Stowmarket
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![Church of St Peter and St Mary](/Images/godic/202502/13/Stowmarket_-_Church_of_St_Peter_&_St_Mary5930.jpg")
![Station from the front](/Images/godic/202502/13/2013_at_Stowmarket_station_-_main_buildings5930.jpg")
Stowmarket (/ˈstoʊˌmɑːrkᵻt/) is a small market town situated in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town is on the main railway line between London and Norwich, and lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town.