Bury St Edmunds' Abbey Ruins: A Self-Guided Walking Tour

Start at the Norman Tower, one of the best-preserved 12th-century buildings in England. You'll uncover the shape, style, and scale of the former monastery through this striking survival.

Pass through the Abbey Gardens, which now cover most of the monastic precinct. You'll trace the footprint of a church once larger than any Romanesque building north of the Alps.

You'll take in the gateway buildings and grand facades that once announced the monastery's power to the town.

Visit St Edmundsbury Cathedral, a masterpiece of 21st-century Gothic architecture. You'll learn the story behind the creation of one of Britain's most beautiful modern structures.

You'll reflect at The Teardrop memorial, commemorating the 57 Jewish residents massacred in Bury on Palm Sunday 1190.

You'll piece together its role within the daily life and death of this once-great religious community.

You'll admire the 15th-century angel hammer beam roof and the cadaver tomb of cloth merchant John Baret.