Woolverstone Hall, Ipswich

Name: Woolverstone Hall
Address: Ipswich, United Kingdom

#95 among attractions in Ipswich

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Woolverstone Hall is a large country house, now in use as a school and available at times as a function venue, located 5 miles south of the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is set in 80 acres on the banks of the River Orwell. Built in 1776 for William Berners by the architect John Johnson of Leicestershire, it is an outstanding example of English Palladian architecture and is a Grade I listed building while associated buildings are Grade II. From 1951 to 1990, it housed Woolverstone Hall School, a boarding school operated by London County Council. ()

Coordinates: 52°0'5"N, 1°11'47"E

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Nearby attractions include: Ipswich Gymnastics Centre, Orwell Bridge, Holywells Park, Landseer Park.

2.1 miN
Sport venue, Sport
Ipswich Gymnastics Centre, Ipswich
53 min walk • Ipswich Gymnastics Centre in Ipswich is one of only three fully London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games accredited gymnastics facilities in the United Kingdom and was used for training sessions in the run up to the 2004 Olympic Games by the Romanian gymnastics team.
2.2 miNW
Bridge
Orwell Bridge, Ipswich
57 min walk • The Orwell Bridge is a concrete box girder bridge just south of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Opened to road traffic in 1982, the bridge carries the A14 road over the River Orwell.
3.3 miN
Park
Holywells Park, Ipswich
85 min walk • Holywells Park is a 67-acre public park in Ipswich, England situated between Nacton Road and Cliff Lane, near to the Ipswich Waterfront.
2.8 miN
Park
Landseer Park, Ipswich
72 min walk • 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. National Cycle Route 51 passes through the park. It is designated a County Wildlife Site.
2.3 miNW
Park
Pipers Vale, Ipswich
58 min walk • Pipers Vale is a 19.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Ipswich Borough Council. This site on the bank of the River Orwell is part of Orwell Country Park. Its diverse habitats include heath, reedbeds, scrub and alder carr.
2.9 miNW
52°2'0"N • 1°9'9"E
Fox's Marina & Boatyard, Ipswich
74 min walk • Sailing, Marina
1.3 miNW
Tower
Freston Tower
33 min walk • Freston Tower is a six-storey red brick folly south of Ipswich, Suffolk in the village of Freston. It stands on the banks of the River Orwell.
2.8 miSW
Museum
Royal Hospital School, Ipswich
73 min walk • The Royal Hospital School is a British co-educational independent day and boarding school with naval traditions. The school admits pupils from age 11 to 18 through Common Entrance or the school's own exam. The school is regulated by Acts of Parliament.
3.5 miNW
Park
Stoke Park Wood, Ipswich
90 min walk • Stoke Park Wood is a 2.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Ipswich Borough Council. This ancient wood was formerly part of the Stoke Park estate, and it still has the remains of a Victorian drainage system. It was formerly called Fishpond Covert as it had a large fishpond.
2.7 miE
Park
Levington Lagoon
70 min walk • Levington Lagoon is a 5 hectare nature reserve south-east of Levington in Suffolk. It is owned by Suffolk Yacht Harbour Ltd and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
2.7 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
Ipswich Transport Museum, Ipswich
69 min walk • The Ipswich Transport Museum is a museum in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, devoted principally to the history of transport and engineering objects made or used in its local area.