Explore Bury Saint Edmunds at your own pace

Beneath the manicured lawns of Moreton Hall lies a town built on the bones of kings, rebels, and saints. Bury St Edmunds hides a history far darker than its charming timber frames suggest.

Unlock these secrets with this self-guided audio tour. Wander beyond the main streets to uncover scandals and forgotten moments that most visitors walk right past.

Why was the Norman Tower the final stand for a city in flames? What sinister pact was signed within the walls of the Theatre Royal? And why does a phantom bell still chime near the cathedral ruins when no one is there?

Photo: Gabriel Mihalcea, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 3.0 km (1.8 miles)

Stops: 8 landmarks, including Bury St Edmunds railway station, Bury St Edmunds Abbey, St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Audio: up to 20 minutes of narration

Starts at: Bury St Edmunds railway station

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

Bury St Edmunds railway station

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

The Norman Tower (Bury St Edmunds)

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

St Edmund's Church, Bury St Edmunds

Market Cross, Bury St Edmunds

Moyse's Hall

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Kirsten Drew, Gabriel Mihalcea, David Garrick - Bangbola (Unsplash).

Description supplied by the event organiser.