St. Mary's Church

Simply lovely and a wonderful representation of architecture and the local community at the time. A wonderful house of worship.

A very fine church which is probably a better building than the nearby cathedral. The nave is very long (I think the longest of any English parish church) and, on the bright day I visited, very light and airy.

Really interesting Henry VIII sister Mary Queen of France is buried here the windows are extremely good, look at the ceilings

I visited the church hoping to see the tomb of Mary Tudor, once briefly Queen of France and a beloved sister to King Henry VIII. Had she lived longer, she may have put a break on her brothers excesses and tyranny. Anyway, we were not allowed to see the tomb, the church is only open for prayer. We were graciously and generously allowed to walk up the central aisle and down again, but not allowed due to "government restrictions" to proceed any further.

As Queen Mary opposed the reformation and died in the old faith, perhaps this church could do the old queen a favour and relieve itself of the burden of holding this tomb, by releasing it to a church that would be more in keeping with Queen Mary's faith, a church that would be happy for people to come and meditate on the mysteries of God, history and humanity.

I would say this is historically the most interesting church in Bury St Edmunds. Top of the list is the very unassuming resting place of Mary, sister of Henry the edith and queen of France who is buried there. It also has the most impressive collection of memorials to men of the Suffolk Regiment. Many who may not be recorded else where. In particular is the very impressive memorial to the men who died on the ship 'Birkenhead '. A legend of women and children first and the men remained to make the best they could and of course many giving their lives.

Stunning stained glass, fabulous acoustic for the acapella concert we attended. Wish we'd had time to explore more.

Friendly volunteers and a pleasure to wander around and enjoy some stillness. Connections to BSE’s military community are clear to see.

This is a wonderful church next to the cathedral, very nice volunteer at the entrance gave us a quick summary of the church and leaflet to help us self guide around the church, the Suffolk Regiment Chapel was of interest to me as it was the forerunner of my Regiment which is now part of the Chapel,