Best Places to Visit Near Ipswich
Visit some of the best attractions in the vicinity of Ipswich with hundreds to choose from to make your perfect day out or weekend break away. Browse the below list featuring some of the best destinations (such as Bury St Edmunds, Colchester, Southwold) or select map view to search geographically.
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Cities and Localities Near Ipswich
Where to go for a weekend trip near Ipswich? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Ipswich within a 50 mile radius.
Town
![bury st edmunds](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/879914c02ce23b13c19da0d929ef9be6.jpg?1629297570)
Town
![colchester](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/876d01f4ff4e42b1f77f5f2d553fe842.jpg?1598197987)
Town
![southwold](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9dab2232bffe2e94adbf5cb45562c7ed.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![felixstowe](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f9d4d1b5d91857a4e1d298eb46705a29.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![clacton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b18edb0155a7f4b8eabb9b320b122280.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![aldeburgh](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/559a7c7838f07e446362dfc08f0d6a9b.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![maldon](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f5be19a94679283df7601e7c5a3fff9c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![woodbridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/44abfacc68b2d711aa254d4d97caf2f7.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![harwich](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d1028558a900e06096de0c125e354dba.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![lavenham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6cb56c0820d1749ebd7f0027053c53cd.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![thetford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7242ffbd1b5e04d631488fadb66c0450.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![stowmarket](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6a92367268b12ed6d73320de121eb7f5.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![walton on the naze](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cc50a89043bc30a1aa4539c5aa50e7d6.jpg?1624365040)
Town
![braintree](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4ae21248cb46048f82f01ea2242c459a.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![diss](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0bddb8d4606d56ece66d1aaed3f6d687.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![framlingham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c779b955f549cfe63b926a337a2db419.jpg?1628756715)
Town
![orford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9dddf2fc2f616341742faef1c50d19e1.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![long melford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ee8dc3533306e2efe8947c4e00b94bb0.jpg?1630343830)
Town
![brightlingsea](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f4a0fab993d8747d083f7e209e7986a6.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![witham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/42637699108509dc1a3a8f26fe4cf9cf.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![sudbury](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3108ff2e458a209e03f171361edbc595.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![dedham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/52c427ab25f7e2a20c7bb361ea9770f7.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![hadleigh](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fe20653c5489989042a8d01f80b9607f.jpg?1648399922)
Town
![clare](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e639fcef4234679d3ddfad7754e3b0ce.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![saxmundham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f87073bbd5b07dec423a9f996da9317e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![haverhill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d545322a3fab15adbc8cf2ba3d110001.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![mersea island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e35694c43b9aec7f1ea3b4fb16d85631.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![berney marshes rspb reserve](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d007bb3daf36f169bd8ddc3711d1a325.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![bungay](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f6eb389d30aaa22c357916d40c14fddb.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![harleston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f36a955362ed502d3cd4b9bf0b132ba9.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![marks tey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c9f6e323c4f66f7b9dbb66a3d3408862.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![eye](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/951d698c46ea9994dcf1729e5ee783f5.jpg?1648398952)
National park
![stour estuary rspb reserve](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3deeafda4f30e2adeb780c538b81807b.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![mistley](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/afd7d1a4a1cb707e5ad8be1b837b2da8.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![coggeshall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9d20b7a1b681fc0992fa7e7a9ce7ee39.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![leiston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ad366b0b0493dbbe7e028307afa93577.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![east bergholt](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/025afc702c68478e7637aa2f04cf873f.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![st osyth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3859481233687d6dfb0d48e295db566c.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![earls colne](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/54dd149fc8156d923d046820ecb6ce1b.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![halesworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fb9ba28c07567480cd580762f37f9145.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![kelvedon](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5d8cdb9709b005a2f2bf23979e654370.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![needham market](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/52e2fd271a03d0c7dc92981cf95f12fa.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![tollesbury](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ab85258dc5c210d13d389e960aa1b2db.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![woolpit](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/31f9665e0405b98a02726fd260c6b5e4.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![long stratton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c0527fc42b2d5db504f0f1645f821e83.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![ixworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d6f0a1fa76efbbfeac00e89e555241df.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![debenham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/538c9df6dc13f160a2ad656c2bfea146.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![suffolk coast national nature reserve](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5a636ff36cc45fd692fc83ccbd2f3377.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![tiptree](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8d220584016d7d18191a32e697ef2a95.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![martlesham heath](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8eda8214689b253f94ad332791a5a896.jpg?1582270511)
