On foot

Bury St Edmunds: Angel Hill to Moyse's Hall

The abbey town centre of Bury St Edmunds is dense with stories. The walk begins at Angel Hill, where the Grey Lady is reported each 24 February, then follows Abbeygate Street and The Traverse to Moyse's Hall, the museum linked to the Red Barn murder and the Suffolk witch trials.

6 stops · about 0.6 km · allow roughly 1 hr 15 min

  1. 1
    Folklore & legend
    The fiddler of the Angel Hill tunnel

    Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds

  2. 2
    Hauntings
    The Grey Lady of Bury St Edmunds

    Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds

  3. 3
    Hauntings
    The brown monks of Abbeygate Street

    Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    The vanishing boy of the Nutshell

    The Traverse, Bury St Edmunds

  5. 5
    Witchcraft
    The Lowestoft witches

    Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk

  6. 6
    Hauntings
    Moyse's Hall and the Red Barn Murder

    Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds

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