Bury Market wins top award from TripAdvisor

The latest accolade awarded to Bury Market has come from the world’s largest travel site TripAdvisor.

It has given the town’s famous market a Certificate of Excellence for 2015 after the tourist attraction achieved a guest rating of 4.5 with over 244 reviews, putting it among the very best.

TripAdvisor say this is a testament to the high standards on the market, and say the award “is given only to the most exceptional performers in TripAdvisor’s global business community” and “is a significant achievement deserving of recognition from both travellers and staff”.

Councillor Sandra Walmsley, cabinet member for resource and regulation, said: “We are delighted that so many visitors have given such positive feedback via TripAdvisor and we hope that that will encourage many more people to come to Bury and enjoy our unique market atmosphere for themselves.”

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Press release issued: 23 June 2015.