TOP Attractions
Best Day Trips from Ipswich
Best Day Trips from Ipswich
![Colchester Zoo](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/48eb98ca0be85d52b883ee434dcfd515.jpg?1582270511)
Large site with 260+ animal species
![Anglesey Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d8ec3d0ba45aa89a11ebb42d5d52875e.jpg?1603899867)
![Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/14f072c29176a4227c2a260073602aa5.jpg?1582270511)
![Frinton Golf Club](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4959d1ff45bca9d0d72096e6c0ea1496.jpg?1613225326)
![Colchester Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/befdb6bfdaa3e036b6f82eaad2969b20.jpg?1582270511)
![Framlingham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/409b20d2fe92fbb8ab939b552b1c3d6e.jpg?1582270511)
Imposing, 12th-century citadel on a mere
![St Edmundsbury Cathedral](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5d8710d397f4abe4c7f2361cae37769c.jpg?1629297747)
Place of worship dating from 9th century
![Kentwell Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e768c9e8a6be26b5cc5189f7856782d3.jpg?1630343579)
![Southwold Sailors' Reading Room](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/481d5bb5c49d8dfd10533009135feecc.jpg?1648452237)
![Valley Ridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1ccde61ba678baa2e1085681fc0ee66e.jpg?1582270511)
![Bressingham Steam & Gardens](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a70541291bee20f02bd93dc4435f0c20.jpg?1582270511)
![Abbey Gardens](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f34feb61f809943d3417acf9c6a84aab.jpg?1582270511)
Remains of a grand Benedictine monastery
![Device Forts](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cde6bbf8c3151ecddcbaf19d676f0513.jpg?1582270511)
![Wilkin & Sons](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0e490e47567bac7444c969d5167aa618.jpg?1648460414)
![High Lighthouse](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2001defb5760474c9d792e6b871e56f8.jpg?1648432851)
![Angles Way](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ac2d36b750cd6dfcdf576078d6ba07cd.jpg?1582270511)
![Orford Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3818007b10a086405d9f799b78988298.jpg?1582270511)
Unusually complete English keep
![Church of St Peter and St Mary](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5b66eaf311f112093f6767f462600883.jpg?1582270511)
![Colchester Community Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/147657410eec670eae5b70caecdb2096.jpg?1582270511)
![Hollytrees Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5cb1c3b54eef1355541418414c4036f7.jpg?1582270511)
![Holy Trinity Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f913f2f527b1e66fe070a8b450a52e23.jpg?1582270511)
![Temple of Claudius](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/gb/51_89059_0_9031.jpg)
![Woodbridge Tide Mill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/72cdf9694ea0e261cd666c0d665894fc.jpg?1582270511)
![Museum of East Anglian Life](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fe9b6e32521a5fe70d37ee4d7df440ba.jpg?1582270511)
![Ickworth House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1db93350e1d216d9b62311df35b18b75.jpg?1582270511)
![Southwold lighthouse](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/835be92de3a8ae5bfde08f08e8d1c357.jpg?1582270511)
![Aldeburgh Beach Lookout](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7a5292c774113afafa542a5a4561d41e.jpg?1648521093)
![Landguard Fort](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7575b4f6e138c543c119e1638b904f08.jpg?1582270511)
![St Peter and St Paul's Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/43c57c6c8f0b0b2357a7373cc49b85cb.jpg?1582270511)
![St Nicholas' Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d888495d78d7ff05e778c3537ccad234.jpg?1582270511)
![Hedingham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/dbe07b6524a1e191f448b6502af052a0.jpg?1582270511)
![Snape Maltings](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f6582e7c3a173ff7af65580a7b13baee.jpg?1582270511)
![Colne Valley Railway](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8897bea2569434377e2a2a2b15c05cb8.jpg?1582270511)
![Naze Tower](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/30caac1febe4243dd84c3464ba2a2cbf.jpg?1582270511)
![Holy Trinity Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d3b8a0f5bdca8d3ba725e5d79792e681.jpg?1582270511)
![Charles Burrell Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d38420269b01198dd807b88b68289b7c.jpg?1582270511)
![St Mary's Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/00467d752ed5071d5840a7505742c511.jpg?1582270511)
![Colchester Town Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/41e9febe5ef9510a8cb82f3c61ba1670.jpg?1648502159)
![St Andrew's Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5b43f0e3d99a18a8aa49f64df764b168.jpg?1582270511)
![Camulodunum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/de9a4e4f3e7e57a792d9a768c2e422d2.jpg?1582270511)
![Sutton Hoo Helmet](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2c57fd5fa72e33618092fe780840281a.jpg?1648459681)
![Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b09b1b502264c26248b88a178ae2fc8a.jpg?1582270511)
![Bridge Cottage](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d8f4e3d9c6798ca88ba33f3cbbeef831.jpg?1582270511)
![Flatford Mill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e406eca0571cb87bc71b365c612afe67.jpg?1582270511)
![West Stow Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/21d2ee159b05d6e545344eb9d1dd8e09.jpg?1648463719)
![Hatfield Forest](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/312eb2b92ae4db726a4b0e469132f64a.jpg?1582270511)
![Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/263d15a5d8bfed36435ab5fd558f53af.jpg?1582270511)
![Cressing Temple](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a0a395ad2b9f5019180de320ad83d663.jpg?1582270511)
![Clare Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/58c51e708c7a4ee4ddb2834b083f1323.jpg?1582270511)
![Moot Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a53eb4c99f6b7c334e5f5d340812fa4c.jpg?1582270511)
![Sudbury Baptist Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1e80070d04320c8de19959d3a3127fff.jpg?1648475702)
![Wivenhoe Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/633103a00febc14175cc0a297cefac31.jpg?1582270511)
![Thetford Guildhall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e85292c4c13262e48c9289c242952387.jpg?1648574035)
![Melford Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9b546b47b6ff40d7360fb5fed32535da.jpg?1582270511)
![Mangapps Railway Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6ec5821f0b43b69706e5175554adea8e.jpg?1582270511)
![St Mary's Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/66cf11a3d63ab4055139e840eba8414b.jpg?1582270511)
![Greensted Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/058427068e5ef36511a8e36031dba8d5.jpg?1582270511)
Historic wooden Anglican church
![Nowton Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/639910906317866e92528f87ac6c57bf.jpg?1641561687)
![Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0934411a10c4d72e1a8a8e803089e7a3.jpg?1582270511)