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Are you going to visit Ipswich for Heritage Open Days 2024? Here’s what you need to know
After three decades, the Ipswich Society is taking a break from Heritage Open Days and All About Ipswich has stepped in, opening buildings normally closed.
The Great White Horse Hotel – Pop-Up Exhibition: If these walls could speak…
For two days only, step inside the courtyard of the Great White Horse on Tavern Street, look through its old visitor books and have your say on its future.
Become a Friend of Christchurch Park
Bird and bat walks, Brass on the Grass concerts, family workshops: the Friends of Christchurch Park run all of it and buy kit for the Grade II listed park.
A Christmas Carol – Eastern Angles invites Ipswich to its Fezziwig party
Eastern Angles bring A Christmas Carol to their Gatacre Road centre, a Victorian school turned arts venue in west Ipswich, complete with a Fezziwig party.
What and Where is Pykenham’s Gatehouse?
The timber and brick gateway on Northgate Street, opposite the county library, is all that survives of Archdeacon William Pykenham's 15th-century home.
Ipswich Charter Festival 825
Ipswich's Royal Charter of 1200 beat Magna Carta by fifteen years. The Charter Festival marks 825 years since King John freed its merchants to trade.
On the huh? Get the T-shirt
Ipswich slang that only makes sense if you’re from here, on a proper tee. Buy merch, support Ipswich community projects.
Ipswich Minster – over 1,000 years of shared history
St Mary le Tower began as a timber Anglo-Saxon church above the Gipping flood plain. King John's Charter was presented in its grounds in 1200.
Have you got an Open Heart?
Green hearts have been appearing around town. Fresh Start in Carr Street trains 16-24s not in work or education, and has started the Open Heart Campaign.
Holywells, Gainsborough and Cups of Tea
The only known Gainsborough painting of Ipswich is of Holywells Park, where Jon Shapcott and his team opened Bishops Café in April 2023.