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Newmarket
WHETHER you’re a devoted horse-racing fan or just a lover of beautiful English towns, Newmarket is sure to appeal.
It has long been associated with horses and racing, since successive royal family members came to appreciate the flat land as an ideal location for galloping their horses.
Racing’s early administrative body – The Jockey Club – came to create its home here, and now there are said to be some 2,500 horses training in the town at any one time.
If this is your particular fascination, you’ll be pleased to find the National Stud here, the National Horseracing Museum, Tattersalls Sale Ring, and also the impressive Newmarket Racecourses themselves.
Keeping to an animal theme, you might be keen to visit the Newmarket-sited Animal Health Trust.
This fantastic charity has now been going for more than half a century, and in that time has helped thousands of horses – as well as cats and dogs.
It not only provides specialist veterinary and diagnostic services, but also leads the way in terms of animal health research. Its HQ is found in Kentford, within Newmarket, and has a library facility open to visitors, as well as a visitor centre.
There are other places of interest for the curious visitor too.
Newmarket boasts impressive features like the grand Clock Tower in High Street, the King Edward VII Memorial Gardens, the War Memorial Gardens, or Cleveland House.
And for some, it might just be the idea of the retail therapy which has the most appeal. Newmarket’s shopping heart is, in essence, centred around the High Street itself. Here, you’ll find the likes of superb ladies boutiques and shoe stores, as well as long established clothing company, Goldings of Newmarket.
For eating and drinking, there are plenty of possibilities too.
The town has a number of established restaurants serving all types of cuisine, so you are guaranteed a great choice of top quality places to dine
Eating out in Newmarket
Newmarket has a true English-town feel, with a delightful community spirit and a population of around 17,000.
Whatever time of year you choose to visit, and however long your stay, this is a worthy stop and a haven for tourists and home-seekers alike.
It may have built its reputation around one very specific sporting arena, but it has a very special and much admired personality all of its own. Come and stay soon! Accommodation in Newmarket
It has long been associated with horses and racing, since successive royal family members came to appreciate the flat land as an ideal location for galloping their horses.
Racing’s early administrative body – The Jockey Club – came to create its home here, and now there are said to be some 2,500 horses training in the town at any one time.
If this is your particular fascination, you’ll be pleased to find the National Stud here, the National Horseracing Museum, Tattersalls Sale Ring, and also the impressive Newmarket Racecourses themselves.
Keeping to an animal theme, you might be keen to visit the Newmarket-sited Animal Health Trust.
This fantastic charity has now been going for more than half a century, and in that time has helped thousands of horses – as well as cats and dogs.
It not only provides specialist veterinary and diagnostic services, but also leads the way in terms of animal health research. Its HQ is found in Kentford, within Newmarket, and has a library facility open to visitors, as well as a visitor centre.
There are other places of interest for the curious visitor too.
Newmarket boasts impressive features like the grand Clock Tower in High Street, the King Edward VII Memorial Gardens, the War Memorial Gardens, or Cleveland House.
And for some, it might just be the idea of the retail therapy which has the most appeal. Newmarket’s shopping heart is, in essence, centred around the High Street itself. Here, you’ll find the likes of superb ladies boutiques and shoe stores, as well as long established clothing company, Goldings of Newmarket.
For eating and drinking, there are plenty of possibilities too.
The town has a number of established restaurants serving all types of cuisine, so you are guaranteed a great choice of top quality places to dine
Eating out in Newmarket
Newmarket has a true English-town feel, with a delightful community spirit and a population of around 17,000.
Whatever time of year you choose to visit, and however long your stay, this is a worthy stop and a haven for tourists and home-seekers alike.
It may have built its reputation around one very specific sporting arena, but it has a very special and much admired personality all of its own. Come and stay soon! Accommodation in Newmarket