Stowmarket is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town lies on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between Diss and Needham Market, and lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town.
Eastbridge Windpump at The Food Museum (June 2006)
Town sign, Market Place, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in 2002
Church of St Peter and St Mary
Stowmarket railway station from the front
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just three towns, being Stowmarket, Needham Market and Eye. Its council was based in Needham Market until 2017 when it moved to shared offices with neighbouring Babergh District Council in Ipswich, outside either district. In 2021 it had a population of 103,417.
Stowmarket, the district's largest town
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Council Offices, High Street, Needham Market: Council's headquarters 1982–2017
Hawks Mill at Needham Market