Newmarket Heath
Newmarket Heath is a 279.3-hectare-large biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Newmarket in Suffolk. It covers most of Newmarket Racecourse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Newmarket railway station and National Horseracing Museum.
Newmarket railway station
Railway station
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Newmarket railway station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 7 April 1902. It is on the Cambridge branch of the Ipswich–Ely line and is 800 yards south of the site of the original Newmarket station. Passenger services are operated by Greater Anglia. Newmarket railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Newmarket Heath.
National Horseracing Museum
Museum
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The National Horseracing Museum is a museum in Newmarket dedicated to the history of horseracing. It covers a 5-acre site on Palace Street in the centre of the town, having previously been housed in the Jockey Club Rooms on Newmarket High Street. National Horseracing Museum is situated 1½ miles east of Newmarket Heath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newmarket and Exning.
Newmarket
Town
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Newmarket is a market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 14 miles west of Bury St Edmunds and 14 miles northeast of Cambridge. Newmarket is situated 1½ miles east of Newmarket Heath.
Exning
Village
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Exning is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It lies just off the A14 trunk road, roughly 12 miles east-northeast of Cambridge, and 10 miles south-southeast of Ely. Exning is situated 1½ miles north of Newmarket Heath.
Burwell
Village
Burwell is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, some 10 miles north-east of Cambridge. It lies on the south-east edge of the Fens. Westward drainage is improved by Cambridgeshire lodes, including Burwell Lode, a growth factor in the village. Burwell is situated 3 miles northwest of Newmarket Heath.
Newmarket Heath
- Type: Airfield
- Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, England, UK
- Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest, heath, and transportation
- Location: Newmarket, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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