Streetlife

Crazy!

If you don't mind abit of a walk into town, I usually use the 50p an hour car park on Handford Road. But don't go on football days as you have to pay £5.

Go to the Borough council website.  You'll see that the spiral car park is privately managed, and doesn't open at all on a Sunday.

Thanks Dave L, I didn't know that. That's just a fantastic business plan on the run up to Christmas. Just one more reason to shop elsewhere then.

Anyone coming into ipswich for christmas shopping must be mad ! Its bad enough the rest of the year but at christmas its a nightmare , especially late night shopping . Having worked in Ipswich town centre for 25 years the place is embarassing . I guarantee asnyone coming to ipswich over the next 6 weeks will only do it once. The Council is spending £25m on the road network in the town but has made no real provision that i can see for a vast improvement in parking , increase the flow into any car park eases visitors frustration. Look at the entrance to the Buttermarket centre car park , totally unthought out entrance which was not planned correctly when the building was designed. Then they decided to increase the amount of buses travelling past this point . Watch the fiasco that will be this christmas as every christmas for the last 15 years !

I just dont go into Ipswich anymore, much prefer Felixstowe or Woodbridge. Parking is a sensible price, even with petrol its cheaper than shopping in Ipswich,