Stowmarket railway station
Stowmarket railway station is a stop on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the market town of Stowmarket, Suffolk. The station is 80 miles 9 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Needham Market to the south and Diss to the north.Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Stowmarket, Mid Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “SMK”, “Stowmarket Railway Station”, and “Stowmarket Station”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include John Peel Centre for Creative Arts and Church of St Peter and St Mary.
John Peel Centre for Creative Arts
Arts center
Photo: Martinevans123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
John Peel Centre for Creative Arts is an arts center, which is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Stowmarket railway station.
Church of St Peter and St Mary
Church
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter and St Mary stands in the town of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The church dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building. Church of St Peter and St Mary is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Stowmarket railway station.
The Pickerel Inn
Pub
Photo: Sumitsurai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Pickerel Inn is a pub, which is situated 480 feet northwest of Stowmarket railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Combs Ford and Stowupland.
Combs Ford
Suburb
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Combs Ford is a suburb of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England. It sits at the confluence between the rivers Gipping and Rattlesden. Combs Ford is where the procession of the Stowmarket Carnival changes as it swings between The Magpie and The Gladstone public houses and proceeds towards Ipswich Street.
Stowupland
Village
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stowupland is a civil parish 1 mile east of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. Stowupland means "a place occupied on higher ground than Stowmarket", with the Saxons calling the village Ultuna due to the far higher presence of owls in the woods that previously stood on the site of Holy Trinity Church. Stowupland High School is found in the village.
Badley
Hamlet
Badley is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, located between Stowmarket and Needham Market. With an electorate of less than 100, it has an infrequent parish meeting rather than a parish council. Badley is situated 1½ miles southeast of Stowmarket railway station.
Stowmarket railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Stowmarket, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.1898° or 52° 11′ 23″ northLongitude
1.00026° or 1° 0′ 1″ eastElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Operator
Greater AngliaNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SMK”Open location code
9F4352Q2+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3788871517OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
6953654Wikidata ID
Q2618103
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Stowmarket railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Stowmarket”
- Dutch: “Station Stowmarket”
- French: “gare de Stowmarket”
- French: “Stowmarket”
- Polish: “Stowmarket”
- Urdu: “اسٹو مارکیٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Venetian: “stasion de Stowmarket”
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