Bungay
Bungay is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.
It lies in the Waveney Valley, 5+1⁄2 miles west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a meander of the River Waveney. In 2011 it had a population of 5,127.
Getting to Bungay
The A146 Lowestoft to Norwich main road runs through Beccles. The A143 Great Yarmouth to Harleston and Diss and on to Bury St Edmunds runs through both towns.
- 01Beccles Station
On the East Suffolk Ipswich to Lowestoft line, Station managed by and services provided by Greater Anglia.
Worth seeing
- 01St Michaels Church
It was at this church in 1749 that the mother of Horatio Nelson, Catherine Suckling, married the Reverend Edmund Nelson (a former curate of Beccles).
- 02Beccles and District Museum
Leman House, Ballygate, Beccles NR34 9ND, museummanager@btconnect.com.
- 03Beccles Bell Tower
The townscape is dominated by the detached 16th century bell tower (known as the Beccles bell tower) of St Michael's Church.
- 04Bungay Castle
Bungay Castle was built by the Normans but was later rebuilt by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk and his family, who also owned Framlingham Castle.
Things to do
Beccles Carnival, becclescarnival@outlook.com. Annual late Aug.
Where to eat
- 01India Gate
- 02Graze
- 03Suffolk Stonehouse
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Tilman2007 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.