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The Geography Department |
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The Geography Department |
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IPSWICH 2004
CENTRAL AREA
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The Buttermarket shopping mall includes Allders department store. There is a clear status gradient in Butter Market. West of the Ancient House there are more specialist national names, and larger shops. The north side of the street is higher status. East of the Ancient House BHS has a large store on the south side, and the north side is smaller specialist shops
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main entrance in St Stephen's Lane |
The church is disused |
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Butter Market looking W to Princes St. |
Butter Market looking to Princes St. |
Ancient House, central Butter Market |
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Ancient House, central Butter Market |
Butter Market, Upper Brook St. end |
Specialist shops in historic Dial Lane |
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Upper Brook St. is part of the one-way system encircling the main shopping area. Frequent bus services include the three park-and-rides. Shops are small, include many charity outlets and empty shops, though pedestrian levels are quite high
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Upper Brook St. |
Upper Brook St. |
Upper Brook St. |
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NORTH-EAST |
Upper Orwell Street is in a mixed state - the north is awaiting redevelopment, the south beginning to benefit from the renovation and rise in status of the docks |
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North end, cluster of fast food outlets near cinemas and college |
Awaiting redevelopment. The Coop car park is behind the fence |
South end redevelopment |
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Orwell Place |
Eagle Street is a major east-west route, and carries a lot of pedestrians in term-time |
Rope Walk leads to council offices and Suffolk College, so its residential status is anomalous |
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The junctions near St Margaret's Green are an entertainment area, with two cinemas (one multi-screen, the other also a theatre), and several pubs and clubs |
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cinemas |
pub and club |
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Christchurch Park lies close to the north-east of the CBD |
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Soane St |
Fonnerau Road |
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NORTH Crown Street serves the back of the main shops to the south, including the Tower Ramparts shopping mall. The north side has been extensively redeveloped with a swimming pools complex and office blocks
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Tower ramparts bus station and mall |
bus station and shopping mall |
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Extensive car parking behind the main shopping street |
Crown Pools |
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Offices in Crown St |
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CENTRAL RETAIL SPINE, Carr St., Tavern St., Corn Hill, Westgate, Norwich Road
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| Carr St. was higher status in 1908. Now there are still many large stores, but also charity shops and empty sites. The mall developed on the north side in the 70s failed, and the Coop has recently left their second building
pictures run east-west
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The Coop is updating, but has left the nearest block |
Extensive parking behind the main shops |
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Carr St., high pedestrian density |
Redevelopment. The failed mall was behind the shops on the north side |
South side Carr St., Woolworths and Coop in the distance |
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Tavern Street is the next in the east-west retail spine. It is inside the one-way system, and joins Corn Hill at the west end |
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Tavern St., junction Upper Brook St. |
Tavern St., junction Upper Brook St. |
Looking towards Tower Ramparts, Sunday lunchtime |
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Busy even on a Sunday |
The mock-medieval area dating from the 1930's opposite Tower Ramparts |
Tower Ramparts shopping mall includes Littlewoods |
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Tavern Street is a continuation of the main retail spine in Ipswich. Banks cluster at the Corn Hill end, and there is a wide range of stores. Many are in historic buildings |
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National chains cluster around Tower Ramparts entrance |
Tavern St looking to Corn Hill |
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Corn Hill retains its importance in the CBD with a busy market and entertainment functions as well as retail
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south side |
SE corner, banks and theatre, to Princes St |
North-west corner, leading to Westgate |
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Lloyds Bank Passage, north side |
Same street, from other end, on Sunday |
Westgate entrance, Sunday lunchtime |
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Regional entertainments function |
West side Corn Hill, Sunday lunchtime |
East side, start of Tavern St |
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Westgate leaves Corn Hill by the NW corner, and leads to over a kilometre of retail. There are a few national chain stores near the centre, but the vast majority of the shops are small outlets Photos are from east to west
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Debenhams, a prime location next to Corn Hill
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Major national names near Debenhams. M+S on L |
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Large M+S with 3 retail floors |
Mixed commercial and retail by Museum St junction
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Specialist shops further west |
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St Matthew's St leads to the Norwich Road, a major route in Ipswich, serving extensive, historically wealthy suburbs.
