Bungay In Bloom Garden Competition
Bungay In Bloom, along with Bungay Town Council and the Bungay Society, hold a biennial Garden Competition which allows residents to show off their gardens. You can get an entry…
Bungay Castle Update
History Prior to the Norman Conquest, the land on which Bungay Castle stands formed part of estates held by Stigand, Anglo-Saxon archbishop of Canterbury. Post Conquest, the land was held…
The Lucy Robertson Walker Make a Difference Award 2025
The Lucy Robertson Walker Make a Difference Award honours the memory of Lucy Walker who was such a tour de force when she landed in Bungay. Lucy sadly died a…
Bungay Shops
Everyone who visits Bungay is impressed by the large number and wide variety of independent shops we have here. The economic downturn that followed the Covid pandemic saw high streets…
Ley Lines in Bungay
Local dowser, Mike Testro, is something of an authority on ley lines and he tells us that there is an important ley line running through Bungay. We asked him more:…
Working People of Bungay Art Project
As lockdown prevented local artist Gilly Marklew from holding her usual art classes she decided to take the opportunity to embark on a long-term art project – to work on…
Brewing for Bungay
Who would have thought that starting a new business in the middle of a lockdown would be a good idea? But that’s exactly what Paul Holland and Philip Gilham, of…
Weird and Wonderful Bungay
You will see references to the famous Black Dog of Bungay everywhere in Bungay but there is much more weirdness to our town than that. We have ghosts. All sorts…
Token Coinage
The statue of Justice on the Butter Cross is our town’s finest work of art. It was erected in 1753, and considered a very expensive and prestigious image for the…
Eliza Dreyer Almshouses
In her novels, the heroines created by Georgian novelist, Eliza Bonhote, marry wealthy and handsome suitors, and then use their good fortune to provide charity for the poor. The poor…
Wildman at the Castle
Our ancient Norman Castle is attracting renewed interest, now that the King’s Head site has been purchased by the Castle Trust to provide access to the Castle keep from the…
Nature Walks
During the summer term at my prep school, St. Mary’s, in Earsham Street, we regularly marched in a straggly crocodile down to Outney Common for a Nature Walk. Our botany…
