Bury is the thriving heart of the borough with a bustling market and superb range of high street and specialist shops complemented by beautiful countryside, a wide range of leisure facilities and award winning attractions.

Bury town centre - entertainment, choice and friendliness, modern shopping centres can be faceless places, but not Bury. The flagship Millgate Centre - the envy of other towns in the North West - has over 100 thriving retail outlets and is surrounded by the busy town centre streets. The two areas run so smoothly into each other that it is hard to spot the join! It is the sheer choice that attracts you to Bury. Whatever you require, from clothing to writing paper, from electrical appliances to books, pasties, cakes, sandwiches, magazines, books and various gift ideas.

A trip on the East Lancashire Railway is journey back in time. It was opened in 1846 to link the Manchester to Bolton line with Radcliffe and was a popular passenger and freight route which served the Irwell Valley from Bury, via Ramsbottom, to Rawtenstall and beyond. 1972 saw the last passengers travel on the Bury to Rawtenstall section, and that would have been the end of an era had the East Lancashire Preservation Society not been committed to restoring the line to its former glory. With assistance from Bury and Rossendale Councils, the line was reopened in 1991.