Needham Market

Needham Market
Hawks Mill, Needham Market now converted into flats
Needham Market is located in Suffolk
Needham Market
Needham Market
Location within Suffolk
Population4,700 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceTM090548
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townIPSWICH
Postcode districtIP6
Dialling code01449
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°09′07″N 1°03′11″E / 52.152°N 1.053°E / 52.152; 1.053

Needham Market is a small town in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, set in the Gipping Valley. Nearby villages include Barking, Darmsden, Badley and Creeting St Mary. The town is located just east of the A14 trunk road, between Ipswich to the south and Stowmarket to the north. The town is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between Stowmarket and Ipswich, with the Needham Lake and the River Gipping located just east of the GEML close to the railway station. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the town had a population of 4,700 residents. [1]

The town of Needham, Massachusetts, was named after Needham Market.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Build a custom area profile - Census 2021, ONS". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, Chaim M.; The Needham Historical Society (2012). Knitters of Needham. Arcadia. p. 17. ISBN 9780738591094.