Ipswich

Borough of Ipswich
Borough of Ipswich
Town and Borough
	Location within Suffolk
	Coordinates: 52°3′34″N 1°9′20″E / 52.05944°N 1.15556°ECoordinates: 52°3′34″N 1°9′20″E / 52.05944°N 1.15556°E
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent Country	England
Region	East Anglia
County	Suffolk
Borough	Ipswich
Government
• Type	Leader and Cabinet
• MPs	Sandy Martin; Dan Poulter
Area – Ranked 292nd
• Town and Borough	15.22 sq mi (39.42 km2)
Population (2011)
• Town and Borough	Ranked 157th; 133,384
• Urban	180,000 (approx.)
• Ethnicity	90.5% White; 3.9% S. Asian; 2.1% Black; 1.1% Chinese or Other; 2.4% Mixed Race
Postcode	IP
Vehicle registration area code	AV, AW, AX, AY
ONS code	42UD

Ipswich is a large town in the East Anglian county of Suffolk England. It is the county town of Suffolk. It is near the estuary of the River Orwell. 117,069 people live there.^[1] In the Tudor period Ipswich was famous for the Wool Trade and there are still a lot of Tudor buildings which survive to this day. Thomas Wolsey, who was a famous adviser to Henry VIII was born in Ipswich. In modern times Ipswich became infamous as in 2006 a serial killer murdered five sex workers over a short space of time.^[2]

The town is home to Ipswich Town F.C., an association football team. They play in the town at a stadium called Portman Road.

Ipswich is one of the oldest towns in England.

Ipswich Media

Ancient House, Ipswich is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting.
View of Ipswich from Christchurch Park by Thomas Gainsborough c. 1746-49
A circa 1810 painting of outdoor bowling near Ransome & Son Foundry, an early embodiment of Ipswich's longtime agricultural equipment maker Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
The Ipswich Waterfront
Christchurch Park is a large 82-acre park in the centre of the town.
21, 23 And 23A, Buttermarket - Ipswich
Ipswich Museum viewed from the High Street in August 2013.
Ed Sheeran playing at Ipswich Arts Festival 2010
Ipswich Town Hall on The Cornhill town square