Christmas Day lunch in Bury St Edmunds costs £62.95 at the Bushel to £115 at Ravenwood Hall: eight places with 2026 prices, child prices and deposits checked.

For Christmas Day in the town centre, the Fox on Eastgate Street charges £78 for three courses and the Old Cannon Brewery £95.25. The Tollgate (£66) and the Bushel (£62.95) are the cheapest published prices in town, and Ravenwood Hall at Rougham is the top end at £115. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own site on 2 November 2026.

We have not eaten at any of these for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry gives the 2026 price from the venue’s own Christmas page or menu, what it includes, any child price, the deposit and the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating. Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday. Most of these places take a deposit when you book and want your menu choices in advance. The last section covers three places with festive menus through December but no Christmas Day lunch you can book on its own.

Christmas Day in Bury St Edmunds town centre

1. The Old Cannon Brewery, Cannon Street

The Old Cannon is the pub, brewery and hotel on Cannon Street that brews its own beer in the bar, behind the steel vessels in the photograph above. Its Christmas 2026 page offers Christmas Day lunch, and the Christmas Day menu is a set menu at £95.25 a person.

Starters include a Baron Bigod and white truffle velouté and beetroot and gin cured salmon; mains are an orange-infused turkey crown with pigs in blankets, garlic and thyme beef fillet, a whole lemon sole or a vegan mushroom, chestnut and spinach wellington. Dessert, a British cheeseboard and tea or coffee with truffles follow.

The menu adds a discretionary 10% service charge, paid to the staff.

Price Christmas Day set menu £95.25 a person; festive party menu two courses £28.25, three courses £34.50 (24 November to 30 December, not Christmas Day or Boxing Day)
Booking through the Christmas page; discretionary 10% service charge
Call 01284 768769
Address 86 Cannon Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1JR
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 16 December 2025
Website oldcannonbrewery.co.uk/christmas-2026
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Good for beer brewed on site, rooms to stay, vegan main, cheeseboard

2. The Fox, Eastgate Street

The Fox is the Greene King pub with rooms at the bottom of Eastgate Street. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses for £78.

Starters are smoked salmon on toasted ciabatta, a twice-baked Croxton Manor cheddar soufflé, chicken pâté or butternut and sweet potato soup. Mains are hand-carved roast turkey with the trimmings, a duo of seafood, a cranberry-glazed nut roast, sirloin steak with black tiger prawns and béarnaise, or a cheddar and leek tart, and the meal ends with a mince pie petit four.

The children’s Christmas Day menu is three courses for £33. A £10 deposit an adult and £10 a child secures the booking.

Open today's hours on the pub page: 7am to 11pm
Price Christmas Day three courses £78; children's Christmas Day menu £33
Booking £10 a person deposit, adults and children
Call 01284 705562
Address 1 Eastgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1XX
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 30 November 2025
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/suffolk/fox/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for children's menu, no-gluten menu, vegetarian mains, rooms to stay

3. The Dog and Partridge, Crown Street

The Dog and Partridge is the Greene King pub on Crown Street, a few doors from the company’s Westgate Brewery. Its Christmas Day page links a Christmas Day menu at three courses for £76.95, with a glass of prosecco or a soft drink on arrival.

The dishes follow the Greene King Christmas Day menu: hand-carved turkey, a nut roast, surf and turf with a sirloin and king prawns, and Christmas pudding among the desserts. The children’s Christmas Day menu is £37.95 for three courses, and there is a separate no-gluten menu.

The deposit is £10 a person for adults and children.

Open today's hours on the pub page: 11am to 11pm
Price Christmas Day three courses £76.95 with a drink on arrival; children's Christmas Day menu £37.95
Booking £10 a person deposit, adults and children
Call 01284 764792
Address 29 Crown Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QU
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 4 December 2024
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/suffolk/dog-and-partridge/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for drink on arrival, children's menu, no-gluten menu, next to the brewery

4. The Bushel, St Johns Street

The Bushel is the Greene King pub and hotel on St Johns Street, and its pub page says it is dog friendly, though not in the rooms. The Christmas Day menu linked from its Christmas Day page is three courses for £62.95 with a glass of fizz or a soft drink on arrival, the lowest Christmas Day price in this guide.

The pub’s no-gluten version of the same menu prints £76.95, so confirm the price for your table when you book. The children’s Christmas Day menu is £37.95, and the deposit is £10 a person.

