Modern towns have areas set aside specifically for industrial development. In the case of many Suffolk towns these were developed as early as the 1930's and were situated near railways very often with their own sidings and branch line providing access for raw materials to be brought in and manufactured goods to be taken out. As time has passed towns such as Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich have developed and the railways declined as road transport by container lorry has proved to be both a quicker and cheaper. Because of this expansion and the changes in the way goods are transported the older industrial estates can not expand and so new out of town estates are being built like this one at the edge of town near to good road connections.

The rest of this estate is to the north west of Bury St Edmunds. It is only minutes away from the A14 with easy access to the port of Felixstowe or London Airports. Note the grid iron pattern of roads and units, the workers cars and the loading bays. Raw materials are stacked on the right of the photograph.