SOME THINGS TO DO LOCALLY
ENTERTAINMENT
& SOME NEARBY PLACES TO VISIT
Leisure centre
Beetons Way, IP33 3TT,
01284 757473
Swimming pool, gym, saunas etc.
Pot Black
Eastgate Street, IP33 1YQ,
01284 704231.
Snooker, pool, golf simulator, sports bar.
Bury Bowl
Eastgate Street, IP33 1YQ,
01284 750704
12 lane tenpin bowling.
Theatre Royal
Westgate Street, IP33 1QR,
01284 769505
Full programme of live entertainment.
Abbeygate Cinema and restaurant
Hatter Street, IP33 1LZ,
01284 754477
Everyman Cinema
The Arc, IP33 3DG
01233 555642
Cineworld
Park Way, IP33 3BA,
0330 333 4444
Multi-plex 8 screens.
Apex
The Arc, IP33 3FD,
01284 758000
Live entertainment.
Hunter club
St Andrews Street South, IP33 3PH,
01284 723101
Grass roots music venue.
Sneaky Links
Brentgovel Street, IP331EB
07301 203852
The Golfers Lounge
Eastgate Street, IP33 1YQ
01284 704231
Flempton golf club
Bury Road, Flempton, IP28 6EQ,
01284 728291
9 hole golf course.
Bury golf club
Tuthill, Fornham All Saints, IP28 6LG,
01284 755979
www.burystedmundsgolfclub.co.uk
9 and 18 hole golf course.
The Suffolk golf and health club
Fornham All Saints, IP28 6JQ,
01284 706777
18 hole golf course.
Curve Motion
Lamdin Road, IP32 6LJ,
01284 620010
Indoor activity venue, roller skating.
Planet Laser
Western Way, IP33 3SP,
01284 220102
Laser tag, bowling and arcade.
West Stow Anglo Saxon village
Icklingham Road, West Stow, IP28 6HG
01284 728718
Open air museum.
Suffolk Regimental museum
Risbygate Street, IP33 3RN
01284 749317
www.suffolkregimentmuseum.co.uk
Regional military history showcase.
Newmarket races
Home of flat racing, full programme of race meetings at the famous
Rowley Mile and July race courses www.thejockeyclub.co.uk
Greene King Brewery
Westgate Street, IP33 1QT
01284 843326
Tours and shop.
Abbey ruins
Angel Hill, IP33 1XL
01284 758000
Site of the Abbey, renowned gardens,
public tennis courts etc.
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Angel Hill IP33 1LS,
01284 748720
Suffolk’s cathedral.
St Mary’s church
Honey Hill. IP33 1RT,
07561 334695
Moyses Hall
Cornhill IP33 1DX,
01284 757160
Bury St Edmund's museum and point to book tours of the town.
Ickworth House (NT)
Horringer IP29 5QE,
01284 735270
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Stately home, with a large park and trails.
Nowton Park
Nowton, IP29 5LU,
01284 757098
200 acres of parkland.
Bradfield woods
Bradfield, IP30 0AQ,
Ancient woodland.
National Stud
Newmarket CB8 0XE,
01638 663464
Thoroughbred horse breeding farm, guided tours. (www.discovernewmarket.co.uk)
National Horse Racing Museum
Palace Street, Newmarket CB8 8EP
01638 667314
Palace house is the home of the National Horse Racing Museum in the remaining part of Charles II’s racing palace. (Guided tours behind the scenes all over Newmarket www.discovernewmarket.co.uk)
Thetford Forest
High Lodge, IP27 0AF
Cycling, walking, tree canopy adventure course and more.
Fullers Mill
West Stow, IP28 6HD,
01284 728888
7 acres of gardens.
Kentwell Hall
Long Melford, CO10 9BA,
01787 310207
Tudor Hall, stately home, historical re-enactments and events.
Melford Hall (NT)
Long Melford, CO10 9AA,
01787 379228
National Trust mansion.
Lavenham and South Suffolk villages and towns
Timber framed medieval cottages with circular walks.The area built its wealth on a prosperous wool and cloth industry. Gainsborough and Constable country.
Air bases
RAF Lakenheath (www.lakenheath.af.mil USAF 48th Fighter Wing) and RAF Mildenhall (www.mildenhall.af.mil USAF 100th Air Refuelling Wing) – viewing areas.
Cycle trails
Many routes and trails off road and on.
The National Cycle Network highlights some of these routes (Sustrans).
Cycle Park
Phoenix Cycleworks, Bury Road, Kentford CB8 7PZ,
01638 552517
www.phoenixcycleworks.co.uk
Leading bike park, bike shop, workshop and café.
Cambridge
Fine University city, with a lot of history and a lot of shopping. Punting, sight-seeing, lots to see and do.
Wildtracks Activity Park
Chippenham Road, Kennett, CB8 7QJ,
01638 751918
www.wildtracksltd.co.uk
All outdoor activities from karting and quad biking to clay shooting.
Red Lodge Karting
Red Lodge IP28 8LE.
01638 552316
www.redlodgekarting.com Karting track.
Snetterton Circuit
Snetterton NR16 2JU.
01953 887303
One of the UK’s premier motor racing circuits.
Suffolk coast
Southwold, Aldeburgh, Walberswick, Dunwich, Lowestoft, Orford,
Thorpeness, Felixstowe and many others make up Suffolk’s heritage coast.
GYMS, BEAUTY & WELLBEING
You will find a lot of venues on the internet, here are a few that we have used:
SPA’S
Bannatyne Health Club and Spa
Horringer Road, IP29 5PH,
01284 705550
Bedford Lodge Spa
Bury Road, Newmarket,
CB8 7BX,
01638 676130
The Ickworth Hotel
Horringer, IP29 5QE,
01284 735350
All Saints Hotel
The Health Club, Fornham All Saints,
IP28 6 JQ
01284 706777
The Swan
Lavenham, Weavers spa. CO10 9QA
01787 247477
BEAUTY SALONS
Again you will find many more options on the internet:
Halcyon Days
Woolhall Street IP33 1LA,
01284 704991
All Over Beauty
West Road, IP33 3EJ,
01284 706692
Daydreams skin and body therapy
Langton Place, IP33 1NE,
01284 702045
www.daydreamsbeauty.co.uk
Amanda Janes
St Andrews Street North, IP33 1TZ,
01284 764544
Lipstick and locks
Abbeygate Street, IP33 1UN,
01284 723852