| The Abbey Gardens & Nowton Park |
| Written by Richard Rout |
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We’ve had fantastic weather for the past few weeks and I thought it was worth mentioning just how good the Abbey Gardens have been looking. These photos were taken when I walked Rufus there last weekend.
View of the Abbey Gardens The St Edmundsbury Parks department does a fantastic job keeping the gardens looking good all year round. Sometimes I think people forget just how fortunate we are to have an area like this in our town centre.
View of the Abbey Gardens
Similarly, Nowton Park has been looking pretty spectacular over the last month - as the images below testify.
Nowton Park
Nowton Park
Best of all, both the Abbey Gardens and Nowton Park are completely free to visit. More information on the parks in St Edmundsbury can be found here, sadly the photographs on the website don't really do them justice. |
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Hopefully the good weather will last until the Suffolk Show.
Should those who use them pay more than those who don't? Should parking at Nowton always be free? These are difficult questions which may have to be addressed if the government continues to reduce our annnual grant and if we want to keep council tax from rising too much.
Paul, yes you raise valid points. They are ‘free’ to visitors and this is how most people perceive it rather than thinking about how their Council Tax funds them. I think everyone would agree, however, that even in this context they are excellent value. Let’s save the debate over funding for another day – I don’t have enough time to debate something that isn’t even being proposed at the moment!