Newmarket (Suffolk)

Newmarket is a small market town in west Suffolk, between Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds. It is most well known for its horses - it is the headquarters of the Jockey Club that oversees British horseracing, as well as the home of the National Horseracing Museum and the National Stud.
Also nearby is the USAF air base at Lakenheath.

Road

Newmarket is on the A14 and A11 main routes. 14 miles (22 km) from Cambridge and 17 miles (25 km) from Bury St Edmunds on the A14 main road. 50 miles from Norwich and 17 miles from the M1 motorway on the A11 main road.

Bus

Newmarket Rookery Bus Station has regular services to Cambridge, Ely and Bury St Edmunds with Stagecoach
Local busses around the villages, and to towns like Mildenhall, are found on Traveline East Anglia.
National Express coaches stop on the High St, outside KFC/Palmers. These services run to London every 5 hours, as well as to Norwich and the London airports (Stansted (STN), Heathrow (LHR) and Gatwick (LGW)) every 2 hours.

Rail

• Newmarket Train station

  address: Station Approach, Newmarket, CB8 9BB
  on the Cambridge to Ipswich line. Trains run roughly hourly, except on Sundays when they are every 2 hours. Timetables and prices are available from National Rail. To find the office from the station, exit the station onto the road. Turn right, then at the end of the road turn left. Continue straight on to the traffic lights on the High St. Turn right. At the clock tower roundabout, take the second exit signed Ely A142. Just past the traffic lights, Computerlinks is the brick building immediately after Waitrose. The walk is about 15 minutes, but there may be taxis at the station. If taking a train from Newmarket, pay attention to the direction of travel - the line is single track so all trains use the same platform. For Cambridge, trains approach from the left as standing on the platform. Station operated by and services run by Greater Anglia

For longer distance services, connections are available at Cambridge for Stansted Airport, London King's Cross, London Liverpool St, the Midlands and the North, or towards Ipswich you can change at Stowmarket for Norwich.

By bicycle

The town is on National Cycle Route 51 running Oxford to Colchester, through Bury St Edmunds & Ipswich to the E and through Cambridge to the W. National Cycle Route 51 connects with National Cycle Route 11 a few miles NW of the town.

The town is small enough to walk around.

• National Horseracing Museum

  phone: +44 1638 667314
  address: Palace House, Palace St, CB8 8EP

• The National Stud

  phone: +44 1638 663464
  address: CB8 0XE
  Thoroughbred horse breeding farm. National Stud Tours

• Moulton Packhorse Bridge

  address: Moulton, CB8 8SP
  A four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett.

• Go to the races at

  Newmarket Racecourses

  address: The Links CB8 0TG
  This holds frequent flat-racing events April-Oct. It's "racecourses" plural because there are two: the July Course used in summer, and the Rowley Mile Course used in spring and autumn. Indeed there's a third, only occasionally used.

• Mx Tryout

  phone: +44 7425 168341 (mobile)
  address: At Wildtracks Activity Park, Chippenham Rd, Kennett, CB8 7QJ

• Wild Tracks Activity Park

  phone: +44 1638 751918
  address: Chippenham Rd, Kennett, CB8 7QJ
  Airguns, archery, clay shooting, crossbows, karting, motocross, quad bikes, etc.

• TattersallsMain auctioneer of race horses in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

• Artistry in Cocoa

  phone: +44 1638 660503
  address: 25 Granby St, CB8 8HE
  Chocolate sales and demonstrations & tastings

• Waitrose

  phone: +44 1638 561728
  address: Fred Archer Way, CB8 8NY

• Tesco

  phone: +44 345 610 6713
  address: Fordham Rd, CB8 7AH
  Petrol station & pharmacy (different hours). ATMs. Wi-Fi

Try a Newmarket pork sausage.

• Montaz

  phone: +44 1638 665888
  address: 30 Old Station Rd, CB8 8DN

• Wildwood

  phone: +44 1638 667584
  address: 29 High St, CB8 8LX
  Free Wi-Fi

• El Guaca

  phone: +44 1638 665345
  address: Unit 1/2, 4 Exeter Rd, CB8 8LT

• Khobkhun

  phone: +44 1638 660646
  address: 160 High St, CB8 9AQ

• Alif Inn

  phone: +44 1638 663200
  address: 4 The Avenue, CB8 9A

• The New Wellington

  phone: +44 1638 662137
  address: 81 Cheveley Rd, CB8 8AD

• The Golden Lion

  phone: +44 1638 672040
  address: 44 High St, CB8 8LB
  Wi-Fi

• The Waggon & Horses

  phone: +44 1638 560265
  address: 34-36 High St, CB8 8LB

• The Bushel

  phone: +44 1638 668785
  address: 18 Market St, CB8 8EE

• Cafe & Co

  phone: +44 1638 611000
  address: 12-14 Palace St, CB8 8EP

There are several hotels in the Newmarket area.

• Rutland Arms Hotel

  phone: +44 843 178 7163 (premium)
  address: 33 High St, CB8 8NB
  Free Wi-Fi

• Best Western Hotel

  phone: +44 844 387 6165 (premium)
  address: Moulton Rd, Newmarket CB8 8D
  Free Wi-Fi. AA 3

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• Bedford Lodge Hotel

  phone: +44 1638 663175
  address: 11 Bury Rd, CB8 7BX
  Peaceful hotel complete with award winning restaurant, health club and steam room.

• The White Hart Hotel

  phone: +44 1638 663051
  address: 134 High St, CB8 8JP
  This hotel is on the High Street in the centre of Newmarket, 20 minutes walk from the racecourse and 10 minutes from the Tattersalls auctioneers

• Cadogan Hotel

  phone: +44 1638 561480
  address: Fordham Rd, CB8 7AA
  Small family-run hotel in a charming 19th-century building, steeped in history

• Post Office

  address: 103 High St, B8 8JJ

• Cambridge
• Bury St Edmunds
• Thetford and Thetford Forest
• Ely