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Ipswich: Area, History and Background

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Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Ipswich in the United Kingdom.

• Ipswich is a non-metropolitan district and the county town of Suffolk, England.
• It is located on the estuary of the River Orwell.
• Nearby towns are Felixstowe in Suffolk and Harwich and Colchester in Essex.
• It was subject to bombing by German Zeppelins during the first world war but the greatest damage by far occurred during the German bombing raids of WWII.
• The area in and around the docks were especially devastated.
• The last bombs to fall on it landed on Seymour Street in March 1945.[25]
• Ipswich has undergone an extensive rebuilding and a gentrification programme in recent years, principally centred around the waterfront.
• It is set to be the main hub for University Campus Suffolk, which will give Suffolk its first university.
• On 13 March 2007 Ipswich was awarded the cleanest town award.
• It remains a 'town' despite a few attempts at winning 'city' status.
• Holywells is the area around Holywells Park, a 67 acre (27 ha) public park, situated near the docks, that was painted by Thomas Gainsborough.
• Other districts outside its town centre include Bixley Farm, Broke Hall, California and Castle Hill.
• The British Telecom Research Laboratories were located to the east of the town in 1975 at Martlesham Heath.