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13 Facts About Newmarket Suffolk

1.

Newmarket Suffolk's name was first recorded in Latin as novo mercato in 1219.

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Newmarket Suffolk was placed under house arrest in the palace while the whole of Cromwell's New Model Army kept guard over the town.

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3.

Newmarket Suffolk has 3 main sections of Heath, all of which are used to train the racehorses on.

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4.

Newmarket Suffolk has three major public horse exercise grounds: Warren Hill, Racecourse Side, and the Limekilns.

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5.

Newmarket Suffolk is the UK centre for the multibillion-pound racehorse breeding industry, and a key global centre of the business.

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6.

Newmarket Suffolk is home to Britain's National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art at Palace House, the National Horseracing Museum, the Sporting Art Trust and a base of Retraining of Racehorses.

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7.

Newmarket Suffolk is the setting for some of Sir Alfred Munnings's most famous paintings.

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8.

Newmarket Suffolk's first railway was a line built by the Newmarket Suffolk and Chesterford Railway and opened in 1848.

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9.

In late 2006, Newmarket Suffolk introduced a Park and Ride service running from Studlands industrial estate to the town centre, which was replaced by an hourly bus route, the number 11, whilst at the same time parking charges were introduced to the town.

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10.

Newmarket Suffolk Hockey Club play field hockey, and Newmarket Suffolk Cycling and Triathlon club is an amateur cycling club in the town.

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11.

Famous residents of Newmarket Suffolk include Austin James, jockeys Frankie Dettori, William Buick, Ryan Moore and Tom Queally as well as trainers Sir Michael Stoute, John Gosden, James Fanshawe, Saeed bin Suroor, Charlie Appleby, and Marco Botti and former West Indian cricketer Michael Holding.

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12.

Many wealthy owners of racing stables and studs have lived in Newmarket Suffolk, including David Robinson, David Thompson, Rachel Parsons and Lester Piggott.

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13.

Newmarket Suffolk has three sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:.

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