BURY BANDSTAND
Support a NEW Bandstand in
the Abbey Gardens
Welcome to the Bury Bandstand Website
Please send us more thoughts about this as soon as possible.
to send us your thoughts or look below for a postage address
The Band Stand in Gorleston
The Band Stand in Holland
There used to be bandstand in the Abbey Gardens. Many people regret the loss of a bandstand and would like to see a new one erected.
After discussions with the Bury Society, English Heritage, Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department and St Edmundsbury Borough Council Parks Manager, we are confident that future plans for the Abbey Gardens could include a Bandstand, provided the decision makers are convinced this is what residents want.
The photographs above show the Cloister Garden as it is now and our suggested Victorian style bandstand, positioned approximately four metres in from the existing asphalt access path.
St Edmundsbury Borough Council are now submitting a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund
for extensive refurbishment of the Abbey Gardens. Go to www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/play/abbeygardensfuture.cfm
to see their proposals -
At this stage they are not including a bandstand in these plans, as they say there is already a “gathering place” but we consider this small, often uncovered, space close to the new children’s play area, is not sufficient.
We urgently need to demonstrate public support for a permanently covered venue of at least 10 metres diameter which also could be used for shelter and enjoyment in all weathers – doubling as a bandstand, mainly on weekend afternoons.
For further information please go to the LEAFLET section on this website. To read what others have said so far, go to the FEEDBACK section.
If after having visiting this website you would like to help then please
or write to us
Church Walks Charities (Bandstand)
26 Church Walks
Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NJ
Please also copy our leaflet and distribute to others who may be interested; talk to your friends and neighbours; bring the matter up for discussion at any clubs, organisations, or groups to which you may belong; and above all, encourage everyone to write in support of a new Bandstand in the Abbey Gardens Cloister Garden.
30/1/12