We’re a Ramblers group aimed mainly at people in their 20s, 30s and slightly older, offering led walks and social events across Herts, Beds and south Cambs.
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.
This is a circular walk.
Please be aware of the walk grade: walks are graded Easy, Leisurely, Moderate or Strenuous
Use our Meetup group to book your place on the walk: https://www.meetup.com/StagWalkers/
Book your place via the Stag Walkers Meetup group by clicking the ‘Attend’ button on the event page. If the walk is full, click ‘join waitlist’ and you will be added if a place becomes available. If you’re on the waitlist, please check back regularly to see if you have been added to the attending list.
Please:
DO NOT book onto a walk unless you are pretty sure you will be able to make it.
UPDATE YOUR RSVP. We understand ‘life happens’ so if you need to change your RSVP please do this at least 24 hours before the walk and before booking closes to enable someone else to take your place.
DON’T NO-SHOW on the day unless it is absolutely unavoidable (we do understand ‘life happens’) because it prevents others from enjoying a walk if it is fully booked.
*TAKE NOTE that if you no-show and/or cancel after the booking closing deadline three times, without extenuating circumstances, we will decline further bookings from you for a period of six weeks.*
Bring a packed lunch/snacks and drinks, appropriate clothing for the conditions and optionally a basic first aid kit.
Please follow NHS guidelines and do not attend the walk if you are unwell.
We are a Ramblers group, non members are welcome to try us out for two or three free walks before joining Ramblers as a full member.
As a charity we ask that non-members consider making a voluntary donation to Ramblers until they become a full member. We suggest £3-4 per walk. You can donate in person or online.
The Ramblers’ Association is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Company registration number: 4458492. Registered Charity in England and Wales number: 1093577. Registered office: First Floor, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE.
Meet in front of Bury St Edmunds Station, Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6AR. If driving, parking is £4.20 at NCP car park behind station. If travelling by train from Hitchin, we recommend catching the 08.37 from Hitchin, arriving Cambridge 09.11, then from Platform 5 take 09.47 arriving Bury 10.25. Groups of three to nine adults can get 1/3 off rail tickets when travelling together (N.B. those using GroupSave must travel together at all times).
