After listing off several metaphors for death (" is no more ", " has ceased to be ", " bereft of life, it rests in peace ") he is told to go to the pet shop run by the shopkeeper's brother in Bolton for a refund, but he is told by the proprietor of that store ( who is really the shopkeeper, save for a fake moustache ) that he is in Ipswich.

His breakthrough building was arguably the Willis Building in Ipswich in 1975 and he has since designed landmark structures such as Wembley Stadium and 30 St Mary Axe.

The town and its vicinity has been used as the setting for numerous films and television programmes, including Iris about the life of Iris Murdoch starring Judi Dench ; Drowning by Numbers by Peter Greenaway ; Kavanagh QC starring John Thaw ; ' East of Ipswich ' by Michael Palin ; Little Britain with Matt Lucas and David Walliams ; and a 1969 version of David Copperfield.

New Ipswich has one of the highest population percentages of residents under the age of 18 in New Hampshire.

It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich where the Ipswich dock has operated since the 7th century and then flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe after joining with the River Stour at Shotley.

The river was altered with the addition of 15 locks between Ipswich and Stowmarket to form the Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation, although this name has fallen out of use.

This has since been successfully done by British Rail and its successors on lesser-used lines that survived the axe ( such as the East Suffolk Line from Ipswich to Lowestoft which survives as a " basic railway ").

Australia has commemorated Ludwig Leichhardt through the use of his name in several places: Leichhardt, a suburb in Inner Western Sydney, and the surrounding Municipality of Leichhardt ; Leichhardt, a suburb of Ipswich ; the Leichhardt Highway and the Leichhardt River in Queensland ; and the Division of Leichhardt in the Australian Parliament.

One major disadvantage that Essex has is that its only beach is not easily accessible by land and as such is not a major draw for tourists as are the beaches of neighboring Gloucester, Ipswich and Manchester-by-the-Sea.

Ipswich High School ( IHS ) has been considered one of the best public high schools in the Boston area.

Louis Holland arrives in Boston to find that a minor earthquake in Ipswich has killed his eccentric grandmother, triggering a struggle between him, his sister Eileen, and his mother Melanie over the disposition of a $ 22 million inheritance.

The Ipswich City Council Safe City Monitoring Facility has hosted representatives of law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands, Taiwan, Great Britain and approximately twenty-five local authorities from across Australia to inspect the camera monitoring system.

Ipswich is home to the largest toxic dump in the Southern Hemisphere and second largest toxic dump in Australia ; it has earmarked for widespread high-impact industrial development and further coal seam gas mining.

The traditional Ipswich dwelling has always been a detached home on land, however this is changing as housing demand and a desire to live closer to amenities increases.

Ipswich also has direct access to the Ipswich Motorway ( linking to Brisbane ); the Cunningham Highway ( linking to Warwick ); the Warrego Highway ( linking to Toowoomba ); and the Centenary Highway ( linking Springfield and the Ripley Valley to Brisbane ).

A rail line has been proposed to run south from Ipswich to Yamanto and Ripley, eventually connecting with the Springfield line.

Ipswich has a considerable number of secondary schools, including the following:

Ipswich has a number of primary schools, including the following:

First staged in 1998, the Ipswich Festival has enjoyed a 13-year development strategy, and the planning, programming and production are professionally managed by an experienced team of individuals who are highly regarded as specialists in creating and managing festivals and community event.

The Ipswich Festival is regarded as the City's premier event and over the past 13 years, the variety, size and scope of the program has grown exponentially through increasing interest group participation, corporate partnerships and community enthusiasm through the presentation of a festival that ` celebrates its city '.

The university has strong regional agenda and a number of partner institutions in the region: Colchester Institute, South Essex College ( in Southend ), Writtle College ( near Chelmsford ), the Tavistock and Portman Trust ( in London ) and University Campus Suffolk, a joint venture with the University of East Anglia, with a central campus in Ipswich and five centres in Suffolk and Norfolk.

* Derby Road railway station, Ipswich, England

** Ipswich ( MBTA station )

The town is served by Witham railway station, situated on the London Liverpool Street to Ipswich main line operated by Greater Anglia.

By Train, the Milton Railway Station is the first station on the Ipswich line west of Roma Street Station.

Plans are underway for Ipswich to contain the largest gas-fired power station in Australia and two new gas-fired power stations.

In its prime the railway station saw more than 20 services a day and is now served by an hourly service to Ipswich.

The East Anglia Main Line railway runs through the town, with Needham Market railway station providing trains to Ipswich, Cambridge and Peterborough.

This online community radio station serves the Greater Ipswich region and also provides training for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Applied Media program as well as people from the local area.

The section of line between Colchester and Ipswich was built by the Eastern Union Railway to standard gauge and opened for passenger traffic on 15 June 1846 and the route to Norwich ( Norwich Victoria railway station ) opened in 1849.

The only railway tunnel on the Great Eastern Main Line is just to the south of the current Ipswich railway station.

* A new station at Great Blakenham as part of the SnOasis development near Ipswich, which received its final go-ahead on 6 November 2008.

The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Ipswich, Cambridge, and Northampton.

In 1875 a terminal station in Roma Street was constructed as part of the main western railway to Brisbane linking Ipswich and Toowoomba.

The main settlement around the Parish Church of Saint Vigor has extended in post-war years west towards Cambridge and north in a narrow ribbon of development towards the former station on the Ipswich to Ely Line ( Cambridge branch ).

For example, Derby Road station in Ipswich is not anywhere near Derby.

During the off-peak, services generally continue to Ipswich railway station on the Ipswich line.

Most services originate in Ipswich and stop at all stations to Bowen Hills railway station.

The line was electrified from Ipswich to Rosewood railway station in 1993 while The Hon David Hamill was Minister for Transport.

Geebung railway station and Sunshine railway station provides access to regular Citytrain services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast.

Heart Ipswich ( formerly SGR FM ) was a radio station that evolved from Suffolk Group Radio, which was the parent company for two Independent Local Radio stations serving the county of Suffolk in England.

As part of the re-brand, the station pulled out of a contract to broadcast live commentary on Ipswich Town FC games after just one season.

On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced plans to close Heart Ipswich and merge the station with Heart Norwich as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16.