National Horseracing Museum
The National Horseracing Museum is a museum in Newmarket, Suffolk 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tony Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: sports museum in Newmarket, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art”, “National Horse Racing Museum”, and “NHRM”
- Address: Palace Street, Newmarket, CB8 8EP
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palace House and Church of All Saints.
Palace House
Museum
Palace House is a museum, which is situated 410 feet west of National Horseracing Museum.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Adrian S Pye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 450 feet west of National Horseracing Museum.
Newmarket railway station
Railway station
Photo: mike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Newmarket railway station is situated 1,900 feet south of National Horseracing Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Exning and Snailwell.
Exning
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2 miles northwest of National Horseracing Museum.
Snailwell
Hamlet
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snailwell is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England around 4 kilometres north of Newmarket. Snailwell is situated 2½ miles north of National Horseracing Museum.
Cheveley
Village
Photo: Belhelvie, Public domain.
The village of Cheveley is situated in the county of Cambridgeshire and lies about four miles east-south-east of the market town of Newmarket. The population of the civil parish was 1,990 at the 2011 Census. Cheveley is situated 2½ miles southeast of National Horseracing Museum.
National Horseracing Museum
- Categories: national museum, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Newmarket, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.24355° or 52° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
0.40896° or 0° 24′ 32″ eastOpen location code
9F426CV5+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 975203090OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6973405
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