Expert Roofers Serving Newmarket

Just 14 miles from our Haverhill base, we're proud to serve Newmarket – the global headquarters of British horse racing. With a population of around 16,677, this historic town is home to over 3,500 racehorses, 70+ licensed trainers, and some of the most prestigious racing yards in the world.

From the historic training yards along the Bury Road – including the renowned Clarehaven Stables where John and Thady Gosden have trained champions like Enable – to the period properties on High Street near the famous Jockey Club Rooms, Newmarket's roofs reflect centuries of racing heritage. We understand the unique requirements of this equestrian town, from traditional stable block roofing to the grand houses that have served the racing community for generations.

Newmarket's property landscape is as diverse as its racing heritage. From Victorian and Edwardian terraces around All Saints Road to the new developments at Hatchfield Farm on Fordham Road (400 homes under construction from 2024) and Charles Church's Chancery Park development in nearby Exning, we've worked on properties across the town. The historic boundary along High Street that once divided St Mary's parish in Suffolk from All Saints in Cambridgeshire now unites a community where racing is woven into the fabric of daily life.

Stable-block and racing-yard roofing is work in its own right, and it's something we genuinely understand. A training yard is a working environment with valuable, easily-startled animals in it, so roofing has to be planned around the horses rather than the other way round. Yards run from well before dawn, with strings out on the gallops and feed times that can't be disturbed, so we schedule the noisy and disruptive work – stripping, cutting, scaffolding – for the windows when boxes are empty or horses are out, and we keep the yard clean and secure as we go. The buildings themselves bring their own demands: long, low stable ranges with shallow-pitched or part-flat roofs, large clear spans, rooflights and ventilation to keep right, and the wear that comes from a humid, hard-working environment. We re-roof and repair these alongside the tack rooms, hay barns and ancillary buildings that make up a yard.

Across the CB8 postcode that covers Newmarket and out toward Exning, the same care extends to the town's homes – from emergency repairs that need fixing before the next downpour, to maintenance on the listed buildings near Palace House (home to the National Horseracing Museum since 2016), to complete re-roofs on residential streets and the new houses going up at Hatchfield Farm. Whatever the property, we work around training schedules and the particular mix of equestrian and residential roofing that makes Newmarket unlike anywhere else we cover. At just 14 miles from Haverhill we can get to the town quickly for a quote or an emergency, and we're happy to discuss the right time to carry out work so it fits around the yard's routine.