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Ipswich (; ) is a non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
and the county town

County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
, England on the estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
of the River Orwell

River Orwell

The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England. Its source river, above the tidal limit, is known as the River Gipping. It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich and flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe after joining with the River Stour, Suffolk at Shotley, Suffolk....
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Ipswich (; ) is a non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan district

County town

Suffolk

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
of the River Orwell

River Orwell

Felixstowe

Felixstowe is a seaside resort on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest Containerization port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK....
in Suffolk, Harwich

Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district....
in Essex

Essex

Colchester

Colchester is a town, and the largest settlement within the Colchester , in Essex, England.It has a population of List of English cities by population....
also in Essex

Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
. The town of the same name overspills the borough boundaries significantly, with only 85% of the town's population living within the borough at the time of the 2001 Census

2001 Census

During 2001, population censuses were conducted in* Australia: See Census in Australia* Austria: See Demographics of Austria* Bangladesh: See 2001 Bangladesh Census...
, when it was the third-largest settlement in the United Kingdom's East of England

East of England

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk....
region, and the 38th largest urban area in England.

As of 2007, the borough of Ipswich is estimated to have a population of approximately 128,000 inhabitants.

History

Under the Roman empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, the area around Ipswich formed an important route inland to rural towns and settlements via the Orwell

Orwell

Orwell can refer to:*The writer George Orwell .*The River Orwell in Suffolk, England.*Orwell High School in Suffolk, England.*The village of Orwell, Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire, England...
and Gipping

River Gipping

The River Gipping is the source river for the River Orwell in the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, which gave its name to the former Gipping Rural District and the village of Gipping....
. A large Roman fort, part of the coast defences of Britain, stood at Felixstowe

Felixstowe

Villa

A villa was originally an upper-class country house, though since its origins in Roman Republic times the idea and function of a villa has evolved considerably....
in Suffolk stood at Castle Hill (north-west Ipswich).

Ipswich is one of England's oldest towns

Oldest town in Britain

The Oldest town in Britain is a title claimed by a number of settlements in Great Britain....
, and took shape in Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
times as the main centre between York

York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
and London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
for North Sea

North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
trade to Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
and the Rhine

Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
. It served the Kingdom of East Anglia, and began developing in the time of King Rædwald, supreme ruler of the English (616-624). The famous ship-burial and treasure at Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, Suffolk, England, is the site of two Anglo-Saxons cemeteries of the 6th century and early 7th century, one of which contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of artifacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance....
nearby (9 miles, 14.5 km) is probably his grave. The Ipswich Museum

Ipswich Museum

Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage located in Ipswich, the County Town of the England county of Suffolk....
houses replica

Replica

A replica is a copy that is relatively indistinguishable from the original. Replicas are often used for historical purposes, such as being placed in a museum....
s of the Roman Mildenhall Treasure

Mildenhall Treasure

Mildenhall Treasure is a major hoard of 34 Roman Empire silver objects found in the Mildenhall, Suffolk area of the England county of Suffolk. The hoard was discovered in January 1942 in archaeology by a Suffolk ploughman, Gordon Butcher, who removed it from the ground with help from Sydney Ford....
and the Sutton Hoo treasure. A gallery devoted to the town's origins includes Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

Weapon

A weapon is a tool used to apply or threaten to apply force for the purpose of hunting, attack or defense in combat, subduing enemy personnel, or to destroy enemy weapons, equipment and defensive structures....
s, jewellery

Jewellery

Jewellery is an item of personal adornment, such as a necklace, ring , brooch or bracelet, that is worn by a person. It may be made from gemstones or precious metals, but may be from any other material, and may be appreciated because of geometric or other patterns, or meaningful symbols....
and other artefacts.

The seventh-century town, called 'Gippeswick' was centred near the quay. Towards 700 AD, Frisian potters from the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
area settled in Ipswich and set up the first large-scale potteries in England since Roman times. Their wares were traded far across England, and the industry was unique to Ipswich for 200 years. With growing prosperity, in about 720 AD a large new part of the town was laid out in the Buttermarket area. Ipswich was becoming a place of national and international importance. Parts of the ancient road plan still survive in its modern streets. After the invasion of 869 Ipswich fell under Viking

Viking

A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
rule. The earth ramparts circling the town centre were probably raised by Vikings in Ipswich around 900 to prevent its recapture by the English. They were unsuccessful. The town operated a Mint

Mint (coin)

A mint is an industrial facility which manufacturing coins for currency.The history of mints correlates closely with the history of coins. One difference is that the history of the mint is normally related in a fashion that more closely ties to the political situation of an era....
under royal licence from King Edgar in the 970s, which continued through the Norman Conquest until the time of King John

John of England

John reigned as List of English monarchs from 6 April 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I of England, who died without issue....
, in about 1215. The abbreviation 'Gipes' appears on the coins.

