West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon Village

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West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Country Park

The Visitor Centre

Icklingham Road

West Stow

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP28 6HG

Phone: +44(0)1284 728718

Fax: +44(0)1284 728277

weststow@stedsbc.gov.uk

Find out more about:

Shop online at West Stow

To find out more about the History and collections follow the links below:

Anglo - Saxon week with Sutton Hoo - Saturday 24 July - Sunday 1 August

Visit Sutton Hoo and West Stow for the price of one ticket. All you need to do is keep the voucher from your visit to West Stow or Sutton Hoo to claim free entry to the other site. Both sits must be made during between the dates above.

We have the following events on over this week:

A visit from the Saxons - Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 July

The English Companions visit as a group of Thegn Anglo- Saxons. A group of nobles and their servants are resting in the Village, on the their way to visit the King in Rendlesham. Included in normal admissions, (part of joint Sutton Hoo week) for more information call 01284 728718.

We dig Archaeology - Wednesday 28 July

Discover Archaeology at West Stow; try ancient crafts, bring along your finds for identification, get excavating, handle objects and find out how we preserve them. Included in normal admissions, (part of joint Sutton Hoo week) for more information call 01284 728718.

Meet the Anglo Saxons - Saturday - Sunday 1 August
Meet Wulfnoth, Eadyth, Wulfynn and Aelthryth who will be living and working in the Village. Included in normal admissions, (part of joint Sutton Hoo week) for more information call 01284 728718.

Storytelling Competition - Sunday 1 August
Lose yourself in ancient tales as they are performed by storytellers and poets in the village. See www.suffolkskald.webs.com/ or BBC website

for further details if you are a professional or amateur poet and/or storyteller and wish to take part in this event Included in normal admission. No need to book.

See event pages for details.

West Stow
opening hours

West Stow
admission charges

Village and Museum
10am - 5pm daily - last entry at 4pm in summer

and 3.30pm in winter

Shop
10am - 5pm daily

Country park
9am - 5pm in winter and 9am - 8pm in summer

Cafe

The cafe will be open between 10.30am - 4pm

Country park and parking
free

Anglo Saxon Village and Museum
£6 adults
£4 children and concessions
free to under 5's
£18 Family ticket (covers up to 6 people,with a minimum of of one child)

This buys you a Heritage Ticket which allows you to come back to West Stow for a further 5 free visits or entry into Moyse's Hall:

Additional charge for some events

see events page for details.

Charges amended on 26 April 2010

What was it like in early Anglo-Saxon times? Perhaps we will never really know. At West Stow you can walk in the footsteps of our ancestors, explore their homes, see the evidence for yourself - then make up your own mind.

Visit the links on the left of this page to find out more about visiting West Stow Anglo Saxon Village and Country Park.

Last updated July 2010