Ipswich, Suffolk. UK TRAVEL VIDEO
Ipswich is a large town in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell. Nearby towns are Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Needham Market and Stowmarket in Suffolk and Harwich and Colchester in Essex. Ipswich is a non-metropolitan district.
The urban development of Ipswich over spills the borough boundaries significantly, with 75% of the town's population living within the borough at the time of the 2011 Census, when it was the fourth-largest urban area in the United Kingdom's East of England region, and the 38th largest urban area in England and Wales.
The modern name is derived from the medieval name 'Gippeswic', probably taken either from an Old Saxon personal name or from an earlier name of the Orwell estuary (although unrelated to the name of the River Gipping). In 2011, the town of Ipswich was found to have a population of 133,384,while the Ipswich built-up area is estimated to have a population of approximately 180,000.
Places to see in ( Stowmarket - UK )
Places to see in ( Stowmarket - UK )
Stowmarket is a small market town situated in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town of Stowmarket is on the main railway line between London and Norwich, and lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town.
The town of Stowmarket takes its name from the Old English word stōw meaning principal place, and was granted a market charter in 1347 by Edward III. A bi-weekly market is still held there today on Thursday and Saturday. The church of St Peter and St Mary is in the Decorated style and dates to the 14th century. The 16th-century former vicarage, now the town council offices and register office, has associations with John Milton; Milton’s Tree in its grounds is believed to be an offshoot of one of the many trees he planted there.
Haughley Park is an historical house of significance listed in the English Heritage Register. It is a large red brick country house built in about 1620 for the Sulyard family who were very prominent landowners in this area. Opened in 1967, the Museum of East Anglian Life occupies a 70-acre (28 ha) site close to the town centre. The Karnser is a raised pavement in Station Road West, next to the church. The name is the East Anglian dialect word caunsey, meaning a causey (causeway).
In the 18th century the Gipping was made navigable between Stowmarket and Ipswich by a series of locks. The newly created canal was known as the Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation. Stowmarket railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street to Norwich. It is also the junction of the line to Bury St Edmunds. It is served by Abellio Greater Anglia. Suffolk County Council has built a road from the Central Roundabout, a short distance to the east of Stowmarket, to Gipping Way in central Stowmarket at a cost of £21 million.
Stowmarket has held an annual carnival for well over 50 years in the recreation park featuring a fun fair, fireworks, a procession through the town and local entertainment. Stowmarket also plays host to the music festival Stow-Fest, a live music open-air event that takes place annually at Chilton Fields in the North of Stowmarket. Stowmarket has a maritime climate type as is typical for the bulk of the British Isles. Wattisham is the nearest official weather station, about 4 miles south south west of Stowmarket Town centre.
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Trains at Needham Market, GEML | 11/08/18
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2160p 4K HD!
I has been a long time since my last GEML video and today i head to Needham Market for a revisit from last year, i also head to Stowmarket later on in the day. Various freight and passenger trains are featured in this video since Felixstone is not far from here and any freight usually pass here. This was our first station of the day on another Saturday day out.
Featured in this video:
The Great Eastern Trainspotter:
Needham Market info:
Needham Market railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Needham Market, Suffolk. It is 77 miles 7 chains (124.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Ipswich to the south and Stowmarket to the north. Its three-letter station code is NMT.
The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. It sees regular services between Ipswich and Stowmarket, whereafter trains branch off to Cambridge via the Ipswich to Ely Line. No main line London trains call.
History:
The station was originally opened with the name Needham by the Ipswich & Bury Railway in 1846. The main building, described as one of the best in East Anglia by Biddle, was designed in a grand Jacobean style with decorative brickwork by Frederick Barnes and was completed by the contractor, Daniel Revitt, in 1849. It was later slightly simplified, and the platforms rebuilt, by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
It was closed to passengers by the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1967 but reopened as Needham Market in 1971. The main building, now in alternative use, is a Grade II listed building. It was restored in 2000 by Spacia Ltd, and won an award in the 2002 National Railway Heritage Awards. In April 2015 work commenced to improve the station, but this did not include making the London-bound platform wheelchair accessible.
Services:
The following services typically call at Needham Market:
Abellio Greater Anglia: Cambridge - Dullingham - Newmarket - Kennett - Bury St. Edmunds - Thurston - Elmswell - Stowmarket - Needham Market - Ipswich
These are served by 170's and some are also served by 156's there is a hourly service in each direction
Chelmsford Tourist Attractions: 10 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Chelmsford? Check out our Chelmsford Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Chelmsford.
Top Places to visit in Chelmsford:
Hylands Park, Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford Museum, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Mace Playce, Essex Police Museum, Chelmsford City Racecourse, High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmer Valley Park and Ride, Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre
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Harwich International Station (28/1/15)
Harwich International Station is on the electrified Mayflower Line between Manningtree and Harwich Town. It mainly serves the Port of Harwich with passengers transferring between trains and ferries/cruiseliners.
The station was once served by locomotive hauled coaching stock which ran to connect with the now discontinued Stena HSS Ferry which used to run to Hook Van Holland. This was replaced by two newly built conventional ferry ships due to operating costs and multiple units now run the connecting train services.
On the day I visited the IPEMU (379 013) was present and details of that are in another video. Also featured is Dusty Bin unit 321 437 which was operating the hourly passenger shuttle on the Harwich Branch. This was also the unit I travelled on.
I hope you enjoy the action in this video.
