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 miles19.3 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 13.7 miles22 km
- Haverhill 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Thetford 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Sudbury 20.4 miles32.9 km
- March 24.6 miles39.7 km
- Ely 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Royston 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Saffron Walden 17.1 miles27.6 km
- Mildenhall 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Halstead 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Downham Market 24.4 miles39.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Newmarket East Ward 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Newmarket North Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Newmarket West Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Snailwell Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Exning Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Woodditton Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Landwade Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Cheveley Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Moulton Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Stetchworth Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Ashley Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Burwell Built-up area 3.8 miles6.2 km
Example postcodes in Newmarket
CB8 8BU, CB8 1GY, CB8 9AQ, CB8 9BJ, CB8 8HA, CB8 8DS, CB8 0EL, CB8 7AQ, CB8 9AE … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 26.3 miles42.2 km
- Luton Airport 41.9 miles67.4 km
- Newmarket Railway Station 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Dullingham Railway Station 3.8 miles6.1 km
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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 miles2.7 km
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Ickworth House Estate 10.5 miles17 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 10.5 miles17 km
- Abbey Stadium Stadium 11 miles17.7 km
- Bridge Road Stadium 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Grand Arcade Shopping centre 12.4 miles20 km
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 12.5 miles20.2 km
- University of Cambridge University 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Trinity College College 12.6 miles20.2 km
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 12.6 miles20.3 km