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ELR Ghost Trains run 29 to 31 October, Jersey Girls pumpkin picking is £13 from 24 October, and Nuttall Park's lantern parade is at 5pm on Halloween.
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Events
What's On in Bury: Shaun Ryder, Then the Autumn Steam Gala
Shaun Ryder is at The Met on 7 October and the East Lancashire Railway's steam gala runs 16 to 18 October. 40 dated listings for Bury, with prices.
Bury town centre
Mill Gate Bury Gets £24m; Plans Go Out in November
Greater Manchester has put about £24m towards the first phase of rebuilding Mill Gate: walking routes, open space and demolition. Consultation is in November.
Prestwich
Prestwich Stabbing: Boy, 15, Arrested, Two in Hospital
A 15-year-old boy is in custody after two people were stabbed on Whittaker Lane, Prestwich at 5.41pm on Tuesday. A boy of 16 and a man of 18 went to hospital.
Christmas
Bury panto 2026: Jack and the Beanstalk at The Met from £15
Jack and the Beanstalk at The Met, 5 to 28 December 2026, tickets from £15. Every performance time, the relaxed, BSL and pyjama shows, and the school rate.
Christmas
Ramsbottom Christmas markets 2026: 14 and 29 November dates
Two free Christmas markets at Ramsbottom Civic Hall: Bleakholt's on Saturday 14 November, the Makers Market on Sunday 29 November. Bridge Street date to come.
Food hygiene
Bury Food Hygiene Ratings: 42 Fives and 3 Zeros Since August
Of 83 Bury food hygiene ratings published since 1 August, 42 were top marks and 15 were 2 or below, three of them zero. Every business named, with dates.
What's on
Things to do in Bury: past weekend of 26 and 27 September
A pop festival at Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Americana and piano at The Met, The Three Musketeers and a makers market: Bury's weekend, with times and prices.
Bury
Bury Athletic Club Coach Wins England Athletics Award
Fiona Healy has won England Athletics' North West award for services to athletics, after more than 20 years coaching and officiating at Bury Athletic Club.
Bins
Bury Christmas bin collections: 2026 dates due in December
Bury Council publishes its Christmas bin changes in mid-December. Last year collections moved a day early and brown bins paused from 22 December to 4 January.
Schools
Bury school term dates 2026/27: half term 26 to 30 October
Bury Council's 2026/27 term dates with every half term, the Christmas break and 2027/28. Where Holy Cross, Woodhey, Bury CE and Bury College differ.
Bins
Bury tip opening times: 8am daily, closed 25 Dec and 1 Jan
Radcliffe's Cemetery Road tip shuts on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 October for works. Every Street in Bury stays open, 8am daily, closing 6pm in winter.
Half term
Bury October half term 2026: dates and what's on that week
Bury schools break up Friday 23 October and return Monday 2 November. Ghost trains, a haunted garden, half-term shows at The Met and a lantern parade, priced.
Bury is the market town at the head of the borough, and the borough runs south from it along the Irwell valley: Radcliffe and Whitefield, Prestwich looking towards Manchester, Tottington on the moor edge, and Ramsbottom up the valley the other way, at the top of the steam line.
The Bury Post reports what the record shows across all of that. Bury Council publishes the planning register, the licensing notices, the committee papers and the spending, and those documents are where most of what changes here is decided first. We read them and write down what they say plainly, with a link to the original every time, and we keep the practical pages right for the days you just want an answer.
Nothing here is guesswork. Every figure links to its source.