King John granted the town its first charter

Municipal charter

A city charter or town charter is a legal document establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the middle ages....
in 1200, laying the mediaeval foundations of its modern civil government. In the next four centuries it made the most of its wealth, trading Suffolk cloth with the Continent

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. Five large religious houses, including two Augustinian Priories (St Peter and St Paul, and Holy Trinity, both mid-12th century), and those of the Greyfriars (Franciscans, before 1298), Ipswich Whitefriars

Ipswich Whitefriars

Ipswich Whitefriars is the name usually given to the Carmelite Priory, a Catholic religious house, which formerly stood near the centre of the medieval town of Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, UK....
(Carmelites

Carmelites

The Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or Carmelites is a Roman Catholic religious order perhaps founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel, whence the order receives its name....
founded 1278-79) and Blackfriars (Dominicans

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century in France....
, before 1263), stood in mediaeval Ipswich. The last Carmelite Prior of Ipswich was the celebrated John Bale

John Bale

John Bale was an England churchman, historian and controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English , and developed and published a very extensive list of the works of British authors down to his own time, just as the monastic libraries were being dispersed....
, author of the oldest English historical verse-drama (Kynge Johan, c.1538). There were also several hospitals, including the leper hospital of St Mary Magdalene, founded before 1199. During the Middle Ages the Marian

Blessed Virgin Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary, sometimes shortened to The Blessed Virgin or The Virgin Mary, is a traditional title used by most Christians and most specifically used by liturgical Christians such as Roman Catholics, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics, and some others to describe Mary, mother of Jesus, the mother of...
Shrine of Our Lady of Grace

Our Lady of Ipswich

Our Lady of Ipswich was a popular English Shrines to the Virgin Mary before the English Reformation. Only the shrine at Walsingham attracted more visitors....
was a famous pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

File:Supplicating Pilgrim at Masjid Al Haram. Mecca, Saudi Arabia.jpgIn religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long quest or search of great moral significance....
destination, and attracted many pilgrims including Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. At the Reformation the statue was taken away to London to be burned, though some claim that it survived and is preserved at Nettuno

Nettuno

Nettuno is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, 60 kilometers south of Rome. It is named in honour of the Roman god Poseidon....
, Italy.

Around 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, Bureaucracy, Noble court and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales....
satirised the merchants of Ipswich in the Canterbury Tales. Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas Cardinal Wolsey , who was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, was an English statesman and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.When Henry VIII became king of England in 1509, Wolsey became the King's almoner....
, the son of a wealthy landowner, was born in Ipswich about 1475. One of Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
's closest political allies, he founded a college

College

File:Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan.JPGCollege is a term most often used today to denote an education institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of collegialitys, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals....
in the town in 1528, which was for its brief duration one of the homes of the Ipswich School

Ipswich School

Ipswich School is a co-educational independent school situated in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It was founded in its current form as The King's School, Ipswich by Thomas Wolsey in 1528....
. He remains one of the town's most famed figures.

In the time of Queen Mary

Mary I of England

Mary I , was Queen of England and Monarchy of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism after succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI of England, to the English throne....
the Ipswich Martyrs

Ipswich Martyrs

The Ipswich Martyrs were nine people Execution by burning for their Protestant beliefs around 1538-1558.The executions were mainly carried out in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk on , the square in front of Ipswich Town Hall....
were burnt at the stake on the Cornhill for their Protestant beliefs. A monument commemorating this event now stands in Christchurch Park

Christchurch Park

New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
. This was encouraged by the Town Lecturer, Samuel Ward

Samuel Ward (scholar)

Samuel Ward was an England academic and a master at the University of Cambridge....
. His brother Nathaniel Ward

Nathaniel Ward

Nathaniel Ward was a Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts. He wrote the first constitution in North America in 1641....
was first minister of Ipswich, Massachusetts

Ipswich, Massachusetts

Ipswich is a coastal New England town in Essex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,987 at the 2000 census....
, where a promontory was named 'Castle Hill' after the place of that name in north-west Ipswich, UK.

The painter Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most famous portrait and landscape Painting of 18th century Kingdom of Great Britain....
lived and worked in Ipswich. In 1835, Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens, Royal Society of Arts , pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English people novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous Reform movement....
stayed in Ipswich and used it as a setting for scenes in his novel The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. The illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally his; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr Seymour never...
. The hotel where he resided first opened in 1518; it was then known as The Tavern and is now known as the Great White Horse Hotel. Dickens made the hotel famous in chapter XXI of The Pickwick Papers, vividly describing the hotel's meandering corridors and stairs.

In 1797 Lord and Lady Nelson moved to Ipswich, and in 1800 Lord Nelson

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bront?, Order of the Bath was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland flag officer famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars....
was appointed High Steward of Ipswich.

