Editing Ipswich (section)

==Localities==
[[File:Christchurch Park Ipswich (13).jpg|thumb|[[Christchurch Park]] is a large 82-acre park in the centre of the town.|alt=]]

The waterfront is now devoted primarily to leisure use and includes extensive recent development of residential apartment blocks and a university campus. Businesses operated from the dock include luxury boats and a timber merchant. Other industries have been established to the south of the wet dock. The area was flooded in 2013 during a tidal surge. In February 2019 a [[Floodgate|flood gate]], which protects the "New Cut", was unveiled. The flood barrier, similar in design to the [[Thames Barrier]], cost £67m.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 February 2019 |title=Flood barrier 'will protect 1,600 homes' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-47165575 |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210015144/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-47165575 |archive-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> The [[Ipswich Village Development]], begun in 2002 around Russell Road, is home to [[Suffolk County Council]] and [[Ipswich Borough Council]].

[[File:21, 23 And 23A, Buttermarket - Ipswich.jpg|thumb|Shops along the Ipswich high street|left]]

[[Holywells Ward, Ipswich]] is the area around [[Holywells Park, Ipswich|Holywells Park]], a {{convert|67|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} public park situated near the docks, and the subject of a painting by [[Thomas Gainsborough]]. Alexandra Park is the nearest park to the waterfront's northern quay, and situated on Back Hamlet, adjacent to [[University of Suffolk]].

Localities outside the town centre include [[Bixley Farm]], [[Broke Hall]], [[California, Suffolk|California]], [[Castle Hill, Ipswich, Suffolk|Castle Hill]], [[Chantry, Suffolk|Chantry]], The Dales, [[Gainsborough, Suffolk|Gainsborough]], Greenwich, [[Maidenhall]], [[Pinewood, Suffolk|Pinewood]], [[Priory Heath]], [[Racecourse, Suffolk|Racecourse]], [[Ravenswood, Ipswich|Ravenswood]] (built on a former airfield), [[Rose Hill, Suffolk|Rose Hill]], [[Rushmere, Ipswich|Rushmere]], [[Springvale, Ipswich|Springvale]], [[St Margarets, Ipswich|St Margarets]], [[Stoke, Suffolk|Stoke]], [[Warren Heath]], [[Westbourne, Suffolk|Westbourne]], [[Whitehouse, Ipswich|Whitehouse]] and [[Whitton, Ipswich|Whitton]].

To the east of the town is [[Trinity Park, Suffolk|Trinity Park]] near [[Bucklesham]] the home of the annual [[Suffolk Show]], a typical [[County shows in United Kingdom|county show]]. The 'Trinity' is the name given to the three animals native to the county of Suffolk, namely [[Red Poll]] cattle, the powerful [[Suffolk Punch]] horse and the black-faced [[Suffolk (sheep)|Suffolk]] sheep.