Wherstead

Worth seeing in and around Wherstead

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Portman Road

   Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003.

   3.6 km · football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   University of Suffolk

   The University of Suffolk is a public university situated in Suffolk and Norfolk, England. The university was established in 2007 as University Campus Suffolk, founded as a collaboration between the University of East Anglia and the University of Essex.

   3.7 km · university in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Saint Pancras Church

   Saint Pancras is an active Roman Catholic parish church serving the town centre of Ipswich, England. The neo-Gothic church was built as part of the British Catholic revival in the nineteenth century, and was the target of anti-Catholic riots soon after completion.

   3.9 km · catholic church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Chantry Park

   Chantry Park is a park located west of Ipswich town centre, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the largest park in Ipswich and extends over 124 acres.

   3.6 km · park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Landseer Park

   Landseer Park is a large open green space north of Landseer Road, in the eastern suburbs of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is home to the Ipswich BMX Club.

   2.9 km · park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Gippeswyk Park

   Gippeswyk Park is a park in the South West of Ipswich in England. It was bequeathed to Ipswich by the MP Felix Cobbold.

   3.2 km · park in Ipswich, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Alexandra Park

   Alexandra Park is situated between Grove Lane, Kings Avenue and Back Hamlet, Ipswich.

   3.9 km · park in Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Holywells Park

   Holywells Park is a 67-acre public park in Ipswich, England situated between Nacton Road and Cliff Lane, near to the Ipswich Waterfront.

   3.5 km · park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ipswich Blackfriars

   Ipswich Blackfriars was a medieval religious house of Friars-preachers in the town of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, founded in 1263 by King Henry III and dissolved in 1538. It was the second of the three mendicant communities established in the town, the first being the Greyfriars, a house of Franciscan Friars Minors, and the third the Ipswich Whitefriars of c.

   3.8 km · church in Ipswich, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Mary at Stoke

    Saint Mary at Stoke is a Grade I listed Anglican church in the Over Stoke area of Ipswich. The church stands in a prominent position at the foot of a ridge near Stoke Bridge and the town centre.

    3.2 km · church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wherstead

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 64 km · London Luton (LTN), 105 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 126 km

Stations

Ipswich railway station, 3.1 km · Ipswich Airport, 3.9 km

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