For the former Parliamentary constituency, see Stowmarket (UK Parliament constituency).
Human settlement in England
Stowmarket
Eastbridge Windpump at The Food Museum (June 2006)
Stowmarket
Location within Suffolk
Population
21,534 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid reference
TM048588
• London
89.1mi
Civil parish
Stowmarket
District
Mid Suffolk
Shire county
Suffolk
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
STOWMARKET
Postcode district
IP14
Dialling code
01449
Police
Suffolk
Fire
Suffolk
Ambulance
East of England
UK Parliament
Bury St Edmunds
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°11′N1°00′E / 52.19°N 1.00°E / 52.19; 1.00
Stowmarket (/ˈstoʊˌmɑːrkɪt/STOH-mar-kət) is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England,[2] 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.
The town takes its name from the Old English word stōw meaning "principal place", and was granted a market charter in 1347 by Edward III. A bi-weekly market is still held there today on Thursday and Saturday.
The population of the town has increased from around 6,000 in 1981 to around 21,000 in 2021, with considerable further development planned for the town and surrounding villages as part of an area action plan.[3][4] It is the largest town in the Mid Suffolk district and is represented in parliament by the MP for Bury St Edmunds, currently Jo Churchill.[5]
^"Town Population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket
Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton A2 edition. Publishing Date:2008. ISBN 978 0319240519
^"A guide to Stowmarket, Suffolk. Stowmarket tourist information, local contacts, attractions and reviews". information-britain.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
^"Stowmarket Area Action Plan". midsuffolk.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
^"Bury St Edmunds MP joins cross party investigation into mis-selling by banks to SMEs". Bury Free Press. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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