Newmarket
Built-up area in West Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.25, 0.407 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 64 64 |
| Population: | 20,384 |
| Dialling code: | 01638 |
Newmarket sits in West Suffolk, Suffolk, England on a sweep of heath and chalk downland, a short hop from Cambridge and threaded by the River Lark. The town is immediately recognisable for its wide training gallops and open commons of Newmarket Heath, which give a remarkably rural feel despite the thriving local economy.
Newmarket is world famous as the headquarters of British horse racing: its two courses, the Rowley Mile and the July Course, sit alongside studs, trainers’ yards and sales rooms such as Tattersalls, while museums and historic houses like Palace House and the National Stud trace a racing history going back to the 17th century. That equine industry shapes most of the town’s employment and culture, bringing visitors for race days, sales and a steady stream of international bloodstock business while the market-town centre retains independent shops and cafés.
Postcode districts covering Newmarket
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 12 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds 13.7 miles
- Haverhill 11.6 miles
- Thetford 18.4 miles
- Sudbury 20.4 miles
- March 24.6 miles
- Ely 12.1 miles
- Royston 22.8 miles
- Saffron Walden 17.1 miles
- Mildenhall 8.2 miles
- Halstead 23.3 miles
- Downham Market 24.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Newmarket East Ward 0.2 miles
- Newmarket North Ward 0.7 miles
- Newmarket West Ward 0.9 miles
- Snailwell Parish 1.4 miles
- Exning Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Woodditton Parish 2.6 miles
- Landwade Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Cheveley Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Moulton Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Stetchworth Built-up area 3.5 miles
- Ashley Built-up area 3.8 miles
- Burwell Built-up area 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in Newmarket
CB8 8DL, CB8 8EX, CB8 8AE, CB8 8EZ, CB8 8EU, CB8 7XA, CB8 9AS, CB8 0NS, CB8 8BH … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 26.3 miles
- Luton Airport 41.9 miles
- Newmarket Railway Station 0.9 miles
- Dullingham Railway Station 3.8 miles
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Schools in Newmarket
- Ditton Lodge Primary School Primary
- Fairstead House Independent - primary
- Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Laureate Community Academy Primary
- Newmarket Academy Secondary
- Paddocks Primary School Primary
- St Louis Catholic Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 1.7 miles
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 6.4 miles
- Ickworth House Estate 10.5 miles
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 10.5 miles
- Abbey Stadium Stadium 11 miles
- Bridge Road Stadium 12.4 miles
- Grand Arcade Shopping centre 12.4 miles
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 12.5 miles
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 12.5 miles
- University of Cambridge University 12.6 miles
- Trinity College College 12.6 miles
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 12.6 miles