What connects “Bad” King John, Charles Dickens’ first novel and a wolf skulking under a hedgerow? All of them are woven into the history of the Suffolk town of Bury St Edmunds. Its sloping streets reflect its storied past: grand Georgian houses jostle against whitewashed, woodbeamed buildings, while at the bottom of the hill stands a ruined Norman abbey surrounded by glorious gardens.
The town first gained importance during the Middle Ages as the