Suffolk’s county town has a working port close to its centre. Grain, aggregates, fertiliser and other bulk cargoes move across the quays on the Orwell, and bulk handling leaves spillage and dust on quay aprons and on the roads used by tipper traffic. Around the wet dock, the Waterfront has been redeveloped over many years and still produces construction work on tight urban plots.
On the northern edge, Ipswich Garden Suburb is a long-running housing programme with the lorry movements that go with it. Ransomes Europark and the estates along the south-eastern side hold much of the distribution and trade activity. The A14 loops south of the town over the Orwell Bridge, meeting the A12 at Copdock.
Coverage in and around Ipswich
Kesgrave, Martlesham Heath, Rushmere St Andrew and Westerfield are covered alongside the town, as are Sproughton, Claydon, Great Blakenham and Wherstead on the A14 side. Operators also run out to Woodbridge, Hadleigh and Needham Market. As the largest town in the county it is comparatively well served, but each booking still depends on vehicles being free.