Key facts
- Area
- 14.65 km (5.66 sq mi)
- Population
- 16,772 (2021 Census)
- Density
- 1,145/km (2,970/sq mi)
- Os grid reference
- TL645636
- Civil parish
- Newmarket
- District
- West Suffolk
- Shire county
- Suffolk
- Region
- East
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- NEWMARKET
- Postcode district
- CB8
- Dialling code
- 01638
- Police
- Suffolk
- Fire
- Suffolk
- Ambulance
- East of England
- Uk parliament
- West Suffolk
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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. The population in 2021 was 16,772.
The town is known as a centre for the breeding, training and racing of thoroughbred horses, being home to two racecourses, about seventy training yards, some 3,000 horses, over sixty stud farms, two equine hospitals, the British Racing School, Tattersalls auction sales, the Jockey Club Rooms, the National Horseracing Museum, and racing charities. The Rowley Mile racecourse hosts two British Classic Races. Between them, the two racecourses hold races on 39 days every year, more than any other town in Britain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newmarket” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.