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unexpected but fantastic

The present building is a cathedral. The abbey that preceded it was shut down after the reformation and only its ruins remain.

Old Church

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This beautiful cathedral was originally built as a church in the early 13th century and became a cathedral for the newly established Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914. It has some beautiful characteristics including a large rose window, detailed stone carvings, fantastic gardens and the notable Abbey Gate.

Gravel track alongside the Lark, rida le all year round.

refreshments

Open every day but closes for an hour at lunch and only a half day on Sundays.

Lovely setting up on the hill above the half-timbered village houses.

This is one of the two famous mills in the village of Pakenham, in this case, the windmill. Built in 1831 (though there are sources dating the construction back to 1820), this mill has been restored and maintained over time, with a notable restoration carried out after being struck by lightning in 1971.

Really nice café in a church, an asset to the community. Great breakfast, nice cake and generous pots of tea. Opens from 9am til 3.15pm

Ideal gravel bike route.

Occupies the site of the old abbey with a very scenic set-paved road taking you past the front.

Lovely spit for a coffee stop or lunch. If you're lucky you can pop into the cathedral and hear the choir practicing!

In front of St Nicholas' Church sits the Old Moot House, is a 15th century grade II listed building. A moot house is a place where public meetings would have been held. Moot is the Saxon word for meeting.

St Edmundsbury Cathedral originated in the 11th century and was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries as a parish church, becoming a cathedral in 1914.

The church with almost 1000 years of history was part of the abbey and has been extended and rebuilt several times in its history.

Really good bridge for cyclists over the tracks

Lovely picturesque village centre with a co-op, a tea room (10-4.30, closed Sun & Mon) and a fish & chip shop (lunchtimes and after 5pm, closed Sun).

A very imposing commemorative pump in the centre of the village of Woolpit, Suffolk, erected to mark the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Each wooden pillar carries the carved wooden effigy of a renowned British queen, and the pump itself is capped by what seems to be a lion couchant - or maybe it's a dog couchant. The pump is in a boxed wooden housing, with a padlocked inspection door at the back, and the wrought iron handle with its system of levers, is chained. There's some decorative ironwork on the wooden housing, some of which has been lost, especially around the spout. The spout itself is made of lead. Around the top of the pump, each face in turn carries the words: "All noblest things are still the commonest"; "Every place has"; "Water light and air and"; God's abounding grace". The front face carries a carved crown and the inscription:A Well of Remembrance Victoria By the Grace of God Queen and Empress 1837 1897

The legend of the "'green children of Woolpit'" concerns two children of unusual skin colour who reportedly appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, sometime in the 12th century, perhaps during the reign of King Stephen. The children, brother and sister, were of generally normal appearance except for the green colour of their skin. They spoke in an unknown language and would eat only raw broad beans. Eventually, they learned to eat other food and lost their green colour, but the boy was sickly and died soon after he and his sister were baptised. The girl adjusted to her new life, but she was considered to be "rather loose and wanton in her conduct. After she learned to speak English, the girl explained that she and her brother had come from Saint Martin's Land, a subterranean world inhabited by green people. At harvest time, one day during the reign of King Stephen (r. 1135–1154) according to William of Newburgh the villagers of Woolpit discovered two children, a brother and sister, beside one of the wolf pits that gave the village its name. Their skin was green, they spoke an unknown language, and their clothing was unfamiliar. Ralph reports that the children were taken to the home of Richard de Calne. Ralph and William agree that the pair refused all food for several days until they came across some raw broad beans, which they consumed eagerly. The children gradually adapted to normal food and in time lost their green colour. The boy, who appeared to be the younger of the two, became sickly and died shortly after he and his sister were baptised. After learning to speak English, the children—Ralph says just the surviving girl—explained that they came from a land where the sun never shone and the light was like twilight. William says the children called their home St Martin's Land; Ralph adds that everything there was green. According to William, the children were unable to account for their arrival in Woolpit; they had been herding their father's cattle when they heard a loud noise (according to William, the bells of Bury St Edmunds) and suddenly found themselves by the wolf pit where they were found. Ralph says that they had become lost when they followed the cattle into a cave and, after being guided by the sound of bells, eventually emerged into our land. According to Ralph, the girl was employed for many years as a servant in Richard de Calne's household, where she was considered to be "very wanton and impudent". William says that she eventually married a man from King's Lynn, about 40 miles (64 km) from Woolpit, where she was still living shortly before he wrote. Based on his research into Richard de Calne's family history, the astronomer and writer Duncan Lunan has concluded that the girl was given the name 'Agnes' and that she married a royal official named Richard Barre.