Free Guided Town Tour: Sudbury: An Industrious Town
Sat 22 Oct
|Sudbury Tourist Infomation Centre
Join our expert Blue Badge guide as we weave our way around Sudbury’s rich industrial heritage from cloth, brick, beer to Sudbury Silk!
Time & Location
22 Oct 2022, 14:00 – 15:30
Sudbury Tourist Infomation Centre, Sudbury Town Council Old Market Place, Sudbury CO10 1TL, UK
About the Event
Sudbury: An Industrious Town - free guided tour | BOOK YOUR FREE SPACE(S) HERE
Tour Meet point: Sudbury Tourist Information Centre (entrance on Gaol Lane), Town Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1TL
Tour begins at 2pm on Saturday 22 October 2022, the tour will take approx. 1.5hrs
Timber framed buildings, elaborate Georgian facades and medieval churches still stand tall today as evidence of the wealth created from Sudbury's various industries over the centuries...
Sudbury’s historic streets are steeped in our industrial heritage. Architectural clues and monuments from wool, cloth, silk, brick, brewing still stand proudly throughout the town; from characterful Weavers’ Cottages, to mighty Silk Mills and water mills, Sudbury’s Weavers’ Piece garden packed with dye plants to Sudbury’s three magnificent medieval churches and splendid timber framed buildings, the architectural legacy of the wealth of Sudbury’s various industries over the years. After the decline of the wool trade, Sudbury’s spinners and…