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Newmarket is a town in Suffolk, England.

Understand

The Victorian Clocktower

Newmarket is a small market town in west Suffolk, between Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds. It is most well known for its horses - it is the headquarters of the Jockey Club that oversees British horseracing, as well as the home of the National Horseracing Museum and the National Stud.

Also nearby is the USAF air base at Lakenheath.

Get in

Road

Newmarket is on the A14 and A11 main routes. 14 miles (22 km) from Cambridge and 17 miles (25 km) from Bury St Edmunds on the A14 main road. 50 miles from Norwich and 17 miles from the M1 motorway on the A11 main road.

Bus

Newmarket Rookery Bus Station has regular services to Cambridge, Ely and Bury St Edmunds with Stagecoach

Local busses around the villages, and to towns like Mildenhall, are found on Traveline East Anglia.

National Express coaches stop on the High St, outside KFC/Palmers. These services run to London every 5 hours, as well as to Norwich and the London airports (Stansted (STN IATA), Heathrow (LHR IATA) and Gatwick (LGW IATA)) every 2 hours.

Rail

  • 1 Newmarket Train station, Station Approach, Newmarket, CB8 9BB. on the Cambridge to Ipswich line. Trains run roughly hourly, except on Sundays when they are every 2 hours. Timetables and prices are available from National Rail. To find the office from the station, exit the station onto the road. Turn right, then at the end of the road turn left. Continue straight on to the traffic lights on the High St. Turn right. At the clock tower roundabout, take the second exit signed Ely A142. Just past the traffic lights, Computerlinks is the brick building immediately after Waitrose. The walk is about 15 minutes, but there may be taxis at the station. If taking a train from Newmarket, pay attention to the direction of travel - the line is single track so all trains use the same platform. For Cambridge, trains approach from the left as standing on the platform. Station operated by and services run by Greater Anglia Railway stations in Newmarket (Q47505005) on Wikidata Railway stations in Newmarket on Wikipedia (updated Jun 2017)

For longer distance services, connections are available at Cambridge for Stansted Airport, London King's Cross, London Liverpool St, the Midlands and the North, or towards Ipswich you can change at Stowmarket for Norwich.

By bicycle

The town is on National Cycle Route 51 running Oxford to Colchester, through Bury St Edmunds & Ipswich to the E and through Cambridge to the W. National Cycle Route 51 connects with National Cycle Route 11 a few miles NW of the town.

Get around

Map
Map of Newmarket (Suffolk)

The town is small enough to walk around.

See

Hyperion Statue
The Rowley Mile Racecourse

Do

Newmarket Racecourse (14137378411)
  • Go to the races at 1 Newmarket Racecourses, The Links CB8 0TG (a mile southwest of town off A1304). This holds frequent flat-racing events April-Oct. It's "racecourses" plural because there are two: the July Course used in summer, and the Rowley Mile Course used in spring and autumn. Indeed there's a third, only occasionally used. Newmarket Racecourse (Q16998889) on Wikidata Newmarket Racecourse on Wikipedia (updated Jan 2019)
  • 2 Mx Tryout (Motocross Experience & Tuition), At Wildtracks Activity Park, Chippenham Rd, Kennett, CB8 7QJ, ☏ +44 7425 168341 (mobile), . (updated Jun 2017)
  • 3 Wild Tracks Activity Park (Outdoor Activities Park), Chippenham Rd, Kennett, CB8 7QJ (Use postcode CB8 7QJ), ☏ +44 1638 751918, . Daily 9AM-9PM (pre-book). Airguns, archery, clay shooting, crossbows, karting, motocross, quad bikes, etc. (updated Jun 2017)

Buy

  • Tattersalls. Main auctioneer of race horses in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Tattersalls (Q1656195) on Wikidata Tattersalls on Wikipedia (updated Jan 2017)
  • 1 Artistry in Cocoa (Specialist Chocolate Shop), 25 Granby St, CB8 8HE, ☏ +44 1638 660503, . Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM. Chocolate sales and demonstrations & tastings (updated Jun 2017)
  • 2 Waitrose (Supermarket), Fred Archer Way, CB8 8NY, ☏ +44 1638 561728. M-Th 7AM-8PM, F 7AM-9PM, Sa 7AM-8PM, Su 10AM-4PM. (updated Jun 2017)
  • 3 Tesco (Supermarket), Fordham Rd, CB8 7AH, ☏ +44 345 610 6713. M 6AM-midnight, Tu-Sa 24 hr, Su 10AM-4PM. Petrol station & pharmacy (different hours). ATMs. Wi-Fi (updated Jun 2017)

Eat

Try a Newmarket pork sausage.

Drink

Sleep

There are several hotels in the Newmarket area.

Connect

  • 1 Post Office, 103 High St, B8 8JJ. M 9AM-5:30PM, Tu 9:30AM-5:30PM, W-F 9AM-5:30PM, Sa 9AM-12:30PM. (updated Jun 2017)

Go next

Routes through Newmarket
London ← Duxford ←  SW  NE  → Mildenhall → Norwich
Birmingham ← Cambridge ←  W  E  → Bury St Edmunds → Felixstowe


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