Westgate
Ward in West Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.236, 0.697 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 84 63 |
| Dialling code: | 01284 (Bury-St-Edmunds) |
Westgate is a ward covering the western side of the market town of Bury St Edmunds in West Suffolk, Suffolk, England. It sits close to the town centre and benefits from good transport links and easy access to the historic core, so residents mix the character of a long-established market town with suburban convenience.
The area is predominantly residential with a blend of Victorian terraces and more modern housing, local shops, pubs and community facilities, and a local economy shaped by retail, services and the surrounding agricultural hinterland. Culturally it shares in Bury St Edmunds’s historic attractions such as the Abbey Gardens and regular markets, and supports active neighbourhood groups and events that give the ward a strong local identity.
Postcode districts covering Westgate
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 23.6 miles
- Cambridge 23.9 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds 1.6 miles
- Haverhill 15.4 miles
- Thetford 12.6 miles
- Sudbury 14 miles
- Stowmarket 13 miles
- Newmarket 12.3 miles
- Ely 21.6 miles
- Saffron Walden 24.1 miles
- Mildenhall 11.9 miles
- Halstead 20.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Minden Ward 0.7 miles
- Abbeygate Ward 0.8 miles
- Southgate Ward 1.1 miles
- Horringer Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Westley Parish 1.4 miles
- Eastgate Ward 1.5 miles
- Tollgate Ward 1.5 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Nowton Parish 1.7 miles
- St. Olaves Ward 1.7 miles
- Moreton Hall Ward 2.1 miles
- Ickworth Parish 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Westgate
IP33 3NR, IP33 2EW, IP33 3UJ, IP33 2DQ, IP33 2HS, IP33 2JP, IP33 3DN, IP33 2HN, IP33 2EQ … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 31.2 miles
- Norwich International Airport 39.1 miles
- Bury St Edmunds Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Thurston Railway Station 4.8 miles
Hotels near Westgate Ad
- Angel Hotel 4 1 mile
- All Saints Hotel 4 2.8 miles
- Dragonfly Hotel Bury St Edmunds 3 1.5 miles
- Best Western Priory Hotel 3 1.8 miles
- Tuddenham Mill Luxury Hotel 5 8.6 miles
Schools in Westgate
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
Local points of interest
- Ickworth House Estate 2.4 miles
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 5.8 miles
- Shepherds Grove Forest 9.7 miles
- Elveden Hall Estate 10.3 miles
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 13.7 miles
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 15.3 miles
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 16.4 miles
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 17.9 miles
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 18.3 miles
- Lynford Hall Estate 19.4 miles
- Snetterton Heath Estate 19.6 miles