Stowmarket
Built-up area in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.186, 0.993 |
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| OS grid ref: | TM 04 58 |
| Population: | 21,028 |
| Dialling code: | 01449 |
Stowmarket is a market town in the district of Mid Suffolk in Suffolk, England, sitting beside the River Gipping and surrounded by the rolling arable countryside typical of East Anglia. Its location on main road and rail routes makes it a convenient stop between Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, and the town retains a compact centre with a mix of independent shops, newer retail and light industrial estates.
Historically a market and small industrial hub with mills and maltings, Stowmarket has a sense of local identity strengthened by community venues such as the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts - the broadcaster John Peel was born locally - and regular events and markets. Today the local economy blends retail, manufacturing and distribution while the surrounding landscape and community organisations keep a strong rural feel and civic life.
Postcode districts covering Stowmarket
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 11.8 miles19 km
- Colchester 20.8 miles33.4 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Felixstowe 21.5 miles34.5 km
- Haverhill 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Thetford 19 miles30.5 km
- Sudbury 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Harwich 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Mildenhall 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Halstead 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Woodbridge 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Kesgrave 13.4 miles21.6 km
Neighbouring places
- St. Peter's Ward 0.3 miles0.4 km
- Combs Ford Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Stow Thorney Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Stowupland Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Combs Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Onehouse Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Badley Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Creeting St. Peter or West Creeting Parish 2 miles3.1 km
- Great Finborough Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Little Finborough Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Harleston Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden Ward 2.5 miles4 km
Example postcodes in Stowmarket
IP14 2BW, IP14 1HW, IP14 1UH, IP14 2AR, IP14 9DL, IP14 5UL, IP14 1ER, IP14 1PX, IP14 1HA … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 36 miles57.9 km
- Stansted Airport 38.4 miles61.7 km
- Stowmarket Railway Station 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Needham Market Railway Station 3.5 miles5.7 km
Hotels near Stowmarket Ad
- Limes Hotel 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Best Western Claydon Hotel 3 7.5 miles12 km
- Hintlesham Hall Hotel 4 9.5 miles15.4 km
- The Grange Hotel 9.7 miles15.7 km
Schools in Stowmarket
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Cedars Park Community Primary School Primary
- Chilton Community Primary School Primary
- Combs Ford Primary School Primary
- Stowmarket High School Secondary
- Trinity C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Wood Ley Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Shepherds Grove Forest 9.8 miles15.7 km
- Portman Road Stadium 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Suffolk College University 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 13.4 miles21.5 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 14 miles22.5 km
- Ickworth House Estate 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Sutton Hoo Archaeological site 16 miles25.8 km
- Newbourne Springs Nature reserve 16.8 miles27 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 17.4 miles28 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 18.9 miles30.4 km