St Edmund commenced in 1081; it was completed in…
9th July 2024Imagining the pastSteven Brindle describes how English Heritage created a new reconstruction of the Abbey of St Edmund (from an article in Country Life, June 26, 2024)…
10th April 2024The Abbey of St Edmund Project awarded £730K grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund  St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, along with its partners West Suffolk Council and English Heritage, has received initial support from The National…
7th March 2024New visitor guide leafletThe latest and probably final version of the visitor guide leaflet has been delivered to the Tourist Information Point by the Cathedral. This version has…

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