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Anyone visiting the “Home of
Horse Racing” cannot fail to miss the Newmarket Clock Tower,
situated at the top of the High Street, as they enter the town.
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Local builder Richard Arber built it to commemorate Queen Victoria’s
Diamond Jubilee of 1887. The tower was paid for by public subscription
but local trainer Charles Blanton  donated
the clock made by Smiths of Derby.
The Clock Tower was officially opened in 1890 and it takes 115 turns
to fully wind the clock every week.
For 100 years the Cooper Memorial has stood on Cambridge Road as
a landmark to Sir Cooper, one of Newmarket’s most popular
sporting aristocrats and benefactors. It was commissioned in 1910
by his wife Lady Harriet, as the ultimate tribute to him, upon his
death aged sixty on Friday 18th June 1909. Sir Cooper is remembered
as a famous Newmarket resident, he resided at Warren Towers on Warren
Hill.
Sir Daniel, who died at his second home in London, was brought by
special train back to Newmarket and his ashes are interred at Newmarket
cemetery.
In 2010, to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Memorial, Newmarket
Town Council refurbished the Cooper Memorial to restore it to its
former glory.
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