Gateway 14 is just off the A14, one of the principal trunk routes for UK logistics offering access from the Port of Felixstowe into the heart of the UK, and also a primary route for export to European and world markets. The site is 26 miles from the Port of Felixstowe, 12.5 miles to Ipswich and the A12, and 45 miles to M11 and links to Cambridge. The existing ‘Cedars roundabout’ on the A1120 will provide ideal access into the site.
Encouraging sustainable travel
We want to make it easy for people to walk, cycle or wheel to Gateway 14. We have already created a toucan crossing across the A1120 from the Gun Cotton Way junction (Tesco/McDonalds/Costa) to the site and closed Mill Lane bridge to vehicles. Our plans for Gateway 14 also include a pedestrian and cycle link to Cedars Park and new cycleway within the site and a new footpath link to Footpath 23 (Gipping Valley Way). To make sure people can travel to the site by bike, we are including cycle facilities in accordance with Suffolk County Council’s guidance, including lockers, showers and secure cycle storage.
We’re also working on plans for an electric bus shuttle service to bring people to and from Stowmarket train station to the site. A Travel Plan has been drawn up to help employees and visitors at Gateway 14 to reduce their reliance on cars (particularly when used by only one person) in favour of more sustainable way to travel.
Naming our roads
Two of the internal roads at Gateway 14 have been named after noted scientists born in the town. The new roads branching off Gateway Boulevard (the main road through the site) are as follows:
- Gostling Avenue that is named in recognition of Mildred Gostling, an English chemist born in Stowmarket in 1873, who was among a group who fought for women to be accepted as Fellows to the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry)
- Starfinder Way recognises two Stowmarket astronomers who discovered new stars. Alice Grace Cook discovered nova V603 Aquliae in 1918, and JPM Prentice discovered DQ Herculis in 1934
