Stowmarket
Parish in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.186, 0.996 |
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| OS grid ref: | TM 04 58 |
| Population: | 21,028 |
| Dialling code: | 01449 |
Stowmarket sits in Mid Suffolk, in the county of Suffolk in eastern England, straddling the River Gipping about seven miles north of Ipswich and around a dozen miles south‑east of Bury St Edmunds. It began as a medieval market town and expanded significantly in the 19th century with the arrival of the railway and associated milling and brewing trades; remnants of that industrial past – former maltings and mills – sit alongside the town’s Victorian and more modern development, set against gently rolling Suffolk countryside.
Today Stowmarket combines light industry, distribution and retail with a commuter population travelling to larger centres. Community life is active, centred on a traditional market, independent shops, a local museum and the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts, and the town makes a handy base for exploring the rural charms of Mid Suffolk and the nearby Suffolk coast.
Postcode districts covering Stowmarket
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 11.7 miles18.9 km
- Colchester 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 12 miles19.4 km
- Felixstowe 21.4 miles34.4 km
- Haverhill 24.9 miles40.1 km
- Thetford 19 miles30.6 km
- Sudbury 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Stowmarket 0.1 miles0.2 km
- Harwich 20.5 miles33 km
- Mildenhall 24.2 miles39 km
- Halstead 22.6 miles36.3 km
- Woodbridge 14.7 miles23.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Stowmarket Built-up area 0.1 miles0.2 km
- St. Peter's Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Stow Thorney Ward 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Combs Ford Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Chilton Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Stowupland Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Combs Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Badley Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Creeting St. Peter or West Creeting Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Onehouse Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Great Finborough Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Little Finborough Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
Example postcodes in Stowmarket
IP14 1AY, IP14 2DL, IP14 1UU, IP14 5YF, IP14 2AU, IP14 1GF, IP14 1QH, IP14 2QB, IP14 2FG … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 35.9 miles57.8 km
- Stansted Airport 38.5 miles61.9 km
- Stowmarket Railway Station 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Needham Market Railway Station 3.4 miles5.5 km
Hotels near Stowmarket Ad
- Limes Hotel 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Best Western Claydon Hotel 3 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Hintlesham Hall Hotel 4 9.5 miles15.3 km
- The Grange Hotel 9.8 miles15.8 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 miles15.8 km
- Portman Road Stadium 11 miles17.8 km
- Suffolk College University 11.5 miles18.6 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 14 miles22.5 km
- Ickworth House Estate 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Sutton Hoo Archaeological site 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Newbourne Springs Nature reserve 16.7 miles26.9 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 18.9 miles30.4 km