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Ipswich

Ipswich is a town of Suffolk. Its history can be traced back from the time of Roman settlement, making it as one of the oldest towns of England. There are three major museums in the town: Ipswich Museum, the Ipswich Transport Museum and Christchurch Mansion. Its attractions include Sutton Hoo, Christchurch Park and Hollywells Park. Ipswich is considered as a convergence of various artists. It also hosts numerous galleries and yearly art festivals.

The number of parks in Ipswich depicts the locals love for nature, leisure, and outdoor activities. These parks serve as play area for children, training ground for the fitness conscious, and a place to have fun and bond with friends and families. Christchurch Park houses the Christchurch Mansion, which is an important museum and art gallery. Near Ipswich dock is the Holywells Park, which hosts events for families and music festivals.

Ipswich is a home of various galleries and a host of many art festivals. With a direct train from London, it is a place to be for art and music enthusiasts. Christchurch Mansion features paintings of Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable. The Ipswich Museum exhibits Anglo-Saxons artefacts, and tells the town's history. Ipswich does not run out of festivals. Every year it hosts variety of festivals on theatre, dance, art, and comedy.

Your trip to Ipswich would not be exciting without visiting the ancient Anglo-Saxon burial sites in Sutton Hoo. Sutton Hoo is a location of 6th century cemeteries where undisturbed ship burial was excavated. From these ancient sites, they were able to excavate metal work dress adorned with gold and precious stones, a helmet, sword and shield, and pieces of silver. Some important finds and replicas of artefacts are exhibited in Ipswich Museum.

Christchurch Park is an estate with 70 acres of land area in the centre of Ipswich town in Suffolk. Inside the park is the Christchurch Mansion which is a host to public museums and galleries featuring paintings of famous English artists including John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough. Surrounding the Park are beautiful gardens of various seasonal and rare plants. Also, the Park is a home of 100 different species of birds, squirrels, foxes, and deer.

The Holywells Park is 28-hectare wildlife site and a conservatory with two buildings - the Stable Block, which serves as a centre for visitors and educational area, and The Conservatory, which serves as an area for exhibitions and other functions. Within the Park, you will also find a playground for children, open air theatre, maze, gardens, water play facility and Bowling green. The park also serves as habitat for variety of species of birds and animals.