Open today's hours on the pub page: 8am to 11pm
Price Christmas Day three courses £62.95 with a drink on arrival (no-gluten menu prints £76.95); children's Christmas Day menu £37.95
Booking £10 a person deposit, adults and children
Call 01284 754333
Address 28 to 29 St Johns Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1SN
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 30 November 2025
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/suffolk/bushel/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for lowest Christmas Day price here, dogs welcome in the pub, children's menu, rooms to stay

Christmas Day on the edge of town

5. The Tollgate, Fornham Road

The Tollgate is the Greene King pub on Fornham Road, on the north side of town towards the A14. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses for £66, from the same menu as the Fox: smoked salmon or a cheddar soufflé to start, hand-carved roast turkey, a nut roast or sirloin with prawns as the main, and a mince pie petit four to finish.

The children’s Christmas Day menu is three courses for £29, the lowest child price in this guide. The deposit is £10 an adult and £10 a child.

Open today's hours on the pub page: 11.30am to 11pm
Price Christmas Day three courses £66; children's Christmas Day menu £29
Booking £10 a person deposit, adults and children
Call 01284 755237
Address 142 Fornham Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6AX
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 25 November 2024
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/suffolk/tollgate/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for lowest child price here, vegetarian mains, no-gluten menu

6. The Priory Hotel, Mildenhall Road

The Priory Hotel is on Mildenhall Road, about half a mile from the railway station by the hotel’s own directions. Its Christmas page offers Christmas Day lunch at £75 an adult and £37.50 a child aged 12 and under: a glass of bubbly on arrival from 12pm, then three courses served at 1pm.

The deposit is £50 a person and non-refundable, with the pre-order and full payment due 14 days before. The same page lists a three-day Christmas break from £276 a person, arriving on 24 December, and a Boxing Day carvery at £15.95 an adult and £8.50 a child.

Price Christmas Day £75 an adult, £37.50 a child 12 and under; Boxing Day carvery £15.95, child £8.50; festive dining two courses £26.75, three courses £30.95
Booking £50 a person non-refundable deposit; pre-order and payment 14 days before
Call 01284 766181
Address Mildenhall Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6EH
Hygiene rating 3, Food Standards Agency, 11 October 2025
Website prioryhotel.co.uk/christmas
Good for child price, Boxing Day carvery, Christmas breaks, accessible rooms

Christmas Day in the villages

7. The Rushbrooke Arms, Sicklesmere

The Rushbrooke Arms is the Greene King pub on the A134 at Sicklesmere, south of the town centre. Its Christmas Day page prices three courses at £69.99 an adult and £29.99 for the children’s three courses, with a £10 a person deposit.

The menu is the Greene King Christmas Day menu, and the page mentions duck fat roast potatoes with the turkey, plus sirloin steak with king prawns, salmon wellington and a nut roast as alternatives, and a pistachio baked vanilla cheesecake among the desserts. A no-gluten Christmas Day menu is also published.

Open today's hours on the pub page: 11.30am to 10pm
Price Christmas Day three courses £69.99; children's three courses £29.99
Booking £10 a person deposit
Call 01284 388242
Address Bury Road, Sicklesmere, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0BU
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 6 May 2025
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/suffolk/rushbrooke-arms/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for village pub, children's menu, no-gluten menu, vegetarian main

8. Ravenwood Hall Hotel, Rougham

Ravenwood Hall is the country house hotel off the A14 at Rougham, three miles east of Bury. Its Christmas page calls its Christmas Day lunch “a festive spread that is as generous as it is refined” and prices it at £115 an adult and £40 a child under 12, the highest price in this guide.

Arrival is from 12pm and lunch is served at 1pm prompt. The menu runs to starters such as gravlax of salmon on a buckwheat blini, a lemon champagne sorbet, roast Norfolk turkey or a peppered beef fillet, Christmas pudding, and warm mince pies with tea and coffee.

The deposit is £50 a person and non-refundable; pre-order and full payment are due 14 days before.

Price Christmas Day £115 an adult, £40 a child under 12; Boxing Day lunch two courses £32, three courses £38; festive afternoon tea £25
Booking £50 a person non-refundable deposit; pre-order and payment 14 days before
Call 01359 270345
Address Ipswich Road, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9JA
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 8 November 2024
Website ravenwoodhall.co.uk/christmas
Good for country house, child price, vegan main, Boxing Day lunch

Festive menus in December, no Christmas Day lunch to book

9. The Angel Hotel, Angel Hill

The Angel is the creeper-covered hotel on Angel Hill, facing the Abbey Gate, which Charles Dickens wrote into The Pickwick Papers. Its Christmas page sells Christmas Day lunch, at 12.30pm or 5pm, only as part of a three-night Christmas package with dinner on Christmas Eve and lunch or dinner on Boxing Day; it publishes no package price, and a £200 deposit secures the room.

The 2026 Christmas Day menu opens with Laurent-Perrier Champagne, with venison wellington, halibut ceviche and Norfolk roast turkey on it. For everyone else, its festive parties page prices December lunches at £49 and dinners at £58 a person.

Price festive party lunch £49 a person (12pm to 3pm), dinner £58 (5pm to 9pm); Christmas Day only within the three-night package
Booking £10 a person non-refundable deposit for festive parties; pre-order and balance two weeks before; £200 deposit for the Christmas package
Call 01284 714000
Address 3 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1LT
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 30 November 2025
Website theangel.co.uk/festive-season
Good for Christmas stays, private rooms, the Vaults, town centre

10. The One Bull, Angel Hill

The One Bull is the pub and restaurant at 25 Angel Hill. Its festive group menu runs through December for pre-booked groups of up to 55 at £37.50 for three courses, with dairy-free and vegan options on request.

Starters include stilton and leek croquettes and gin-cured gravlax, and there is a separate gluten-free festive menu. Every festive booking pays a £10 a head non-refundable deposit, and the pre-order form is due at least seven days before.

Its website does not mention Christmas Day.

Price festive group menu three courses £37.50
Booking £10 a head non-refundable deposit; pre-order at least seven days before
Call 01284 848220
Address 25 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1UZ
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 4 December 2024
Website theonebull.co.uk/food/festive-menu
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Good for groups, gluten-free menu, vegan options, town centre

11. The Fox, Pakenham

The Fox at Pakenham is a privately owned free house on The Street, about five miles north-east of Bury, and its website says it carries six hand pulls and more than 35 gins. Its 2026 Christmas menu, linked from the home page, is two courses for £31, three for £37 or four for £42, available Wednesday to Saturday, with 10% off bookings on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Mains include traditional turkey, a venison, beef and chestnut pie, a salmon fillet and a vegan wellington, with coffee and a mince pie included. The pub notes that its kitchen is small and cannot guarantee any meal is allergen free.

Open Tue 5pm to 9pm; Wed and Thu 12pm to 9pm; Fri and Sat 12pm to 10pm; Sun 12pm to 8pm
Price Christmas menu two courses £31, three £37, four £42 (Wednesday to Saturday); 10% off Wednesday and Thursday evenings
Booking recommended
Call 01359 230194
Address The Street, Pakenham, IP31 2JU
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 1 November 2024
Website thepakenhamfox.co.uk
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Good for free house, local ales, vegan main, coffee and mince pie included

How we chose

These are the pubs, hotels and restaurants in and around Bury St Edmunds that publish a 2026 Christmas price on their own websites and hold a Food Standards Agency hygiene rating of 3 or more. Every price, deposit and deadline comes from the venue’s own Christmas page or menu, read on 2 November 2026; the hygiene ratings come from the FSA register (West Suffolk Council). The pub opening hours shown are what each pub page listed on the day we checked; Christmas hours may differ. Some places are not here yet: the Ickworth Hotel sells Christmas only as residential breaks, and the Northgate’s website could not be read when we checked. Prices and availability change as tables fill, so check with the venue before you book. Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@burystedmundspost.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@burystedmundspost.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.

For more on the season, see our guides to the Bury St Edmunds Christmas markets, the Christmas lights switch-on, Christmas at Ickworth, carols at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, where to buy a Christmas tree, free parking on Christmas Thursdays and Christmas trains and buses, plus what’s on this month, things to do in Bury St Edmunds and the local business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I have Christmas dinner in Bury St Edmunds on Christmas Day 2026?

These places publish a Christmas Day 2026 price on their own websites: the Bushel (£62.95), the Tollgate (£66), the Rushbrooke Arms at Sicklesmere (£69.99), the Priory Hotel (£75), the Dog and Partridge (£76.95), the Fox on Eastgate Street (£78), the Old Cannon Brewery (£95.25) and Ravenwood Hall at Rougham (£115).

How much is Christmas dinner for children in Bury St Edmunds?

Where a child price is published: £29 at the Tollgate, £29.99 at the Rushbrooke Arms, £33 at the Fox, £37.50 at the Priory Hotel (12 and under), £37.95 at the Bushel and the Dog and Partridge, and £40 at Ravenwood Hall (under 12).

How much deposit do I need to book Christmas Day lunch in Bury St Edmunds?

The Greene King pubs (the Fox, the Tollgate, the Bushel, the Dog and Partridge and the Rushbrooke Arms) take £10 a person. Ravenwood Hall and the Priory Hotel take a non-refundable £50 a person, with the balance and pre-order due 14 days before.