Museums · East of England
Stowmarket
Stowmarket — a museum in england-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Stowmarket is a museum in england-east, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Stowmarket is a museum located in the East of England. It showcases local history and culture, providing insights into the town's heritage and development.
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Background
History
Disaster struck Stowmarket on 11 August 1871, when an explosion at a local gun cotton factory claimed twenty-eight lives and left seventy five injured. The site of the explosion is now home to a large paint factory. Stowmarket High School was founded in 1909. On 8 June 1918, the first UK astronomical observation of nova V603 Aquilae was made from Stowmarket by A. Grace Cook. History repeated itself on 13 December 1934 when amateur astronomer J. P. M. Prentice discovered DQ Herculis from the town. Just before midday on Friday 31 January 1941, a solitary German bomber plane (eyewitness accounts differ on the model) was spotted over Stowmarket firing its guns. The bomber strafed a large area…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.1900, 1.0000
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Parish
- Stowmarket
- Postcode
- IP14 1RQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
Sources
- wikipedia: Stowmarket (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stowmarket?
- Stowmarket is in East of England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1900°, 1.0000°.
- Is Stowmarket wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Stowmarket. Check ahead for specific facilities.