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There are few food shops in the CBD |
St Matthew's St carries on Westgate with more specialist outlets in a run-down 70s development
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A long-established high class shop just outside the main CBD
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Traces of the stage coach era
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Shops become smaller and have dwellings above
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Solid victorian housing in Orford St has been gentrified
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Thriving corner shop provides a local service for this residential area a couple of minutes from the main road
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Ann St off Orford ST - gentrification
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Small shops continue as far as the pub
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Restaurant area |
Rose and Crown marks the end of the shops
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WEST AND SOUTHWEST There are two main routes through this area - Princes Street, and Queen St/St Nicholas St/St Peter St
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The south-west part of the CBD is being extensively redeveloped and reimaged as Ipswich Village. The inner CBD has a high proportion of law and finance, centred around the police station and law courts. There are major insurance offices further out on the inner ring road, and many associated services.
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After the pub there is residential, with the big houses divided into flats |
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Civic Drive looking S towards Princes St from police station
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Axa dominates this part of the ring road
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Car parking for the offices - on weekdays, football matches (stadium is to L) Sunday empty
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Elm St has the police station and courts at this west end, and is almost 100% legal offices
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Junction Elm St and Museum St
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The legal district comes right into the central CBD behind Corn Hill
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Museum St looking N to Westgate
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Princes St leads from Corn Hill to the Station, mostly through office and commercial areas
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King St, legal/entertainment district. Retail in Butter Market in the background
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Junction with King St and Butter Market, mostly finance offices
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South of the ring road there were many garages, some now developed for leisure
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Looking back north to the retail area
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The Willis building opposite Axa
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The Stadium
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The Portman Road stadium and associated office/hotel development dominate this area
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The open aspect is due to redevelopment in the foreground. The road rises to bridge the River Orwell
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Queen St junction with Butter Market and Princes St, just south of Corn Hill
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St Nicholas Street has many restaurants and fast food outlets at its northern end --..
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- opposite the Wills building
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St Peter St benefits from traffic calming
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Junction St Peter and Star Lane - positive effects of Cardinal Park and the dock redevelopment
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This route ends in Cardinal Park, a major redevelopment effort
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Cardinal Park has much service industry - warehousing, Post Office, Fire Station, and new Law Courts. Retail is also important with many out-of-town stores such as Staples, but the Cinema complex attracts customers from the whole region
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Franciscan Way, looking N towards Civic Drive
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Cinema |
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Massive car parking capacity
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Night club and fitness, there are food outlets to the R
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food as entertainment
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Storage and a hotel complete the development
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Even more parking on disused sites by the river |
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SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST This area includes the semi derelict industrial district around the docks, which is rapidly changing as waterfront properties are developed and the dock opened up for water sport. This boost is revitalising the whole area, and properties between Albion Quay and the CBD are benefiting |
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View from outside the Novotel
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The Bridge St river crossing and Star lane one-way system are very busy at all times
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One of the maltings is still operational |
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Large areas are vacant behind the Quay |
Two moths later developers are working on one of the industrial buildings |
Albion Quay is very attractive to investment. The docks are moving east, releasing land for redevelopment. The warehouse is now an hotel, and new flats are appearing daily |
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New exclusive apartments ----
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--- the front of the building faces the marina. Suffolk College should get the site to the L |
Waterfront flats, improved quayside and marina |
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Listed building conversion, and upmarket food
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Star Lane one way |
The east end of star lane, junction with Lower Orwell Street, marks a change of land use to residential |
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Foundation St looking towards the docks |
Fore Street shows signs of positive improvement in the foreground. In the background is the start of the retail area and Orwell Place |
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Orwell Place is also improving |
High density affordable housing |
The Old Cattle Market bus station between Turret Lane and the Buttermarket mall |