How to do Żary parkrun
For some dedicated parkrun people, there's a set of challenges that some people like to try and achieve, one of those is to become an Alphabeteer which is to run a parkrun that begins with every letter of the alphabet (except for 'X' because no parkrun beginning with X).
What I realised that I'd managed to to 'Y', 'U' and 'I' quite by chance and then a J popped up, and I'd be doing a 'Q' in a few weeks time - it only left Z to do as the final tricky letter. Except that there is no 'Z' in Britain, you have to go to Poland (where there are two) and I chose Żary, which is a popular place to go. And here's how I did it ...
There's a SUPERB Chrome Plugin which shows you which challenges you've completed is a MUST download, that's here:
My other favourite resource is the page that shows you parkrun Elevation Rankings, in other words Is it flat or not?, that's here:
If you want to sign up to the brilliance that is parkrun, the website is here:
The other 'Z' parkruns that I am aware of are Zielona Góra (also in Poland), Zandvlei (Cape Town, South Africa, and Zillmere (Brisbane, Australia).
Orford, Suffolk - Orford Castle, Keep Cottage & Orford Quay
Featuring Orford Castle, Orford Quay and Orford Village. Aerial & drone footage.
Dedham City Attractions, Massachusetts
Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by Canton.
Boston's Neighborhoods: The South End
- Built upon a former tidal marsh, the South End was filled and developed from the 1830s to the 1870s, even before Back Bay, which was mostly built after the American Civil War. The Boston and Providence Railroad once ran through the South End, and most of the cross streets in the neighborhood are named after cities and towns served by the railroad... Greenwich, Newton, Canton, Dedham, Brookline, Rutland, Concord, Worcester, Springfield, Camden, Plympton, Stoughton, Waltham, Dover, Chatham and Wareham.
Until the 1950s, the South End was a jazz mecca, with numerous jazz clubs scattered throughout the neighborhood. Today, the neighborhood is one of Boston's most diverse, integrating people of nearly every race, religion and sexual orientation. The recent influx of families with young children has become a growing and important facet of this community, and is complimented by a myriad of parks and playgrounds scattered throughout the neighborhood.
Theatre and art galleries are flourishing in South End. The Cyclorama, The Boston Center for the Arts, the Boston Ballet, numerous theatre companies and the new Calderwood Pavillion - the first new theatre built in Boston in 80 years, along with the live music venues such as the Beehive make Tremont Street a lively area in the evenings.
The South End is one of Boston's main restaurant districts. Tremont Street, often referred to as restaurant row offes a diverse mix of cuisines from bargain priced pizza joints to numerous high end chef owned restaurants. From French, Ethiopian, Brazilian, Indian, Korean, Tapas, Greek, Cuban and Middle Eastern, there is something here for everyone. Outdoor cafes abound for alfresco dining and great people watching.
A series of 11 residential parks are located across the South End, and most are oval in shape with passive use green space located in the center. They take inspiration from the English inspired residential squares. Many of these squares have a central fountain and surrounded by cast iron fencing. These 11 parks are complimented by a series of 16 community gardens and pocket parks. Peters Park is dog central, the first city sanctioned off leash dog park. With 13,000 square feet, it's one of the areas cleanest and most beautiful dog parks.
Though housing is relatively expensive by US standards, it remains less expensive than the wealthiest central Boston neighborhoods of Beacon Hill and Back Bay.
The South End has many churches of architectural note, including the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the largest such cathedral in New England.
Mostly built of mid-nineteenth century bowfronts - aesthetically uniform rows of 5 story, predominantly red brick structures of mixed residential and commercial use. The most common styles are Renaissance Revival, Italianate and French Second Empire, though there are Greek Revival, Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival and Queen Ann style houses, among several other styles. Row houses built in the last quarter of the 19th century are quite common along the Southwest Corridor Park. The common palettes of red brick, slate, limestone or granite trim, and cast iron railings provide great visual unity. The South End is North America's largest existing Victorian residential district, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Newer doorman developments have emerged in recent years, along with numerous loft conversions, converted police stations, churches and former bank buildings - all now luxury condominium buildings.
A growing retail presence can be found along Tremont Street and the newly developed Washington Street, the former home of the Washington Street Elevated railway, torn down in 1987. From handmade gifts to home furnishings, to clothing, specialty foods, cheese shops to high end dog boutiques, there is a plethora of retail shopping for every taste, mostly independently owned and operated.
SoWa (South of Washington) is a strip of blocks where you'll find Boston's emerging artists. Artist's studios abound and many are open to the public on the first Friday of each week all summer. The South End Open Market takes place every Sunday during the warmer months and is Boston's version of London's Portobello market... vintage clothes sellers, young fashion and jewelry designers rubbing elbows with cheese makers and antique dealers. It changes every week! A Farmer's Market is also held on Sundays from May to October.
Numerous public transportation options are available in the South End, which is erviced by the Silver Line and the Orange Line, as well as the Commuter Rail.
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A tribute to a Great Brit .... aka 70013 Oliver Cromwell - a journey over 30+ years
I first came across Oliver Cromwell (the locomotive) in the 1980s whilst on holiday on the Norfolk Broads. Bressingham Gardens seemed an unlikely place for this massive beast but I did enjoy a footplate ride up and down a short track in the gardens. Luckily 70013 and 46100 Royal Scot) escaped from the gardens and this video shows Oliver Cromwell on the main line and preserved railways over the past eight years after its restoration. Ollie will not be retiring just yet as it will be running on the GCR for months to come but March 3rd 2018 marks the end of its mainline journeys on the current boiler certificate. I hope you enjoy this tribute.