Where Suffolk packs a punch; There's a buzz to Bury St Edmunds with cool crafts and bars cosied around its ancient stones.

The Evening Standard (London, England) | January 5, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: NORMAN MILLER

AND this," said Mr Pickwick, looking up, "is the Angel. We alight here." Like so much that Charles Dickens wrote about in his novels, this Angel was taken from his own life. The venerable 15th century coaching inn at Bury St Edmunds was where Dickens stayed several times in the 1850s during readings at the nearby Athenaeum Rooms.

The great man would still recognise much from his stay: a cheque he wrote hangs in the bar; the Abbeygate Restaurant, where Mr Pickwick enjoyed a "fine dinner", is still serving them amid comfortable Victorian ...

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