Hengrave Hall

Hengrave Hall
SAVE THE DATE - 11 SEPTEMBER 2010

Welcome

Welcome to the blogsite for Anna & Paul's wedding in Bury St Edmunds, England, 11 September 2010!

The site will be regularly updated with information about the wedding, as well as recommendations for accommodation, travel advice and what there is to see and do in the region.

To contact us please email:
apbott.wedding@gmail.com

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL IN BURY ST EDMUNDS! LOVE, ANNA & PAUL.

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Save the Date


By now many of you have received our 'save the date' cards and have now discovered this blogsite!

Presently there are accommodation recommendations up on the site, which will be followed by information on transport including taxi, train and hire car companies and how to get to Bury St Edmunds from London.

We will also be including a section on 'Things to Do' in the immediate and surrounding area of Bury St Edmunds.

Again, any questions or suggestions can be directed to our email address at apbott.wedding@gmail.com.

We will post again soon!
Love, Anna and Paul.
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Accommodation Options

If you wish to stay overnight in Bury St Edmunds and have not already booked a hotel or bed & breakfast, we strongly advise that you do so as soon as possible. Below you will find our list of suggestions for accommodation in the area.

We are organising a shuttle bus to transport guests from their accommodation to the wedding and back again at the end of the wedding reception. If you'd like to use this shuttle bus, we suggest staying at one of the options below and letting us know on your invitation reply card. We can then organise transport for you, details of pick up times will be made available on this blog closer to the wedding date.

We have organised special rates and made provisional bookings at The Angel, Suffolk Hotel & Ramada Hotel. We are expecting most guests will only require accommodation for Saturday night, however for convenience and to secure rates the provisional bookings have been made for two nights (Friday 10th & Saturday 11th of September 2010). Please note staying two nights is optional and one night bookings are OK. In order to obtain these rates when making your reservation advise you are with the 'Bott Wedding' and quote the reference number provided below. All room rates quoted are inclusive of VAT.
HOTELS
(Numbers refer to location on below Google map: accommodation options.)

1. The Angel (www.theangel.co.uk)
3 Angel Hill,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP331LT
T: 01284 714 000

No. of rooms provisionally booked: 25
Reservation number: 76823
Special Rate: £115 bed & breakfast on the Friday and £125 bed & breakfast on the Saturday

2. The Ickworth Hotel (www.ickworthhotel.co.uk)
Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5QE
T: 01284 735 350

Luxury family friendly hotel.
2 night min bookings only. All room rates include breakfast.
Standard rooms from £300 per night
Deluxe rooms from £360 per night
Large rooms from £425 per night

3. Suffolk Hotel: Golf and Country Club
Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6JQ
T: 01284 706 777

No. of rooms provisionally booked: 10 (5 double, 5 twin)
Reservation number: 60213
Special Rate: £85 bed & breakfast per night for both Friday and Saturday

4. Ramada Hotel (www.ramada.com)
Symonds Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7DZ
T: 01284 760 884
E: reception@ramadaburystedmunds.co.uk

No. of rooms provisionally booked: 20 (14 double, 6 twin)
Reservation number: 260625
Special Rate: £67.50 room only or £82.50 bed & breakfast per night for both Friday and Saturday

5. Travel Lodge (www.travelodge.co.uk)
Barton Mills, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 6AE (off the A11)
T: 08719 846 006

A double/twin room from £49.50 per night (room only).
1 night bookings are OK.

BED & BREAKFAST

6. Kay and Mark Dewsbury (www.beyton.com)
Manor House, The Green, Beyton
Nr Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9AF
T: 01359 270 960
E: manorhouse@beyton.com

2 night min bookings only.
All rooms from £73 per night including breakfast.
3 rooms were available as at March 2010.

7. Jenny and Simon Potts (www.ouncehouse.co.uk)
Ounce House, Northgate Street
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HP
T: 01284 761 779
E: pott@globalnet.co.uk

1 night bookings are OK.
All rooms from £130 per night including breakfast.
5 rooms were available as at March 2010.

Other bed and breakfasts are available in the area, many of which have only one guest room and for this reason have not been included in this list.

