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# Long-standing Norwich Road butchers closes after nearly 50 years
- URL: https://www.ipswich.co.uk/long-standing-norwich-road-butchers-closes-after-nearly-50-years/
- Published: 2025-02-05T11:07:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-16T15:22:45.000Z
- Description: A family butcher that has served Ipswich customers for five decades has closed its doors permanently.
- Author: Oliver Rouane-Williams
- Tags: News, Openings & Closures, #article, Cracknell's, #Import 2026-03-16 14:45

![Family-run butcher Cracknell's on Norwich Road in Ipswich has closed down](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/1e/291e4b7f-e551-4458-b546-61963954b22f/content/images/2026/03/1738752814-cracknells-nutchers-in-ipswich-closed-2.jpg)

Family-run butcher Cracknell's on Norwich Road in Ipswich has closed down Photo: Oliver Rouane-Williams (Ipswich.co.uk)

Cracknell's on Norwich Road, a few doors down from the Suffolk Punch pub, closed for good on Saturday, 1 February.

No reason has been given for the closure of the family-run butcher, which has served the community for around five decades.

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