In the mid-19th century Coprolite

Coprolite

A coprolite is fossilized animal dung. Coprolites are classified as Trace fossil as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal's behaviour rather than morphology....
was discovered, the material was mined and then dissolved in acid

Acid

An acid is traditionally considered any chemical compound that, when dissolved in water, gives a solution with a hydrogen ion Activity greater than in pure water, i.e....
, the resulting mixture forming the basis of Fisons

Fisons

Fisons Plc was a well diversified United Kingdom pharmaceutical, scientific instrument and horticultural chemical manufacturer. The Company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but it was acquired by Rhone-Poulenc in 1995....
fertilizer business.

Modern Ipswich

Ipswich has undergone an extensive gentrification

Gentrification

Gentrification, or urban gentrification, is the change in an urban area associated with the population mobility of more affluent individuals into a lower-class area....
programme in recent years, principally centred around the waterfront. Though this has turned a deindustrialized

Deindustrialization

Deindustrialization is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of Industry capacity or activity in a country or region, especially heavy industry or manufacturing industry....
dock

Dock (maritime)

A dock is a man-made feature involved in the handling of boats or ships. However the exact meaning varies between different variants of the English language....
area into an emerging residential and commercial centre, it is being completed at the expense of much of the town's industrial and maritime heritage and in spite of efforts made by a local civic group

Historic preservation

Historic preservation or heritage conservation is a professional endeavor that seeks to preserve the ability of older objects to communicate an intended meaning....
, . Much of this development is residential and is marketed at high net-worth individuals in the DINKY

DINKY (acronym)

DINKY is an acronym and can stand for any of the following:* Dual income, no kids.* Dual income, no kids yet.* Dual income, no kids yuppie....
demographic. As such, some have considered it incompatible with Ipswich's existing socio-economic mix. It could therefore be considered to be aimed at encouraging economic migration to the town, particularly as a commutable satellite town

Satellite town

A satellite town or satellite city is a concept of urban planning referring to a small or medium-sized city that is near a large metropolis, but predates that metropolis' suburban expansion and is at least partially independent from that metropolis economically....
of London

London

Tolly Cobbold

Tolly Cobbold is a former brewing company, with strong roots in Suffolk, England.The original Cobbold brewery was founded in Harwich, Essex in 1723....
brewery, built in the 19th century and rebuilt 1894–1896, is one of the finest Victorian

Victorian era

The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901....
breweries

Brewery

A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made in the home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
in the United Kingdom. There was a Cobbold brewery in the town from 1746 until 2002 when Ridley's Breweries took Tolly Cobbold over. Felix Thornley Cobbold presented Christchurch Mansion

Christchurch Mansion

Willis Group Holdings

Willis Group Holdings is an insurance broker operating throughout the world. It was formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but it is now listed on the New York Stock Exchange instead....
, properly called the Willis Building

Willis Building (Ipswich)

The Willis building in Ipswich, England is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank after establishing Foster and Partners....
but still often called the "Willis-Faber building" by locals, as the company Willis Corroon themselves used to be called Willis Faber. Designed by Norman Foster

Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Order of Merit, Royal Institute of British Architects, Chartered Society of Designers, Royal Designers for Industry, is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice....
, the building dates from 1974. It became the youngest Grade I listed building

Listed building

A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance....
in Britain in 1991 and at the time one of only two buildings to be listed and be under 30 years of age.

Ipswich is set to be the main hub for University Campus Suffolk

University Campus Suffolk

University Campus Suffolk is an educational institution located in the county of Suffolk, United Kingdom that welcomed its first students in September 2007....
, which will give Suffolk

Suffolk

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
, though it is essentially a collaborative project between Suffolk College (a local further education college) and two other regional universities. It is hoped that within a decade, a University of Suffolk in its own right will become established out of UCS.

In September 1993 Ipswich and Arras

Arras

Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard language dialect....
, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France, became twin towns, and a square in the new Buttermarket development was named Arras Square to mark the relationship.

On 13 March 2007 Ipswich was awarded the cleanest town award.

Ipswich remains a 'town' despite a few attempts at winning 'city' status. It does not have a cathedral, so the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is based at Bury St Edmunds the former headquarters of West Suffolk

West Suffolk

West Suffolk was an administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk. It survived until 1974 when it was rejoined with East Suffolk....
.

Districts

The Docks is the area around the old commercial docks that are now devoted essentially to leisure use. The area includes extensive recent development of residential apartment blocks and includes the campus of the new University College.

Holywells is the area around Holywells Park

Holywells Park, Ipswich

Holywells Park is a public park in Ipswich, England situated between Nacton Road and Cliff Lane, near the docks. Previously private land, it was opened to the public in 1936....
, a 67 acre (27 ha) public park, situated near the docks, that was painted by Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most famous portrait and landscape Painting of 18th century Kingdom of Great Britain....
.

Chantry is the name of a housing estate and park to the South-West of Ipswich. Its schools include Chantry High School and the Chantry Infant and Junior Schools which have merged, and been renamed 'The Oaks'. Another school that can be found in the outskirts of Chantry is St Joseph's College

St Joseph's College, Ipswich

St Joseph?s College is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils between the ages of 2? and 18, in Ipswich, England....
.

