page_title: Stowmarket
section_title: Sport and leisure
hierarchical_section_title: Stowmarket / Sport and leisure
caption_attribution_description: English: John Peel Centre Centre for Creative Arts, Stowmarket, Suffolk
context_page_description: Stowmarket is a small market town 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.
  The town takes its name from the Old English word stōw meaning "principal place", and was granted a market charter in 1347 by Edward III. A bi-weekly market is still held there today on Thursday and Saturday.
  The population of the town has increased from around 6,000 in 1981 to its current level of around 19,000, with considerable further development planned for the town and surrounding villages as part of an area action plan. It is the largest town in the Mid Suffolk district and is represented in parliament by the MP for Bury St Edmunds, currently Jo Churchill.
context_section_description: Stowmarket has a non-League football club Stowmarket Town F.C., which plays at Greens Meadow. There is also a rugby club located at Chilton Fields, to the north of the town. Stowmarket is home to a handful of gyms and also boasts its own leisure centre complete with swimming pools, climbing wall, bowls green, gym, and artificial-turf football pitch.
  The town has a plethora of grassroots clubs playing a multitude of sports, many feature on Stowmarket Sport.
  The Regal Theatre Cinema has been in operation in the town centre for more than fifty years, offering films, concerts and theatre productions.
  The former Corn Exchange underwent a £1 million refurbishment in 2012 to become a music venue, art gallery and theatre named the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts. It is named after the late influential DJ and broadcaster who lived just outside the town.
caption: John Peel Centre Centre for Creative Arts, formerly the corn exchange
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