Bury St Edmunds Cathedral

A visit to Bury St Edmunds to see this 'new' Cathedral, the grounds around it are amazing and the old ruins have been converted into house in some parts. Ted saw a squirrel in the grounds and let out some horrendous Beagle on the hunt sounds......embarrassed, you bet we were!

A bit of history about the Church that became a Cathedral

This church was largely rebuilt, starting in 1503, with more alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries.
From 1960 onwards, there was renewed building work designed to transform the parish church into a cathedral building, with the rebuilding of the chancel and the creation of transepts and side chapels. The cathedral architect from 1943 to 1988 was Stephen Dykes Bower and he left £2 million for the completion of the cathedral. In the cathedral grounds a new choir school and visitor's centre were built which were opened in 1990. A Gothic revival tower was built between 2000 and 2005.