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Suffolk Regiment Museum

Suffolk Regiment Museum is a military museum in Bury St Edmunds. A short trip away is St Edmundsbury Cathedral, 1.3 km off, the first of 19 within 15 km.

Where

In Bury St Edmunds

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Bury St Edmunds

Inside Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk Regiment Museum is inside Bury St Edmunds’ built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The seasons here

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–23°C highs in Bury St Edmunds).

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°41 mm

Mar11° / 3°38 mm

Apr14° / 5°36 mm

May17° / 8°50 mm

Jun20° / 11°51 mm

Jul23° / 13°52 mm

Aug23° / 13°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°49 mm

Oct15° / 8°61 mm

Nov11° / 4°61 mm

Dec8° / 2°58 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Bury St Edmunds, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Bury St Edmunds. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Bury St Edmunds’ full climate →

About

Suffolk Regiment Museum

Military museum in Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom.

In Bury St Edmunds, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Bury St Edmunds
Official site: suffolkregimentmuseum.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting to Suffolk Regiment Museum

The map centres on Suffolk Regiment Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The biggest base of the 8 is Bury St Edmunds (41,279 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Bury St Edmunds

41,279 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km north of it

Fornham St Martin

952 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km north of it

Fornham All Saints

801 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km southwest of it

Horringer

763 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Suffolk Regiment Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bury St Edmunds	It’s in town	41,279	12
Fornham St Martin	2.4 km north of it	952	10
Fornham All Saints	2.5 km north of it	801	11
Horringer	2.6 km southwest of it	763	11
Risby	3.3 km northwest of it	887	14
Great Barton	4.4 km northeast of it	1,848	9
Culford	4.8 km north of it	559	5
Sicklesmere	4.9 km southeast of it	848	8

Make a day of it

Places to add to Suffolk Regiment Museum

19 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 attractions and a cathedral among them.

CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral1.3 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey1.5 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustIckworth House4.2 km away 4

MuseumWest Stow Anglo Saxon Village8.2 km away 5AttractionAttraction · National TrustThe Ice House3.5 km away 6AttractionAttraction · English HeritageMoulton Packhorse Bridge14 km away 7

MuseumPakenham Water Mill11 km away 8

MuseumMoyse's Hall Museum1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Suffolk Regiment Museum: the answers

Where is Suffolk Regiment Museum?

Suffolk Regiment Museum is in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Suffolk Regiment Museum?

Military museum in Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Suffolk Regiment Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Bury St Edmunds, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Suffolk Regiment Museum?

Within 15 km: St Edmundsbury Cathedral (1.3 km), Bury St Edmunds Abbey (1.5 km), Ickworth House (4.2 km) and West Stow Anglo Saxon Village (8.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ickworth House: Squeezyboy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
West Stow Anglo Saxon Village: https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6337 Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pakenham Water Mill: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Moyse's Hall Museum: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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