Stowmarket
Stowmarket is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, on the A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stowmarket railway station and The Food Museum.
Stowmarket railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
The Food Museum
Museum
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The Food Museum, formerly the Museum of East Anglian Life, is a museum in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England focused on the farming and food production industries. It consists of an 84-acre estate and 17 historic buildings.
John Peel Centre for Creative Arts
Arts center
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John Peel Centre for Creative Arts is an arts center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Needham Market and Stowupland.
Needham Market
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Needham Market is a historic market town in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, set in the Gipping Valley. Nearby villages include Barking, Darmsden, Badley and Creeting St Mary.
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.
Stowmarket
- Type: Locality
- Location: Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.1858° or 52° 11′ 9″ northLongitude
0.9974° or 0° 59′ 51″ eastElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9F425XPW+7XGeoNames ID
7301353
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