Transport Information

VENUE LOCATION
Hengrave Hall
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6LZ
United Kingdom
T: 01284768024

The hall is located in a small settlement called Hengrave which is on the outskirts of a town called Bury St Edmunds. The town is located in the county of Suffolk in the East region of England.

Hengrave Hall GPS Co-ordinates:
Lat: 52.2848N
Long: 0.6725E
Hengrave OS grid reference is TL825686.
Bury St Edmunds OS grid reference is TL855645.

There’s a map below, showing the location of Bury St Edmunds and Hengrave Hall.

GETTING THERE BY ROAD
Hengrave Hall is located 3 miles NW of Bury St Edmunds on the A1101. If driving you need to be on the A1101, it is also convenient to A14, M11 and A1.

Hengrave Hall’s location can be found on Google maps (there is a link on this blog below, Map: Accommodation Options).

The following websites are very useful in giving extremely detailed driving instructions/directions. Don’t forget to put in Hengrave Hall’s postcode – IP28 6LZ.
AA Route Planner (http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp)
ViaMichelin (http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/Driving_directions)
Multimap (http://www.multimap.com/directions)

Approaching along the A14 from the direction of Cambridge:
Take the exit marked Bury St Edmunds WEST (A1302) at the foot of the exit road turn left, signposted B1106 Fornham. In Fornham All Saints turn left signposted A1101 Mildenhall.
The Hall gates are set back on the left in a bend of the road in the village of Hengrave.

Approaching along the A14 from the direction of Ipswich:
Ignore exits marked Bury St Edmunds and leave the A14 at Junction signposted B1106 Fornham. Follow B1106 into Fornham All Saints and turn left onto A1101 Mildenhall.
The Hall gates are set back on the left on a bend of the road in the village of Hengrave.

GETTING THERE BY TRAIN/RAIL
For rail travellers there is a regular service from London (Kings Cross via Cambridge, Liverpool St. via Ipswich) and the North.
The nearest station is Bury St Edmunds – please go to http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ for information and timetables. We suggest that you pre-book a taxi to meet you at the train station and take you to your accommodation or the wedding.

GETTING THERE BY COACH
Daily national express service from Victoria coach station to Bury St Edmunds.
We suggest that you pre-book a taxi to meet you at the station and take you to your accommodation or the wedding.

TAXI
If you will be requiring a taxi, you should book this in advance rather than on the day itself. A list of taxi services in Bury St Edmunds are below:
Taxi Rank 01284 753 836
Bury Taxi 01284 752 260
A.B.A Taxi 01284 767 829
ABC Cab Co 01284 717 141

Further details are available at http://www.mylocaltaxi.co.uk/, if you search; county: Suffolk, town: Bury St. Edmunds this will compile a comprehensive list of all taxi services in the area.

CAR HIRE
If you’re planning on hiring a car for your time in England, there are a number of hire companies to choose from. The most well-known are Avis, Budget, Europcar & National.

You can either go to the individual websites for these companies (eg. http://www.avis.co.uk/) and get an on-line quote to compare, or go to a site like http://www.webcarhire.com/ which will do much of the legwork for you. If you’re flying into London (Heathrow or Gatwick) there will be no problem in collecting the car at the airport. If you want to collect it from another location, be aware that not all companies operate from every location.

Be aware, too, that it isn’t common to hire cars with automatic transmission in England. Most cars will have manual transmission and autos will not only be scarcer, but will also be more expensive to hire.

AIRPORT TRANSFERS
Hengrave Hall is situated 50 miles from Stansted Airport, 45 miles from Norwich Airport, 100 miles from Heathrow Airport and 26 miles from Cambridge Airport.

Details of taxi companies offering airport transfers are listed below.
Go BATS Taxis:
http://www.airports-anytime.co.uk/bury.html

Roly Hollings Taxi Services:
http://www.rolystaxis.co.uk/
Free Call 0808 1200 969
Mobile 07842 865 475
Roly Hollings Airport Transfer Prices to Bury St Edmunds are below.
Stansted From £65
Luton From £85
Norwich From £60
Gatwick From £120
Heathrow From £110

PARKING
There is extensive car parking space at Hengrave Hall, please check with your individual hotels for parking availability.