Ipswich Travel Guide

 Airpunk Says:  Christchurch Park, the large area north of Christchurch mansion, is the city's main park. Located within walking distance form the city center, it is a very convenient place to relax on a sunny day. On a day which just pretends to be sunny and suddenly changes while you were... 

 Airpunk Says:  Giles was a famous British cartoonist and maybe Ipswich's most famous son. Although he was not born in Ipswich, he spent most of his time there and was - of course - also a supporter of the local football team. But unlike Sir Alfred Ramsey, the statue dedicated to him does... 

 Airpunk Says:  Ipswich’s former port has lost its significance during the centuries. Although Ipswich was a welathey trading town in the late medeival age as well as in the Tudor era, its significance as a port town vanished when overseas trade began to flourish in London, Bristol and... 

 Airpunk Says:  Once, five monasteries (two convents and three friaries) stood in Ipswich and none of them survives today. In fact, only the ruins of the Blackfriars Monastery give an idea of how a medieval monastery looked like while the others have completely disappeared. In 1263, the... 

 Airpunk Says:  Although St. Matthews is still a running church, services to not take place regularly here and the church is not open to normal visitors (by appointment only). That's a pity as it houses a medieval font (seven sacrament fonts of which only around forty remain in the UK, most... 

 Airpunk Says:  Although Ipswich’s reputation was quite low in the twentieth century, there is one field where this Suffolk town gained considerable respect at this time. Ipswich Town was one of the leading clubs in English Football in the 70s and early 80s. This was preceded by Ipswich’s... 

 Airpunk Says:  Although Ipswich has 13 medieval churches still standing, St. Margaret’s is seen as the finest by far. Unlike the other twelve, it has kept most of its medieveal style. The masterpiece is the double hammerbeam roof which is known well beyond the town borders. St. Margaret’s... 

 Airpunk Says:  Half-timbered houses are not uncommon in Ipswich’s town center. Only few of them are from medeival ages, most of them were built in a medieval style in the latter centuries. The Thoroughfare, a small alley in the town center, is the place so see many of such buildings and to... 

 Airpunk Says:  While waiting for my coach to take me back home (Stansted Airport...), I was looking for a cosy place to drink a beer and read my book. There were at least three restaurants close to the coach stop. The largest one, which drew my attraction at first, had a dresscode. I don't... 

 shizzler Says:  Ipswich is on the mainline from London. Go to London Liverpool street station and get the train from there. There will be services to Norwich that stop off at Ipswich on the way through. These services by one railway also stop at Stratford, Chelmsford, Colchester and... 

 joanj Says:  Approx 12.9 miles from Ipswich on the A1141, is Hollow trees Farm, with a shop, cafe, plant shop, working farm and farm trail.The Farm is a 140 acre mixed farm, and the farm attracts lots of visitors. There is no entrance fee to the farm, trail etc., but they do like you to... 

 Airpunk Says:  Thomas Rush, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, was the most powerful man in Ipswich during the early Tudor years. Although he was a close friend to Henry VIII’s chancellor Thomas Wolsey, he survived Wolsey’s downfall and became an ally of Wolsey’s successor Thomas Cromwell. As...