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Exning Road Working Men's Club
54, Exning Rd, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 0AB
Tel: 01638 662965
Exning is a village in Suffolk. It lies just
off the A14 trunk road, roughly 12 miles east, northeast of Cambridge, and 10
miles south,south-east of Ely. The nearest large town is Newmarket. The most
conspicuous building in Exning is the church of St Martin, which is visible from
the A14. Exning is reputed to have been the birthplace of Saint Ethelreda, to
whom the cathedral at Ely is dedicated, though this is disputed. During
the Second World War, the headquarters of No 3 Group of RAF Bomber Command were
located in Exning House. Nearby Newmarket Heath, the northwest corner of which
borders on Exning, was used as an airfield for, amongst others, Stirling III
Bombers of No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF. Little evidence remains of this chapter in
Exning's history, apart from a single aircraft hangar near the A14 trunk road
and a memorial plaque on the racecourse. "Exning" may be the only word in
the English language beginning with the letters "Exn".
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