Stowmarket Is a Fantastic Place to Work, Live

S organisations and theirprojectstogetherto what we already have, andtiethedifferent There isaneedtocapture and buildon generations tocome. not justplanningforYOUR future, butforfuture This visionstillholdstruetodaybecause it’s Stowmarket: Stowmarket Masterplan setoutthevisionfor Following extensive consultation,the2008 growth oftheDistrict. Stowmarket plays acrucialroleinthefuture are never finished–so we also recognise that places continuallygrow andevolve –they make Stowmarket thesuccess itistoday. But place andthelocaleconomy, allofwhich initiatives whichhelpsupportourpeople, of wonderfulorganisations,projectsand area better. We appreciate there isaraft YOUR AREA–YOUR PRIORITIES OF GREATER STOWMARKET SHAPE THEFUTURE WE WANT YOUR HELPTO Welcome sporting facilities” informal recreation, leisure and healthy lifestyles, through developing provide increasing opportunitiesfor prosperous. Thegrowing town will it isbothattractive andeconomically inhabitants andvisitors thatensure and environmental conditionsfor its offering economic,social,cultural market town intheMidSuffolk district, realise itspotential role asthelargest “The t make thetown anditswidercatchment live andvisit,hassomuchtooffer to towmarket isafantastic placetowork, own ofStowmarket willfully meet itsfullpotential. how thetown shouldgrow and providers andgive aclearsteer about delivery planto unite thetown withtheservice aspirations. Thesewillbeprioritisedina projects, development proposalsandfuture together thevariousgroups,organisations VISION FOR PROSPERITY”.Thiswillbring Stowmarket area called“DELIVERINGA overarching prospectusfortheGreater With yourhelpwe aimtodevelop an than justthosewholive inthetown. people thatshouldhave asayabout itsfuture reaching. Forthisreason, there are more in MidSuffolkDistrict,soitsinfluenceis far employment, leisure andretail destination boundary line. Stowmarket isamajor Stowmarket ismore thanjustthetown’s success andvalueformoney. that everyone issigneduptoachieve thesame It’s notnecessarily all-new, butitisensuring about thewayplacesfunction,look,andfeel. from care provision tograss cutting. It’s all about day-to-dayservicesincludinganything physical growth or housebuilding,butalso Visioning isall-encompassing: it’s notjustabout a positive andcoordinated way, notpiecemeal. collectively we are moving forward togetherin deliver theabove vision.Thiswillensure that what isgoingtohappen,when,andwhowill establish aclearwayforward, makingitclear

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Bacton

Wetheringsett

Thurston Mendlesham

Elmswell

Wetherden Debenham A14 Haughley Old Newton

Harleston Shelland Onehouse A140 Stowupland

Rattlesden Earl Stonham Stowmarket Stonham Creeting Aspall Great St. Peter Buxhall Finborough

A14 Creeting Crowﬁeld Combs St. Mary

Little Needham Finborough Market

Battisford

Ringshall Barking

A14 Wattisham

Great Blakenham Bildeston

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Beccles

Mildenhall Diss Further afield Halesworth Bury St Edmunds Newmarket

Debenham Framlingham

Stowmarket

Haverhill Woodbridge

Sudbury Ipswich Hadleigh

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The River, Stowmarket circa 1922. the localarea butitisﬁrst recognised as AD andknown asThorney Roman occupationhasbeennotedin Domesday report of1086itisalready a permanentsettlementinabout950 In thebeginning... of theNormanConquestand reached about Population 1986 11,000. boasting amarket. OWMARKET TIMELINE

Stowmarket town clock. estate operate outofRAF Century the basereceived anewleaseof ﬁghter jetsoftheRAFceasedto 1347 life withtheArmyAirCorp w.

This map of Stowmarket, 1884 was hand-drawn by the cartographers of the Ordnance Survey. w Regal Cinemaclosedit 74 the rest ofthecountry linking Stowmarket to for severalmonths a majorreatthe The railway opened

ToT stalled after failingtowin stalled after scheme inIpswichStreet o wn Av w wn centreregeneration Danescourt Drive,Thirlmer churchyards forburialsin Road/ Lavenham Cemetery inBuryRoad n enue, Lockington,Melford Pu c Baldwin Roadestates Parliament closed opened asAct of towns andcities. for the Compulsory for theCompulsory e rchase Order 1970-80s n 2010 t twenty-four livesandle r 1855 11 August:anexplosion developed e at alocalguncotton seventy ﬁveinjured r e occupying a70 ending the Anglian Lifeopened The MuseumofEast rendering plant was factory claimed (28 ha)sitecloseto g decommissioned the town centr e n 1871 e the animal 1967 2010 r Wa a Whi ”

t Stowmarket, Ipswich Street and Market Place, circa i 1940. o y, n and “W oolpit e acre e.

Cemetery’ reaching Cemetery opened its maximumlimit. Violet HillRoad Church inCombswas stationed at windows due to‘Old Honorary Fr Honorary hundreds ofyears in Ro 1895 Army AirCorpsand the stainedglass were grantedthe reinstalled aer yal Air Stowmarket ever winwitha 13-0 many rural areas from Stowmarket United FC scoresitbiggest services andfacilities the MidSuﬀolkLight 1952 storage. 2010 closed, cuttingoﬀ Station Road,

Co Stowmarket, circa 1950. thrashing over Railway (Middy) 4 atStMary’s Century rnard United Fo 2010 1952 Wa e. eedom of years in rce units aer 20th ttisham Population reached Congregational Chapel,a19thCentury dropped onthetown inthewholewar. The current UnitedReformChurch was about 4,000 destroyed bytheonlyGermanbomb gothic stylebuildingwascompletely 1900 Department Department Store closed Hopgoods 31 January:theStowmarket 2011 built onthesitein1955. start ofthemajorgrowth: Stowupland gr 1950-1960s developed westward current leisure centre current leisure centre Ground towards the from theRecreation reached about Council estates 1941 Population 2011 19,000 School wasfounded. under become theJohn refurbishment to The Peel Ce Stowmarket High Creative Ar ew Exchange 2012 fo 1909 went a£1m , the rmer ntre for Co the largesthigher Easton and Otley Easton andOtley Colleges merged to createoneof ts facilities inthe rn education 2012