Bury St Edmunds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds Bury St Edmunds is located in Suffolk Population42,000 OS grid referenceTL855645 DistrictSt Edmundsbury Shire countySuffolk RegionEast Country England Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom Post townBURY ST EDMUNDS Postcode districtIP28–IP33 Dialling code01284 Police Suffolk FireSuffolk AmbulanceEast of England EU ParliamentEast of England UK ParliamentBury 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.