Other districts outside the town centre include Bixley Farm, Broke Hall, California, Castle Hill, The Dales, Gainsborough, Greenwich, Kesgrave (which is actually a separate village situated in Suffolk Coastal District), Maidenhall, Pinebrook, Priory Heath, Racecourse, Ravenswood, Rose Hill, Rushmere, Springvale, St Margarets, Stoke, Warren Heath, Westbourne, Whitehouse

Whitehouse, Ipswich

Whitehouse is a Wards of the United Kingdom in the North-West of Ipswich, UK....
and Whitton.

To the east of the town is Trinity Park near Bucklesham

Bucklesham

Bucklesham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, a few miles east of Ipswich.The village pub is The Shannon, named after Admiral Brooke's ship....
the home of the annual Suffolk Show one of the County shows in United Kingdom

County shows in United Kingdom

County Shows are summer outdoor agricultural shows held in various parts of the United Kingdom. They are a great day out for the visitor and a must for businesses involved....
. The 'Trinity' is the name given to the three animals native to the county of Suffolk, namely Red Poll

Red Poll

The Red Poll is a dual purpose breed of cattle developed in England in the latter half of the 19th century....
cattle, the powerful Suffolk Punch

Suffolk Punch

The Suffolk Punch, also historically known as the Suffolk Horse or Suffolk Sorrel, is an English list of horse breeds of Draft horse....
horse and the black faced Suffolk Sheep

Suffolk (sheep)

Suffolk are a black-faced, open-faced breed of domestic sheep raised primarily for meat....
.

Culture

Foster Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters Ipswich

Ipswich is home to many artists, with galleries at Christchurch Mansion

Christchurch Mansion

Christchurch Mansion is a stately home in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England.The house is surrounded by Christchurch Park, a grand landscaped park featuring many beautiful trees , rolling lawns and duck pond....
, the Town Hall, a gallery in Ancient House and the Artists Gallery in Electric House being the more prominent. The visual arts are further supported with many sites of sculpture with easy accessibility. The Borough Council promotes creation of new public works of art and has been known to make this a condition of planning permission.

The town houses Ipswich Museum

Ipswich Museum

Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage located in Ipswich, the County Town of the England county of Suffolk....
and the Ipswich Transport Museum

Ipswich Transport Museum

File:Carters Enviro400.JPGThe Ipswich Transport Museum is a museum in Ipswich, Suffolk, England devoted principally to the history of road vehicles as represented by those used or built in its local area....
.

Performing arts are well represented with Ipswich being home to DanceEast which has the primary aim of advocating innovation and development of dance in the East of England. They are building new premises as part of the waterfront development. These will be the first custom built dance facilities in the East of England at a cost of around £8million.

The Eastern Angles theatre group are based at the Sir John Mills

John Mills

Sir John Mills Order of the British Empire was an England actor, who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades....
Theatre in Ipswich, named after the famous actor who lived in Felixstowe as a child.

Since 1991, there has been an annual arts festival

Arts festival

An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts.Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions....
called Ip-Art which brings together many events across art disciplines and different venues, notably a free music day in Christchurch Park

Christchurch Park

Christchurch Park is a area of rolling lawns, wooded areas, and delicately created arboretum in central Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It was the first public park in the town, opening in 1895....
, which in 2006 had over 50 different acts performing over 7 stages.

Key Arts http://www.keyarts.org is an artists run space using a disused church on the waterfront. They hold a comprehensive programme of events and residencies during the year and have been running since 2006.

Norwich

Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
remains the regional centre for TV broadcasting, but both BBC East

BBC East

BBC East is the BBC English Regions serving Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and southern Lincolnshire....
and Anglia TV have presenters and offices in Ipswich. The town has three local radio stations, BBC Radio Suffolk

BBC Radio Suffolk

BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Suffolk, commencing broadcasts on 12 April 1990. Its studios are at Broadcasting House in St Matthews Street, Ipswich on 95.5 , 95.9 , 103.9 and 104.6 FM....
covering the entire county, where the East Anglian Accent can be heard on its many phone-ins, the commercial SGR-FM

SGR-FM

Heart Ipswich is a radio station that evolved from Suffolk Group Radio, which was the parent company for two Independent Local Radio stations serving the county of Suffolk in England....
which was founded in 1975 as Radio Orwell covering the A14 corridor in Suffolk and Town 102

Town 102

Town 102 is a radio station serving Ipswich, owned by Tindle Radio plc.The station plays "Just Great Songs for Ipswich". It features competitions and also provides local news and information for the Ipswich area....
which was founded in 2006 and is the first full time commercial station specific for Ipswich. The younger audience is catered for with Suffolk based Kiss 105-108

Kiss 105-108

Kiss 105-108 is the East of England's regional radio station broadcast from Reflection House, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, broadcasting dance music and R'n'B across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and North Essex....
. On 15 August 2007, Ipswich Community Radio launched full-time after successfully gaining a licence in early 2006.

The town's daily evening newspaper is the Evening Star (Ipswich)

Evening Star (Ipswich)

File:IpswichEveningStar.jpgThe Evening Star is a daily evening local newspaper based in Ipswich.The newspaper started publication on 17 February 1885 and was known as The Star of the East until 1893....
which is the sister title to the county's daily morning newspaper the East Anglian Daily Times

East Anglian Daily Times

The East Anglian Daily Times is a Great Britain local newspaper for Suffolk and Essex, based in Ipswich.It started publication on 13 October 1874...
.

Buildings

In addition to Christchurch Mansion and Ancient House, Ipswich in the 21st century has some important cultural buildings including the New Wolsey Theatre and the Regent Theatre

Regent Theatre (Ipswich)

The Regent Theatre is a theatre in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Since its opening in 1929 it has also been known under two other names, the Gaumont and, for one year only, the Odeon....
- the largest theatre venue in East Anglia

East Anglia

East Anglia is a region of eastern England. It was named after one of the ancient Heptarchy, the Kingdom of the East Angles, which was in turn named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln, in northern Germany....
where in the 1960s The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
performed under its former name the Gaumont.

There are several medieval Ipswich churches but the grandest is the Victorian St Mary le Tower.

Modern buildings include the new Suffolk

Suffolk

Portman Road

Portman Road is an association football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted a number of England youth international matches, and one England national football team Exhibition game#Football international match, against Croatia national football team in...
stadium. The stadium has hosted England under 21, under 23 and full international matches in addition to an England hockey game.

On the north-west side of Ipswich lies Broomhill Pool, a Grade II listed Olympic-sized lido which opened in 1938 and closed in 2002, since which time a campaign to see it restored and re-opened has been run.

Politics

Ipswich is governed locally by a two-tier Council System. Ipswich Borough Council fulfils District Council

Non-metropolitan district

Suffolk County Council

Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England, providing a range of services under the control of elected county councillors that include education, planning, transport and streets, social services, public safety and more....
provides the County Council

County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
services such as transport, education and social services.

Between 1979 and September 2004 Ipswich Borough Council was under Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
control but the town is now governed by a Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
-Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Lib Dem, are a Liberalism political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party ; the two parties had been SDP-Liberal Alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP....
coalition.

The town is covered by two parliamentary constituencies – Ipswich

Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

Ipswich is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, which covers about 75% and is represented by Labour MP Chris Mole

Chris Mole

Christopher David Mole, known as Chris Mole, is the current member of Parliament for Ipswich in eastern England, and a member of the ruling Labour Party ....
, and Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, which covers the remaining 25% and is represented by Conservative MP Michael Lord

Michael Lord

Sir Michael Nicholson Lord is a United Kingdom politician, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich since 1997....
.

In April 2006 the borough

Non-metropolitan district

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
(Ipswich had constituted a county borough

County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
from 1889 to 1974, independent of the administrative county of East Suffolk

East Suffolk

East Suffolk, along with West Suffolk, was created in 1888 as an administrative county of England. The administrative county was based on the eastern quarter sessions division of Suffolk....
, and this status was not restored by the Banham/Cooksey Commission

Local Government Commission for England (1992)

The Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of Local government in England in England from 1992 to 2002....
in the 1990s). Ipswich, Norwich

Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
, Exeter

Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
and Oxford

Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
united to campaign for unitary authority status for the four towns, hoping to use the window of opportunity presented by the October 2006 Local Government White Paper

Local government in the United Kingdom

The pattern of local government in England is complex, with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements. Legislation concerning local government in England is decided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and Government of the United Kingdom, because England does not have a devolved English parliament....
. In March 2007, it was announced that Ipswich was one of sixteen shortlisted councils and on the 2007-07-25, the Secretary of state announced that she was minded to implement the unitary proposal for Ipswich, but that there were 'a number of risks relating to the financial case set out in the proposal', on which she invited Ipswich to undertake further work before a final decision is taken. Early in December plans were thrown into doubt as the Government announced that it had 'delayed' the unitary bids for Ipswich and Exeter. In July 2008 the Boundary Committee announced their preferred option was for a unitary authority covering Ipswich and the south-eastern corner of Suffolk (including Felixstowe).

Industry

Industry around Ipswich has had a strong agricultural bias with Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd

Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies

Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries Engineers of Ipswich were a major United Kingdom agricultural machinery maker. Their most famous products were traction engines, ploughs, lawn mowers and other tilling equipment....
, one of the most famous agricultural manufacturers, located in the town. It is notable that the world's first commercial motorised lawnmower was built by Ransomes in 1902. There was a sugar beet

Sugar beet

Sugar beet , a member of the Chenopodiaceae family, is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production....
factory at Ipswich for many years; it was closed in 2001 as part of a rationalisation by British Sugar.

The British Telecom Research Laboratories were located to the east of the town in 1975 at Martlesham Heath

Martlesham Heath

Martlesham Heath village is situated 6 miles east of Ipswich, in Suffolk, England. This was an ancient area of heathland and latterly the site of Martlesham Heath Airfield....
. They are now a science park

Science park

A science park or science and technology park is an area with a collection of buildings dedicated to scientific research on a business footing....
called Adastral Park

Adastral Park

Adastral Park is a science campus based at Martlesham Heath near Ipswich in the England county of Suffolk.The site was once named BT Research Laboratories or BT Labs and the name change to Adastral Park reflects an expansion in the organisations and activities co-located with BT Labs at the campus....
. The area was originally RAF Martlesham Heath

RAF Martlesham Heath

RAF Martlesham Heath is a former Royal Air Force RAF station in England. The field is located 1? miles SW of Woodbridge, Suffolk....
- a WW2 airfield from where Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader

Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order & Medal bar, Distinguished Flying Cross & Medal bar, Royal Aeronautical Society, Deputy Lieutenant was a Royal Air Force fighter ace during the World War II....
fought. However, some senior locals confirm that Douglas Bader never flew from Ipswich/Martlesham.

Ipswich is one of the Haven ports

Haven ports

The Haven Ports are a group of five ports on the East Coast of England, these are Port of Felixstowe, Port of Ipswich, Harwich International, Harwich Navyard and Mistley....
and is still a working port, handling several million tonnes of cargo

Cargo

Cargo refers to goods or produce transported, generally for Commerce gain, by Cargo ship, Cargo airline, Train#Freight trains, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal freight transport long-haul cargo transport....
each year. Prior to decommissioning, HMS Grafton

HMS Grafton (F80)

HMS Grafton was a Type 23 frigate frigate of the Royal Navy. It was the ninth vessel to bear the name, and is named after the Duke of Grafton....
was a regular visitor to the port which has special links with the town and the county of Suffolk. HMS Orwell

HMS Orwell

HMS Orwell may refer to one of three ships of the Royal Navy named after the River Orwell in Suffolk, England, a B-class torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1901...
, named after the river, is also closely linked with the town. With the rise in popularity of the town around the Neptune Marina and the Wet Dock

Wet dock

A wet dock is a dock where the level of water in the dock is maintained despite the raising and lowering of the tide. This makes transfer of cargo easier....
a number of ship and boatbuilders have become established, in particular Fairline Yachts are a significant employer.

Transport infrastructure

Road

The A12 links Ipswich to London

London

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea....
, Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
and the M25

M25 motorway

To see information about the M25 motorway under construction in Ireland, see N25 road.The M25 motorway, also known as the M25 corridor, is a 117 mile beltway which encircles Greater London, United Kingdom....
. The A14 links the town with Cambridge

Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, the Midlands

English Midlands

The Midlands is an area of England which broadly corresponds to the early-mediaeval Mercia. The area lies between Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales, and its largest city is Birmingham....
and Felixstowe

Felixstowe

A140 road

The A140 is an A roads in Great Britain road in Norfolk and Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It runs from the A14 road near Needham Market to the A149 road south of Cromer....
(single carriageway) links the town with Norwich

Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
.

A Roman road

Roman road

The Roman roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move Military history of ancient Rome and Roman commerce goods and to communicate news....
originally known as Pye Road and part of which is now the A140

A140 road

The A140 is an A roads in Great Britain road in Norfolk and Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It runs from the A14 road near Needham Market to the A149 road south of Cromer....
, linked Colchester

Colchester

Colchester is a town, and the largest settlement within the Colchester , in Essex, England.It has a population of List of English cities by population....
with Caistor St. Edmund

Caistor St. Edmund

Caistor St. Edmund is a village on the River Tas, near Norwich, Norfolk, England.The remains of a Ancient Rome market town and capital of the Iceni tribe, Venta Icenorum, are nearby ....
near Norwich. An old milestone

Milestone

A milestone or kilometre sign is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road or border at regular interval s, typically at the side of the road or in a Central reservation....
in Ipswich shows London as and Gt Yarmouth north.

Rail

Ipswich railway station

Ipswich railway station is a railway station serving the town of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line 68? miles east of London Liverpool Street towards Norwich railway station....
is located on the Great Eastern Main Line

Great Eastern Main Line

The Great Eastern Main Line is a major railway line of the National Rail, which connects Liverpool Street station in the City of London with destinations in East London, England and the East of England, including Ipswich, Norwich and several coastal resorts....
from London Liverpool Street to Norwich

Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
. It is also the junction of railway lines to Felixstowe

Felixstowe

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea....
. The station is served by National Express East Anglia. There is another railway station serving the Rose Hill area, called Derby Road

Derby Road (Ipswich) railway station

Derby Road railway station is a railway station serving the Rose Hill area of Ipswich in Suffolk. The station is situated on the Felixstowe Branch Line....
which is on the line to Felixstowe.

Bus & tram

Bus services are operated by Ipswich Buses

Ipswich Buses

Ipswich Buses Ltd is a bus company that operates in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK. It has been operating bus services in the town for over 100 years. Following the bus deregulation under the 1985 Transport Act, it became an "arm's length" limited company, with a board of directors responsible for managing and directing its affairs....
and First Eastern Counties. Route number 66

Ipswich Rapid Transit

File:Ipswich-UK-guided-busway2.jpgIpswich Rapid Transit is a high-quality bus system serving the town of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Operated by First Eastern Counties, part of the First Group, the system is notable for featuring a short 0.5-kilometre stretch of guided busway....
is a partially guided busway connecting Martlesham Heath

Martlesham Heath

Martlesham Heath village is situated 6 miles east of Ipswich, in Suffolk, England. This was an ancient area of heathland and latterly the site of Martlesham Heath Airfield....
and Kesgrave

Kesgrave

Kesgrave is a suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England....
to the town and the railway station. It also had an electric tram

Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
system from 1903 until 1926 and a trolleybus

Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from a network of charged overhead wires using spring loaded trolley poles. Two poles are needed, so that one can draw down the live current to power the motor and the other can complete the circuit by carrying the neutral current back to the network....
system from 2 September 1923 until 23 August 1963.

It is the last place in the area to have an independent bus company with the unusual practice of naming its buses .

Air

The town used to feature a small grass-runway airport (ICAO code: EGSE), opened by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on 26 June 1930 with regular flights to Clacton, Southend and Jersey

Jersey

The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes the nearly uninhabited islands of the Minquiers, ?cr?hous, the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs....
by Channel Airways

Channel Airways

Channel Airways was formed in 1946 as East Anglian Flying Services. It adopted the Channel Airways name in 1962. Channel Airways ceased operations in 1972....
and later to the Netherlands and Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
by Suckling Airways. The airport was delicensed on 31 December 1996. Ipswich Airport

Ipswich Airport

Ipswich Airport is a former airfield on the outskirts of Ipswich, England....
and the area was re-developed into the residential district of Ravenswood

Ravenswood, Ipswich

Ravenswood is a new district within Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. It is sited on the old Ipswich Airport to the south-east of the town. It is easily accessible from the junction 57 of the A14 road ....
with the front of the Grade 2 listed

Listed building

A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance....
control building, designed by Heining and Chitty in 1938, integrated into new scheme.

The nearest international flights now are from Stansted Airport and Norwich International Airport

Norwich International Airport

Norwich International Airport , also known as Norwich Airport, is an airport north of the city centre of Norwich, Norfolk on the edge of the city's suburbs....
, both approximately away. Other airports within a 2 hour drive are Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton Airport.

Port

The Port of Ipswich, operated by Associated British Ports offers a mix of facilities for handling containers

Containerization

Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport cargo transport using standard International Organization for Standardization containers ...
, timber, dry bulk cargo oil as well as a Ro-Ro terminal. It is one of the Haven ports

Haven ports

Port of Felixstowe

The Port of Felixstowe, in Suffolk is the United Kingdom busiest containerization port, dealing with 35% of the country's container cargo. It was developed following the abandonment of a project for a deep-water harbour at Maplin Sands....
and Harwich International.

Sport

Ipswich's sole professional football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
team are Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an England professional football football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2009, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001-02 in English football....
, who were established in 1878 and play at the 30,300 capacity Portman Road

Portman Road

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an England professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk.Norwich are currently members of the Football League Championship ....
. Ipswich Town was home to the two most successful England

England national football team

The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
managers, Sir Alf Ramsey

Alf Ramsey

Sir Alfred Ernest 'Alf' Ramsey was a footballer and manager of the English national football team from 1963 to 1974. His greatest achievement was winning the Football World Cup 1966 with England on 30 July 1966....
(who is buried in the Old Cemetery in the town) and Sir Bobby Robson

Bobby Robson

Sir Robert William Robson Order of the British Empire , commonly known as Sir Bobby Robson , is a former international Association football player and former coach of several European clubs and the England national football team....
. They won the League Championship in 1962 during Ramsey's reign and an FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
in 1978 and the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup is a association football competition for European club teams, organised by the UEFA. It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
in 1981 under Robson. They currently play in English football's second-tier league, the Football League Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League....
. Ipswich is also home to minor-lower league football team, Ipswich Wanderers

Ipswich Wanderers F.C.

Ipswich Wanderers F.C. is a association football club based in Ipswich, England. They were established in 1980, as an under-14 boys team and in 1988 they were founders of the Eastern Counties Football League Division One, and in 2008 were relegated back to that division....
and many others in the Suffolk and Ipswich Football League

Suffolk and Ipswich Football League

The Suffolk and Ipswich Football League is a association football competition based in Suffolk, England. The league has a total of nine divisions; the Senior Division, divisions 1-6 and two reserve divisions....
.

Ipswich Gymnastics Centre is one of only three fully Olympic

London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is a limited company, owned by the Her Majesty's Government, that will oversee the 2012 Summer Olympic development of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games Games....
accredited gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
facilities in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
The resident club has also been home to international gymnasts.

Speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise laps of an oval circuit....
team, the Ipswich Witches

Ipswich Witches

The Ipswich Witches are a British Motorcycle speedway club based at the Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They hold meetings on most Thursdays from March until October which normally commence at 7.30pm....
, have ridden at Foxhall Stadium

Foxhall Stadium

Foxhall Stadium is a Stock car racing stadium located in Foxhall near Ipswich. The Stadium is also used by the Ipswich Witches Motorcycle speedway team, which race on most Thursday nights from March to October starting at 7.30pm....
on the outskirts of Ipswich since 1951. The Witches have won the national league title four times, and the national cup five times. The stadium is also regularly used for Stock car racing

Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
. Ipswich had a racecourse

Ipswich Racecourse

The Ipswich Racecourse is an area of Ipswich that was formerly a racecourse....
which ran a mix of flat and National Hunt races from 1710 to 1911.

The town has representation in both codes of Rugby. It has two amateur Rugby Union

Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
teams, Ipswich RUFC who play in London 3 North East League, and Ipswich YM RUFC and an amateur rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
side, Ipswich Rhinos

Ipswich Rhinos

The Ipswich Rhinos Rugby League Football Club is a British rugby league club based at Ipswich RUFC in Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk. Their first team plays in the Rugby League Conference South Premier Division of the Rugby League Conference....
, who play in the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , is a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales....
.

Ipswich is home to TeamIpswich Swimming. Formed in 1884, as Ipswich Swimming Club, the club is based at the town's 'Crown Pools', but also uses other pools in the town. The club have been Suffolk champions for several years running and have experienced high finishes in the Speedo league. TeamIpswich Swimming's most successful member is World Championship gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
list Karen Pickering

Karen Pickering

Karen Pickering is a former freestyle swimming swimmer from Great Britain, who made her international senior debut in 1986. She was first selected to represent her country at the European Junior Championships....
.

Ipswich 2006 serial murders

A serial killer

Serial killer

A serial killer is a person who murders usually three or more people"One of the most famous [geographically stable] serial killers is Wayne Williams....
or spree killer

Spree killer

A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations....
responsible for the murders of five women in Ipswich gained notoriety in late 2006, as the Ipswich Murderer. The five women were identified as sex workers

Prostitution

The word prostitution is used to indicate:1. The exposing or otherwise offering oneself or someone else with the purpose of tempting potential customers to exchange money or goods for the promise of cooperativeness in sexual intercourse from the exposed person;...
; their bodies were found in December 2006. Suffolk Constabulary

Suffolk Constabulary

suffolk contabulary}}Suffolk Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia, England.Suffolk Constabulary is responsible for policing an area of , with a population of...
formally linked the murders in their investigation.

Steven Gerald James Wright, who had previously worked at the Port of Felixstowe, was arrested at his house in Ipswich on 19 December. On 21 December, Wright was formally charged with the murders of Gemma Adams, 25, Anneli Alderton, 24, Tania Nicol, 19, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29. He appeared in Ipswich Magistrates' Court

Magistrates' Court

A magistrates' court or court of petty sessions, formerly known as a police court, is the lowest level of Courts of England and Wales in England and Wales and many other common law jurisdictions....
on 22 December 2006 and was remanded in custody until 2 January 2007 to appear in Ipswich Crown Court

Crown Court

The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice of England and Wales and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the constituent parts of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England and Wales....
where he was remanded in custody for a second court appearance, held on 1 May 2007. At that hearing he pleaded not guilty to all five murders. His trial began in Ipswich on 14 January 2008. The jury returned a guilty verdict on 21 February, and the next day, Wright was sentenced to life imprisonment

Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of prison for a serious crime, often for most or even all of the criminal's remaining life, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the possibility of parole after...
by Mr Justice Gross, who recommended that he should never be released from prison

Whole life tariff

The whole life tariff is a mechanism in British law whereby a prisoner is sentenced to life imprisonment. It came into force in 1983 when the United Kingdom Home Secretary began to set minimum terms that convicted killers had to serve before being considered for release on life licence....
, on the basis that the murders resulted from a "substantial degree of pre-meditation and planning".

Famous residents

Probably the most famous person born in the town is the Tudor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. The artist Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most famous portrait and landscape Painting of 18th century Kingdom of Great Britain....
and the cartoonist "Giles"

Carl Giles

Ronald "Carl" Giles , often referred to simply as Giles, was a cartoonist most famous for his work for the United Kingdom newspaper the Daily Express....
worked here, Horatio, Lord Nelson became Steward of Ipswich, and Margaret Catchpole

Margaret Catchpole

Margaret Catchpole was a British criminal, Penal transportation to Australia, adventuress and chronicler....
began her adventurous career here. Alf Ramsey

Alf Ramsey

Bobby Robson

Ipswich Town F.C.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century . The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on a pilgrimage from London Borough of Southwark to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathed...
was born here.

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