Places to visit in Ipswich

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Ipswich.

• Alderman Canal East · Parks

  natural preserve in Suffolk, UK

• Alderman Canal West · Parks

  part of the Local Nature Reserve in Suffolk

• Alexandra Park · Parks

  Alexandra Park is situated between Grove Lane, Kings Avenue and Back Hamlet, Ipswich.

• Area of middle and late Saxon and medieval defences, off Shire Hall Yard · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Area of middle and late Saxon town at corner of Foundation Street and Smart Street · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Area of middle and late Saxon town between Turret Lane and Star Lane · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Area of middle and late Saxon town between Upper Brook Street and Upper Orwell Street · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Area of middle and late Saxon town, and medieval defences, off Old Foundry Road · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Area of middle and late Saxon town, off Foundation Street · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Area of middle and late Saxon town, off Greyfriars Road · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Area of middle and late Saxon town, off Star Lane · Historic

  archaeological site in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Bourne Park · Parks

  park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

• Broomhill Park · Parks

  Broomhill Park is a semi-natural woodland park between Sherrington Road and Valley Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. In older times it was called Broom Hill.

• Castle Hill Roman Villa · Historic

  archaeological site near Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Chantry Park · Parks

  park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

• Gippeswyk Park · Parks

  Gippeswyk Park is a park in the South West of Ipswich in England. It was bequeathed to Ipswich by the MP Felix Cobbold. The park is located very close to the train station and the park's primary use is for recreation and includes numerous football pitches as well as two tennis courts which are always popular during the summer months.

• Ipswich (Samian Ware Discovery Site) · Historic

  Ipswich as Samian Ware discovery site

• Ipswich Museum · Culture

  Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage, located in a Grade II* listed building on High Street in Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. It was historically the leading regional museum in Suffolk, housing collections drawn from both the former counties of East Suffolk and West Suffolk, which were amalgamated in 1974.

• Ipswich Whitefriars · Historic

  Ipswich Whitefriars was the medieval religious house of Carmelite friars which formerly stood near the centre of the town of Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, UK. It was the last of the three principal mendicant communities to be founded in Ipswich, the first being the Ipswich Greyfriars (Franciscans), under Tibetot family patronage before 1236, and the second the Ipswich Blackfriars (Dominicans) founded by King Henry III in 1263. The house of the Carmelite Order of White Friars was established in c. 1278–79. In its heyday it was the home of many eminent scholars, supplied several Provincial superiors of the Order in England, and was repeatedly host to the provincial chapters of the Order.

• Landseer Park · Parks

  park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

• Museum of Knots & Sailors Ropework · Culture

  museum in Ipswich, England, UK

• Stoke Park Wood · Parks

  park in United Kingdom

• Stone Lodge Park · Parks

  park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

• The Dales Open Space · Parks

  park in United Kingdom

• Chantry Walled Garden · Attraction
• Clifford Road Air Raid Shelter Museum · Museum

  Clifford Road Tunnels is a museum about life on the home front during World War II. The museum is located in a former air raid shelter, and is open to the public and to private and school groups. The displays in the lengthy tunnels take a visitor through various aspects of life during the war, including rationing and military activity. One section of the tunnels recreates the conditions when the shelter was in use, with dim lighting, wooden benches, and the sounds of an air raid outside.

• Ipswich Maritime Trust Window Museum · Museum
• Waterfront Gallery · Landmark

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