Away Day: Bury St Edmunds Daffodil Walk (12.5 miles / 20km - Moderate, Booking Required)

This walk is for up to 25 people, including the leader.

An away-day walk to the charming cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, where we’ll hope to see an amazing display of daffodils.

After a look at the medieval ruins in Abbey Gardens we’ll head out of town and down a pleasant bridleway to Nowton Park, where below an impressive avenue of lime trees there are planted over 100,000 daffodils. We’ll have an early lunch in the park then explore the gently rolling countryside beyond, passing an isolated hilltop church and following St Edmund’s Way to the village of Sicklesmere. Here we’ll pause for a drink at the Rushbrooke Arms.

Suitably refreshed, we’ll walk uphill towards Rushbrooke, a settlement of farmworkers’ cottages rebuilt in the 1950s, then make our way back to Bury along quiet lanes, field-edge footpaths and alongside the River Lark. In town we might grab a drink and some food before we head home.

Dogs are welcome on a lead.

For information about walking with the group, including our dog policy, please visit the Stag Walkers website.

Booking your place: If you would like to join, you must book in advance using the Stag Walkers Meetup group - see Notes for how to book & what to bring. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your booking so that someone else can take your place.

Please do not turn up for a walk without booking, as places are limited.

Unless you opt in to further communications, we will only use contact information you provide to get in touch about the walk.

Please car-share or use public transport if possible. To offer a lift or ask for one from a fellow walker, please use the Meetup event page.