Bury St Edmunds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds Bury St Edmunds is located in Suffolk Population 42,000 OS grid reference TL855645 District St Edmundsbury Shire county Suffolk Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BURY ST EDMUNDS Postcode district IP28–IP33 Dialling code 01284 Police Suffolk Fire Suffolk Ambulance East of England EU Parliament East of England UK Parliament Bury St Edmunds List of places UK England Suffolk Coordinates: 52.2474°N 0.7183°E Bury St Edmunds is a market town in the county of Suffolk, England,[2] and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. The town, originally called Beodericsworth, is known for brewing and malting (with the large Greene King brewery) and for a British Sugar processing factory, where Silver Spoon sugar, one of Britain's biggest brands, is produced. Many large and small businesses are located in Bury, which traditionally has given Bury an affluent economy with low unemployment,[citation needed] with the town being the main cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk.