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Bures Dragon (Viewpoint, St Stephen's Chapel)

Bures Dragon is a hillside viewpoint near St Stephen's Chapel in Bures, Suffolk, where a chalk dragon figure carved in 2012 can be seen across the valley.

Bures Dragon (Viewpoint, St Stephen's Chapel)

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Bures Dragon (Viewpoint, St Stephen's Chapel)

A public viewpoint beside St Stephen's Chapel, reached via a farm track off Cuckoo Hill on the eastern edge of Bures, looks out across private farmland to a chalk dragon measuring 75 metres by 95 metres cut into the hillside. The figure was created in 2012 to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and references a medieval legend, first recorded in 1405, in which a dragon terrorised the village and resisted all attempts to kill it.

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Free Entry

Opening hours

Closed
Monday09:00 – 17:00
Tuesday09:00 – 17:00
Wednesday09:00 – 17:00
Thursday09:00 – 17:00
Friday09:00 – 17:00
Saturday09:00 – 17:00
Sunday09:00 – 17:00

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