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| Borough of Ipswich | |
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 Location within Suffolk | |
| Coordinates: 52°3′34″N 1°9′20″E / 52.05944°N 1.15556°ECoordinates: 52°3′34″N 1°9′20″E / 52.05944°N 1.15556°E | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent Country | England |
| Region | East Anglia |
| County | Suffolk |
| Borough | Ipswich |
| Government | |
| • Type | Leader and Cabinet |
| • MPs | Sandy Martin Dan Poulter |
| Area | |
| • Town and Borough | 15.22 sq mi (39.42 km2) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Town and Borough | Ranked 157th 133,384 |
| • Urban | 180,000 (approx.) |
| • Ethnicity | 90.5% White 3.9% S. Asian 2.1% Black 1.1% Chinese or Other 2.4% Mixed Race |
| Postcode | |
| Vehicle registration area code | AV, AW, AX, AY |
| ONS code | 42UD |
Ipswich is a large town in the East Anglian county of Suffolk England. It is the county town of Suffolk. It is near the estuary of the River Orwell. 117,069 people live there. In the Tudor period Ipswich was famous for the Wool Trade and there are still a lot of Tudor buildings which survive to this day. Thomas Wolsey, who was a famous adviser to Henry VIII was born in Ipswich. In modern times Ipswich became infamous as in 2006 a serial killer murdered five sex workers over a short space of time.
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