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Harwood Terrace, Wellington Street, NEWMARKET, CB8 0HX

Horse about Newmarket is a community art event, promoted by Newmarket Town Council to celebrate the town’s unique position as the headquarters of British Horse Racing. The horses, which have been painted by artists using the theme of Guineas winners this horse is called Mystiko by Stella Frangleton. At the end of there public display the horses will be auctioned, and the profits will be shared between two local charities, Racing Welfare and St. Nicholas Hospice. This is 1 of 12 of the 13 horse I photographed for the others see http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=23247183&displayclass=bigger

Newmarket gained its market charter in 1200, although this market square is comparatively modern. Market days are Tuesdays and Saturdays. On other days the Market Square is used as a car park.

Public house in Mill Hill

Man and Horse sculpture on the end wall of the Rookery shopping centre Newmarket, Suffolk.

Tucked away off the High Street and down Market Street the Bushel is one of the oldest pubs in the town. This area was once a maze of lanes known as The Rookery.

St Mary’s is one of those churches that were stripped of everything, including its character, during the period of Victorian restoration. It is surrounded by other buildings and is unable to show anything except its delicate spire above the rooftops. The destruction started in 1856 when the chancel was rebuilt. The following year a north window was inserted into the chancel. The old galleries were replaced by a new one running the length of the nave. In 1868 the north transept was converted into an aisle and a vestry was added to the north of the chancel. During this period of dissatisfaction with everything, many of the windows were also replaced with ‘modern’ Victorian versions. The church, unfortunately, has been left with nothing to interest or appeal to the visitor.